Historical Events In 1962

Dec 07   Kirsten Flagstead, Norwegian soprano (Wagner), dies at 67 in the year 1962.  

Dec 08   On this day in history "I Can Get It For You Wholesale" closes at Shubert NYC after 300 perfs  

Dec 09   "I Can Get It For You Wholesale" closes on Broadway in the year 1962.  

Dec 09   Tanganyika becomes a republic within the British Commonwealth in the year 1962.  

Dec 10   In the year 1962 hunters Point (San Francisco) jitney ends service after 50 years  

Dec 12   On this day in history sid Saylor, actor (Wally-Waterfront), dies at 67  

Dec 12   In the year 1962 uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site  

Dec 13   Relay 1 communication satellite launched in the year 1962.  

Dec 14   In the year 1962 mariner 2 launched, makes first US visit to another planet (Venus)  

Dec 14   Mariner 2 makes 1st US fly-by of another planet (Venus) in the year 1962.  

Dec 14   In the year 1962 u.S. space probe Mariner 2 transmitted data from Venus. The spacecraft came within 22,000 miles of Venus and measured the temperature and other characteristics of the planet, and then radioed the data back to Earth.  

Dec 15   Charles Laughton, English actor (Hunchback of Notre Dame), dies at 63 on this day in history.  

Dec 15   In the year 1962 vaughn Meader's "The first Family," album goes #1 and stays #1 for 12 wks  

Dec 16   Constitutional Monarchical Hindu State of Nep l adopts new constitution on this day in history.  

Dec 16   David Lean's "Lawrence of Arabia" premieres on this day in history.  

Dec 17   On this day in history current constitution of Monaco promulgated  

Dec 17   In the year 1962 thomas Mitchell, US, actor (Outlaw), dies of cancer at 70  

Dec 18   Dmitri Shostakovitch' 13th Symphony, premieres in Moscow on this day in history.  

Dec 19   On this day in history nyasaland secedes from Rhodesia & Nyasaland  

Dec 19   Nyasaland secedes from Rhodesia and Nyasaland on this day in history.  

Dec 19   Street signs in Golden Gate Park approved by Park Commission in the year 1962.  

Dec 20   In the year 1962 d Sjostakovitz opera "Katerina Ismailova," premieres in Moscow  

Dec 20   Erik William Gustav Leidzen, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.  

Dec 20   The Osmond brothers debut on the Andy Williams Show on this day in history.  

Dec 21   Angolin leaves Comecon in the year 1962.  

Dec 22   In the year 1962 1,000,000th NBA point scored  

Dec 22   Kinderman Place in the Bronx named in the year 1962.  

Dec 23   In the year 1962 cuba starts returning US prisoners from Bay of Pigs invasion  

Dec 23   Cuba starts returning US prisoners from the Bay of Pigs invasion in the year 1962.  

Dec 23   George Saiko, writer, dies at 70 in the year 1962.  

Dec 24   USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR on this day in history.  

Dec 27   28th Heisman Trophy Award: Terry Baker, Oregon State (QB) on this day in history.  

Dec 28   In the year 1962 uN troops occupies Elizabethstad Katanga  

Dec 29   On this day in history doug Walters makes 1st-class debut for NSW 17 yrs 8 days  

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Jan 03   In the year 1962 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   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   On this day in history birth of francesca Lia Block, American author  

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of joe Kleine, NBA center (Phoenix Suns, Chicago Bulls)  

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

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 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 on this day in history.  

Jan 09   LeRoy B Shield, US pianist/composer (Union Pacific Suite), dies at 68 in the year 1962.  

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   On this day in history 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.