Page 15: Historical Events In 1962

Oct 17   On this day in history yanks beat Giants for 20th world championship   

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

Oct 18   On this day in history jFK meets Russian minister of Foreign affairs Andrei Gromyko   

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

Oct 21   In the year 1962 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   On this day in history jFK addresses TV about Russian missile bases in Cuba   

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

Oct 22   On this day in history nelson Mandella goes on trial for treason in South Africa   

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

Oct 24   In the year 1962 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, on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1962 photographic evidence of Soviet missile bases in Cuba is presented to the U.N. Security council by U.S. Ambassador Adlai Stevenson.   

Oct 25   In the year 1962 stevenson demands USSR amb Zorin answer regarding Cuban missile bases saying "I am prepared to wait for my answer until hell freezes over"   

Oct 26   On this day in history beatles tape "Please Please Me" & "Ask Me Why"   

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

Oct 27   On this day in history "Beyond the Fringe" opens at John Golden Theater NYC for 673 perfs   

Oct 27   On this day in history enrico Mattei, Italian oil magnate, dies at 58   

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

Oct 28   Pierre Froidebise, composer, dies at 48 on this day in history.   

Oct 29   Naphtali Siegfried Salomon, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

Nov 01   First ever spacecraft to Mars, Mars 1, launched on this day in history.   

Nov 01   On this day in history greece enters the European Common Market   

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

Nov 01   In the year 1962 winter Haynes Watts, composer, dies at 78   

Nov 02   Felice Lattuada, composer, dies at 80 in the year 1962.   

Nov 02   JFK announces Cuban missile bases were being dismantled in the year 1962.   

Nov 03   Harlow H Curtice, pres of General Motors (1953-8), dies at 69 on this day in history.   

Nov 06   On this day in history 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   On this day in history birth of darren Daulton, US baseball catcher (Phila Phillies)   

Jan 03   Gavin Hastings, WLAF kicker (Scottish Claymores) was born on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1962 birth of francesca Lia Block, American author   

Jan 04   Joe Kleine, NBA center (Phoenix Suns, Chicago Bulls) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 04   In the year 1962 birth of martin McAloon, rocker (Prefab Sprout-2 Wheels Good)   

Jan 04   Patrick Cassidy, LA Calif, actor/composer (Fever Pitch, Off the Wall) was born in the year 1962.   

Jan 01   On this day in history diego Martínez Barrio, Spanish president (1939), dies at 76   

Jan 04   In the year 1962 death of hans Lammers, German SS officer (b. 1879)   

Jan 06   In the year 1962 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   Ernie Kovacs, comedian (Ernie Kovacs Show), killed in auto crash at 42 died on this day in history.   

Jan 13   Ernie Kovacs, comedian, dies in a car crash in West LA, at 42 on this day in history.   

Jan 15   On this day in history kenneth MacKenna, actor (Men Without Women), dies of cancer at 62   

Jan 16   On this day in history emanuel Stickelberger, Swiss writer (Holbein in England), dies at 77