Historical Events In 1962

Dec 07   In the year 1962 kirsten Flagstead, Norwegian soprano (Wagner), dies at 67  

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

Dec 09   "I Can Get It For You Wholesale" closes on Broadway on this day in history.  

Dec 09   In the year 1962 tanganyika becomes a republic within the British Commonwealth  

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   US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on this day in history.  

Dec 13   On this day in history relay 1 communication satellite launched  

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) 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 on this day in history.  

Dec 15   On this day in history 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   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.  

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

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

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   On this day in history d Sjostakovitz opera "Katerina Ismailova," premieres in Moscow  

Dec 20   Erik William Gustav Leidzen, composer, dies at 68 in the year 1962.  

Dec 20   In the year 1962 the Osmond brothers debut on the Andy Williams Show  

Dec 21   In the year 1962 angolin leaves Comecon  

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

Dec 22   Kinderman Place in the Bronx named on this day in history.  

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

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

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   On this day in history 28th Heisman Trophy Award: Terry Baker, Oregon State (QB)  

Dec 28   UN troops occupies Elizabethstad Katanga in the year 1962.  

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

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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   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   On this day in history birth of martin McAloon, rocker (Prefab Sprout-2 Wheels Good)  

Jan 04   On this day in history 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   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 in the year 1962.  

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   Kenneth MacKenna, actor (Men Without Women), dies of cancer at 62 on this day in history.  

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