Page 17: Historical Events In 1962

Dec 07   On this day in history kirsten Flagstead, Norwegian soprano (Wagner), dies at 67   

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 on this day in history.   

Dec 10   Hunters Point (San Francisco) jitney ends service after 50 years in the year 1962.   

Dec 12   Sid Saylor, actor (Wally-Waterfront), dies at 67 on this day in history.   

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   Mariner 2 launched, makes first US visit to another planet (Venus) on this day in history.   

Dec 14   Mariner 2 makes 1st US fly-by of another planet (Venus) on this day in history.   

Dec 14   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 in the year 1962.   

Dec 15   In the year 1962 charles Laughton, English actor (Hunchback of Notre Dame), dies at 63   

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

Dec 16   In the year 1962 constitutional Monarchical Hindu State of Nep l adopts new constitution   

Dec 16   In the year 1962 david Lean's "Lawrence of Arabia" premieres   

Dec 17   Current constitution of Monaco promulgated in the year 1962.   

Dec 17   Thomas Mitchell, US, actor (Outlaw), dies of cancer at 70 in the year 1962.   

Dec 18   Dmitri Shostakovitch' 13th Symphony, premieres in Moscow in the year 1962.   

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

Dec 19   Nyasaland secedes from Rhodesia and Nyasaland in the year 1962.   

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

Dec 20   D Sjostakovitz opera "Katerina Ismailova," premieres in Moscow on this day in history.   

Dec 20   In the year 1962 erik William Gustav Leidzen, composer, dies at 68   

Dec 20   The Osmond brothers debut on the Andy Williams Show in the year 1962.   

Dec 21   Angolin leaves Comecon in the year 1962.   

Dec 22   1,000,000th NBA point scored on this day in history.   

Dec 22   On this day in history kinderman Place in the Bronx named   

Dec 23   Cuba starts returning US prisoners from Bay of Pigs invasion on this day in history.   

Dec 23   On this day in history cuba starts returning US prisoners from the Bay of Pigs invasion   

Dec 23   George Saiko, writer, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

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

Dec 27   In the year 1962 28th Heisman Trophy Award: Terry Baker, Oregon State (QB)   

Dec 28   On this day in history uN troops occupies Elizabethstad Katanga   

Dec 29   In the year 1962 doug Walters makes 1st-class debut for NSW 17 yrs 8 days   

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Jan 03   Darren Daulton, US baseball catcher (Phila Phillies) was born on this day in history.   

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

Jan 03   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of patrick Cassidy, LA Calif, actor/composer (Fever Pitch, Off the Wall)   

Jan 01   In the year 1962 diego Martínez Barrio, Spanish president (1939), dies at 76   

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

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 in the year 1962.   

Jan 15   Kenneth MacKenna, actor (Men Without Women), dies of cancer at 62 in the year 1962.   

Jan 16   Emanuel Stickelberger, Swiss writer (Holbein in England), dies at 77 on this day in history.