Historical Events In 1962

Nov 07   Richard Nixon quits politics-You won't have Nixon to kick around on this day in history.  

Nov 08   Canada govt orders changing nickel back to round shape on this day in history.  

Nov 09   In the year 1962 dutch Catharina Lodders elected Miss World  

Nov 10   In the year 1962 "Nowhere to Go, But Up" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 9 perfs  

Nov 11   Joseph Allen Jr, actor (All Women Have Secrets), dies at 44 on this day in history.  

Nov 12   Alexander Spitzmuller-Harmersbach, composer, dies at 68 in the year 1962.  

Nov 14   Manuel Galvez, Argentina writer/poet (Hombres & Soledad), dies at 80 on this day in history.  

Nov 16   On this day in history kuwait adopts constitution (1st, Islamitic)  

Nov 17   "Little Me" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC for 257 performances in the year 1962.  

Nov 17   Arthur Vining Davis, CEO (Alcoa-1910-57), dies at 95 in Miami on this day in history.  

Nov 18   Luc Haesaerts, Flemish art critic (Flandre), dies at 63 in the year 1962.  

Nov 19   On this day in history fidel Castro accepts removal of Soviet weapons  

Nov 19   Jodie Foster was born in the year 1962.  

Nov 20   On this day in history jasper McLevy, socialist mayor of Bridgeport Ct, dies  

Nov 20   In the year 1962 president John F. Kennedy lifts the Blockade of Cuba.  

Nov 21   The Chinese People's Liberation Army declares a unilateral cease-fire in the Sino-Indian War in the year 1962.  

Nov 23   On this day in history gloria Gordon, actress (My Friend Irma), dies at 81  

Nov 24   James J Kilroy, tank inspector (Kilroy was here), dies at 60 on this day in history.  

Nov 24   Last of Dutch militia leave New-Guinea in the year 1962.  

Nov 25   WBJA (now WMGC) TV channel 34 in Binghamton, NY (ABC) 1st broadcast in the year 1962.  

Nov 26   On this day in history 1st recording session under name "Beatles"  

Nov 26   Albert P Sarraut, Indo-China premier (1933, 36), dies at 90 on this day in history.  

Nov 26   The first recording session under the name "Beatles" in the year 1962.  

Nov 27   In the year 1962 1st test flight of the Boeing 727 takes place  

Nov 28   Wilhelmina HPM, queen of the Netherlands (1898-1948), dies at 82 in the year 1962.  

Nov 29   Baseball decides to revert back to 1 all star game per year in the year 1962.  

Nov 29   Rav Aaron Kotler, Orthodox Talmudic scholar, dies in Lakewood NJ in the year 1962.  

Nov 30   U Thant of Burma elected 3rd Secretary-General of UN unanimously on this day in history.  

Dec 01   Grey Cup halted by fog, resumed next day (Winnipeg 28, Hamilton 27) on this day in history.  

Dec 02   50th CFL Grey Cup: Winnipeg beats Hamilton, 28-27 at Toronto [OT] on this day in history.  

Dec 03   In the year 1962 edith Spurlock Sampson sworn-in as 1st US black female judge  

Dec 06   In the year 1962 uS abandons Skybolt balastic missile program  

Dec 06   In the year 1962 uS abandons Skybolt ballistic missile program  

Dec 07   Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 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   On this day in history 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   Ulrike Lang, writer was born in the year 1962.  

Jan 03   Francesca Lia Block, American author was born in the year 1962.  

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

Jan 04   On this day in history 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   In the year 1962 diego Martínez Barrio, Spanish president (1939), dies at 76  

Jan 04   On this day in history 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   In the year 1962 leRoy B Shield, US pianist/composer (Union Pacific Suite), dies at 68  

Jan 12   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.  

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.