Historical Events In 1962

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

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

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

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 in the year 1962.  

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

Dec 13   Relay 1 communication satellite launched in the year 1962.  

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   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 on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

Dec 18   In the year 1962 dmitri Shostakovitch' 13th Symphony, premieres in Moscow  

Dec 19   On this day in history nyasaland secedes from Rhodesia & Nyasaland  

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 on this day in history.  

Dec 20   In the year 1962 d Sjostakovitz opera "Katerina Ismailova," premieres in Moscow  

Dec 20   Erik William Gustav Leidzen, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.  

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

Dec 21   On this day in history angolin leaves Comecon  

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

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

Dec 23   On this day in history 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   In the year 1962 george Saiko, writer, dies at 70  

Dec 24   On this day in history uSSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR  

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   On this day in history 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 in the year 1962.  

Jan 03   In the year 1962 birth of gavin Hastings, WLAF kicker (Scottish Claymores)  

Jan 03   In the year 1962 birth of mark Gardner, US baseball player (Florida Marlins)  

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of ulrike Lang, writer  

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   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   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   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 on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1962.  

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.