Page 15: Historical Events In 1962

Oct 17   In the year 1962 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   US launches Ranger 5 for lunar impact; misses Moon in the year 1962.   

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 on this day in history.   

Oct 22   Cuban Missile Crisis begins on this day in history.   

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

Oct 22   In the year 1962 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   USAF Major Robert A Rushworth takes X-15 to 40,800 m in the year 1962.   

Oct 24   On this day in history 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   In the year 1962 110th member of the UN admitted (Uganda)   

Oct 25   American author John Steinbeck awarded Nobel Prize in literature in the year 1962.   

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

Oct 26   Hattie McDaniel actress (Gone With the Wind), dies at 67 on this day in history.   

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

Oct 27   Enrico Mattei, Italian oil magnate, dies at 58 in the year 1962.   

Oct 28   Khrushchev orders withdrawal of missiles from Cuba, ending crisis on this day in history.   

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

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

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   In the year 1962 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   On this day in history felice Lattuada, composer, dies at 80   

Nov 02   In the year 1962 jFK announces Cuban missile bases were being dismantled   

Nov 03   In the year 1962 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 in the year 1962.   

Nov 06   In the year 1962 edward M Kennedy first elected (Sen-D-MA)   

Nov 07   In the year 1962 eleanor Roosevelt, 1st Lady (1933-1945), dies at 78 in NYC   

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Jan 03   Darren Daulton, US baseball catcher (Phila Phillies) was born in the year 1962.   

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

Jan 03   Mark Gardner, US baseball player (Florida Marlins) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 03   Ulrike Lang, writer was born on this day in history.   

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of francesca Lia Block, American author   

Jan 04   In the year 1962 birth of joe Kleine, NBA center (Phoenix Suns, Chicago Bulls)   

Jan 04   Martin McAloon, rocker (Prefab Sprout-2 Wheels Good) was born in the year 1962.   

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

Jan 01   Diego Martínez Barrio, Spanish president (1939), dies at 76 on this day in history.   

Jan 04   On this day in history death of hans Lammers, German SS officer (b. 1879)   

Jan 06   Jacob "Jaap" Nanninga, Dutch painter (France, N Africa), dies at 57 in the year 1962.   

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

Jan 12   Ernie Kovacs, comedian (Ernie Kovacs Show), killed in auto crash at 42 died in the year 1962.   

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

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

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