Historical Events In 1962

Dec 07   On this day in history 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   On this day in history "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   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   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   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 in the year 1962.  

Dec 15   On this day in history 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 in the year 1962.  

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

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

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

Dec 21   On this day in history angolin leaves Comecon  

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

Dec 22   In the year 1962 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   In the year 1962 cuba starts returning US prisoners from the Bay of Pigs invasion  

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

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Jan 03   On this day in history birth of darren Daulton, US baseball catcher (Phila Phillies)  

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 in the year 1962.  

Jan 03   Francesca Lia Block, American author was born in the year 1962.  

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 in the year 1962.  

Jan 04   In the year 1962 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   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   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 in the year 1962.