Page 17: Historical Events In 1962

Dec 07   Kirsten Flagstead, Norwegian soprano (Wagner), dies at 67 on this day in history.   

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

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

Dec 09   On this day in history tanganyika becomes a republic within the British Commonwealth   

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 on this day in history.   

Dec 12   US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on this day in history.   

Dec 13   In the year 1962 relay 1 communication satellite launched   

Dec 14   Mariner 2 launched, makes first US visit to another planet (Venus) on this day in history.   

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

Dec 14   On this day in history 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   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   On this day in history 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   In the year 1962 nyasaland secedes from Rhodesia & Nyasaland   

Dec 19   In the year 1962 nyasaland secedes from Rhodesia and Nyasaland   

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 in the year 1962.   

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

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

Dec 21   Angolin leaves Comecon on this day in history.   

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

Dec 22   In the year 1962 kinderman Place in the Bronx named   

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 on this day in history.   

Dec 23   On this day in history george Saiko, writer, dies at 70   

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   In the year 1962 uN troops occupies Elizabethstad Katanga   

Dec 29   Doug Walters makes 1st-class debut for NSW 17 yrs 8 days in the year 1962.   

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

Jan 03   In the year 1962 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 on this day in history.   

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   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   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   On this day in history ernie Kovacs, comedian, dies in a car crash in West LA, at 42   

Jan 15   Kenneth MacKenna, actor (Men Without Women), dies of cancer at 62 on this day in history.   

Jan 16   In the year 1962 emanuel Stickelberger, Swiss writer (Holbein in England), dies at 77