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 in the year 1962.  

Nov 09   Dutch Catharina Lodders elected Miss World in the year 1962.  

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

Nov 11   In the year 1962 joseph Allen Jr, actor (All Women Have Secrets), dies at 44  

Nov 12   Alexander Spitzmuller-Harmersbach, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.  

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

Nov 16   Kuwait adopts constitution (1st, Islamitic) in the year 1962.  

Nov 17   On this day in history "Little Me" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC for 257 performances  

Nov 17   Arthur Vining Davis, CEO (Alcoa-1910-57), dies at 95 in Miami in the year 1962.  

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 on this day in history.  

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

Nov 20   President John F. Kennedy lifts the Blockade of Cuba in the year 1962.  

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

Nov 23   Gloria Gordon, actress (My Friend Irma), dies at 81 on this day in history.  

Nov 24   On this day in history james J Kilroy, tank inspector (Kilroy was here), dies at 60  

Nov 24   Last of Dutch militia leave New-Guinea on this day in history.  

Nov 25   WBJA (now WMGC) TV channel 34 in Binghamton, NY (ABC) 1st broadcast on this day in history.  

Nov 26   1st recording session under name "Beatles" in the year 1962.  

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

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

Nov 27   On this day in history 1st test flight of the Boeing 727 takes place  

Nov 28   On this day in history wilhelmina HPM, queen of the Netherlands (1898-1948), dies at 82  

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   In the year 1962 u Thant of Burma elected 3rd Secretary-General of UN unanimously  

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

Dec 02   In the year 1962 50th CFL Grey Cup: Winnipeg beats Hamilton, 28-27 at Toronto [OT]  

Dec 03   Edith Spurlock Sampson sworn-in as 1st US black female judge on this day in history.  

Dec 06   On this day in history 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 in the year 1962.  

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

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of gavin Hastings, WLAF kicker (Scottish Claymores)  

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

Jan 03   On this day in history 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 in the year 1962.  

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

Jan 04   In the year 1962 birth of patrick Cassidy, LA Calif, actor/composer (Fever Pitch, Off the Wall)  

Jan 01   Diego Martínez Barrio, Spanish president (1939), dies at 76 in the year 1962.  

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

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

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