Page 15: Historical Events In 1962

Oct 17   In the year 1962 yanks beat Giants for 20th world championship   

Oct 18   On this day in history 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 in the year 1962.   

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   In the year 1962 the 1962 Seattle World's Fair (Century 21 Exposition) closes.   

Oct 22   In the year 1962 cuban Missile Crisis begins   

Oct 22   On this day in history jFK addresses TV about Russian missile bases in Cuba   

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 on this day in history.   

Oct 23   USAF Major Robert A Rushworth takes X-15 to 40,800 m in the year 1962.   

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) in the year 1962.   

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   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   "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   Khrushchev orders withdrawal of missiles from Cuba, ending crisis in the year 1962.   

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

Oct 29   In the year 1962 naphtali Siegfried Salomon, composer, dies at 77   

Nov 01   First ever spacecraft to Mars, Mars 1, launched in the year 1962.   

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

Nov 01   USSR launches Mars 1; radio contact lost before arrival at Mars in the year 1962.   

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

Nov 02   In the year 1962 felice Lattuada, composer, dies at 80   

Nov 02   On this day in history jFK announces Cuban missile bases were being dismantled   

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

Nov 06   On this day in history bART bond issue just gets by with a 66.9% favorable vote   

Nov 06   Edward M Kennedy first elected (Sen-D-MA) in the year 1962.   

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 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 03   Mark Gardner, US baseball player (Florida Marlins) was born in the year 1962.   

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

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

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 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 04   Hans Lammers, German SS officer (b. 1879) died on this day in history.   

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

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