Page 15: Historical Events In 1962

Oct 18   US launches Ranger 5 for lunar impact; misses Moon.   

Oct 21   In this year, Mickey Wright claims LPGA Carlsbad Cavern Golf Open.   

Oct 21   The 1962 Seattle World's Fair (Century 21 Exposition) closes   

Oct 22   Cuban Missile Crisis begins   

Oct 22   JFK addresses TV about Russian missile bases in Cuba   

Oct 22   JFK imposes naval blockade on Cuba, beginning missile crisis   

Oct 22   Nelson Mandella goes on trial for treason in South Africa   

Oct 23   USAF Major Robert A Rushworth takes X-15 to 40800 m   

Oct 24   In Cuban missile crisis, the US blockade of Cuba begins   

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

Oct 25   110th member of the UN admitted (Uganda)   

Oct 25   American author John Steinbeck awarded Nobel Prize in literature   

Oct 25   In this year, Stevenson formally claims USSR amb Zorin answer regarding Cuban missile bases saying "I am prepared to wait for my answer until hell freezes over".   

Oct 25   Photographic evidence of Soviet missile bases in Cuba is presented to the U.N. Security council by U.S. Ambassador Adlai Stevenson   

Oct 26   Beatles tape "Please Please Me" and "Ask Me Why".   

Oct 26   Hattie McDaniel actress (Gone With the Wind), dies at 67   

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

Oct 27   Enrico Mattei, Italian oil magnate, dies at 58   

Oct 28   Khrushchev orders withdrawal of missiles from Cuba, ending crisis.   

Oct 28   Pierre Froidebise, composer, dies at 48.   

Oct 29   Naphtali Siegfried Salomon, composer, dies at 77   

Nov 01   Greece enters the European Common Market.   

Nov 01   inaugural ever spacecraft to Mars, Mars 1, launched   

Nov 01   USSR launches Mars 1; radio contact lost before arrival at Mars   

Nov 01   Winter Haynes Watts, composer, dies at 78.   

Nov 02   Felice Lattuada, composer, dies at 80   

Nov 02   JFK announces Cuban missile bases were being dismantled   

Nov 03   Harlow H Curtice, pres of General Motors (1953-8), dies at 69   

Nov 06   BART bond issue just gets by with a 66.9% favorable vote   

Nov 06   Edward M Kennedy inaugural elected (Sen-D-MA).   

Nov 07   Eleanor Roosevelt, 1st Lady (1933-1945), dies at 78 in NYC   

Nov 07   Richard Nixon quits politics-You won't have Nixon to kick around.   

Nov 08   Canada govt orders changing nickel back to round shape   

Nov 09   Dutch Catharina Lodders elected Miss World   

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Jan 03   Darren daulton: Us baseball catcher (phila phillies)   

Jan 03   Gavin hastings: Wlaf kicker (scottish claymores)   

Jan 03   Mark gardner: Us baseball player (florida marlins)   

Jan 03   Ulrike lang: Writer   

Jan 03   Francesca lia block: American author   

Jan 04   Joe kleine: Nba center (phoenix suns, chicago bulls)   

Jan 04   Martin mcaloon: Rocker (prefab sprout-2 wheels good)   

Jan 04   Patrick cassidy: La calif, actor/composer (fever pitch, off the wall)   

Jan 01   Diego martínez barrio: Spanish president (1939),    

Jan 04   Hans lammers: German ss officer (b. 1879)   

Jan 06   Jacob "jaap" nanninga: Dutch painter (france, n africa),   

Jan 09   Leroy b shield: Us pianist/composer (union pacific suite),    

Jan 12   Ernie kovacs: Comedian (ernie kovacs show), killed in auto crash at 42   

Jan 13   Ernie kovacs: Comedian,   

Jan 15   Kenneth mackenna: Actor (men without women),    

Jan 16   Emanuel stickelberger: Swiss writer (holbein in england),