Historical Events In 1962

Oct 17   Yanks beat Giants for 20th world championship in the year 1962.   

Oct 18   In the year 1962 dr Watson (US) & Drs Crick & Wilkins (Britain) win Nobel Prize for Medicine for work in determining structure of DNA   

Oct 18   JFK meets Russian minister of Foreign affairs Andrei Gromyko on this day in history.   

Oct 18   In the year 1962 uS launches Ranger 5 for lunar impact; misses Moon   

Oct 21   On this day in history mickey Wright wins LPGA Carlsbad Cavern Golf Open   

Oct 21   The 1962 Seattle World's Fair (Century 21 Exposition) closes in the year 1962.   

Oct 22   On this day in history cuban Missile Crisis begins   

Oct 22   JFK addresses TV about Russian missile bases in Cuba on this day in history.   

Oct 22   On this day in history jFK imposes naval blockade on Cuba, beginning missile crisis   

Oct 22   Nelson Mandella goes on trial for treason in South Africa in the year 1962.   

Oct 23   On this day in history uSAF Major Robert A Rushworth takes X-15 to 40,800 m   

Oct 24   In Cuban missile crisis, the US blockade of Cuba begins on this day in history.   

Oct 24   U.S. Military Forces put on High Alert during the Cuban Missile Crisis, in the year 1962.   

Oct 25   110th member of the UN admitted (Uganda) on this day in history.   

Oct 25   In the year 1962 american author John Steinbeck awarded Nobel Prize in literature   

Oct 25   On this day in history photographic evidence of Soviet missile bases in Cuba is presented to the U.N. Security council by U.S. Ambassador Adlai Stevenson.   

Oct 25   Stevenson demands USSR amb Zorin answer regarding Cuban missile bases saying "I am prepared to wait for my answer until hell freezes over" on this day in history.   

Oct 26   Beatles tape "Please Please Me" & "Ask Me Why" in the year 1962.   

Oct 26   Hattie McDaniel actress (Gone With the Wind), dies at 67 in the year 1962.   

Oct 27   "Beyond the Fringe" opens at John Golden Theater NYC for 673 perfs in the year 1962.   

Oct 27   Enrico Mattei, Italian oil magnate, dies at 58 on this day in history.   

Oct 28   On this day in history khrushchev orders withdrawal of missiles from Cuba, ending crisis   

Oct 28   In the year 1962 pierre Froidebise, composer, dies at 48   

Oct 29   On this day in history naphtali Siegfried Salomon, composer, dies at 77   

Nov 01   On this day in history first ever spacecraft to Mars, Mars 1, launched   

Nov 01   Greece enters the European Common Market in the year 1962.   

Nov 01   On this day in history uSSR launches Mars 1; radio contact lost before arrival at Mars   

Nov 01   Winter Haynes Watts, composer, dies at 78 in the year 1962.   

Nov 02   Felice Lattuada, composer, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

Nov 02   JFK announces Cuban missile bases were being dismantled on this day in history.   

Nov 03   In the year 1962 harlow H Curtice, pres of General Motors (1953-8), dies at 69   

Nov 06   In the year 1962 bART bond issue just gets by with a 66.9% favorable vote   

Nov 06   On this day in history edward M Kennedy first elected (Sen-D-MA)   

Nov 07   Eleanor Roosevelt, 1st Lady (1933-1945), dies at 78 in NYC on this day in history.   

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Jan 03   Darren Daulton, US baseball catcher (Phila Phillies) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 03   In the year 1962 birth of gavin Hastings, WLAF kicker (Scottish Claymores)   

Jan 03   In the year 1962 birth of mark Gardner, US baseball player (Florida Marlins)   

Jan 03   In the year 1962 birth of ulrike Lang, writer   

Jan 03   Francesca Lia Block, American author was born on this day in history.   

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of joe Kleine, NBA center (Phoenix Suns, Chicago Bulls)   

Jan 04   Martin McAloon, rocker (Prefab Sprout-2 Wheels Good) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 04   Patrick Cassidy, LA Calif, actor/composer (Fever Pitch, Off the Wall) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 01   In the year 1962 diego Martínez Barrio, Spanish president (1939), dies at 76   

Jan 04   Hans Lammers, German SS officer (b. 1879) died in the year 1962.   

Jan 06   On this day in history jacob "Jaap" Nanninga, Dutch painter (France, N Africa), dies at 57   

Jan 09   LeRoy B Shield, US pianist/composer (Union Pacific Suite), dies at 68 on this day in history.   

Jan 12   In the year 1962 death of ernie Kovacs, comedian (Ernie Kovacs Show), killed in auto crash at 42   

Jan 13   Ernie Kovacs, comedian, dies in a car crash in West LA, at 42 in the year 1962.   

Jan 15   In the year 1962 kenneth MacKenna, actor (Men Without Women), dies of cancer at 62   

Jan 16   Emanuel Stickelberger, Swiss writer (Holbein in England), dies at 77 in the year 1962.