Page 17: Historical Events In 1962

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

Dec 08   "I Can Get It For You Wholesale" closes at Shubert NYC after 300 perfs in the year 1962.   

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   On this day in history hunters Point (San Francisco) jitney ends service after 50 years   

Dec 12   Sid Saylor, actor (Wally-Waterfront), dies at 67 in the year 1962.   

Dec 12   US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site in the year 1962.   

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   In the year 1962 mariner 2 makes 1st US fly-by of another planet (Venus)   

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   Charles Laughton, English actor (Hunchback of Notre Dame), dies at 63 in the year 1962.   

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

Dec 16   On this day in history 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   On this day in history current constitution of Monaco promulgated   

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

Dec 18   On this day in history dmitri Shostakovitch' 13th Symphony, premieres in Moscow   

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

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

Dec 20   On this day in history erik William Gustav Leidzen, composer, dies at 68   

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

Dec 21   On this day in history angolin leaves Comecon   

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

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

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

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

Dec 23   In the year 1962 george Saiko, writer, dies at 70   

Dec 24   USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR in the year 1962.   

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

Dec 28   On this day in history 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   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 on this day in history.   

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   Joe Kleine, NBA center (Phoenix Suns, Chicago Bulls) was born on this day in history.   

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

Jan 04   Hans Lammers, German SS officer (b. 1879) died in the year 1962.   

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