Page 17: Historical Events In 1962

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

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

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

Dec 09   Tanganyika becomes a republic within the British Commonwealth on this day in history.   

Dec 10   In the year 1962 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 in the year 1962.   

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   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   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   Constitutional Monarchical Hindu State of Nep l adopts new constitution in the year 1962.   

Dec 16   In the year 1962 david Lean's "Lawrence of Arabia" premieres   

Dec 17   In the year 1962 current constitution of Monaco promulgated   

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   On this day in history nyasaland secedes from Rhodesia and Nyasaland   

Dec 19   Street signs in Golden Gate Park approved by Park Commission on this day in history.   

Dec 20   D Sjostakovitz opera "Katerina Ismailova," premieres in Moscow on this day in history.   

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

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

Dec 21   Angolin leaves Comecon on this day in history.   

Dec 22   In the year 1962 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 in the year 1962.   

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   UN troops occupies Elizabethstad Katanga on this day in history.   

Dec 29   Doug Walters makes 1st-class debut for NSW 17 yrs 8 days on this day in history.   

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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   Mark Gardner, US baseball player (Florida Marlins) was born on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1962 birth of joe Kleine, NBA center (Phoenix Suns, Chicago Bulls)   

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of martin McAloon, rocker (Prefab Sprout-2 Wheels Good)   

Jan 04   Patrick Cassidy, LA Calif, actor/composer (Fever Pitch, Off the Wall) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 01   On this day in history diego Martínez Barrio, Spanish president (1939), dies at 76   

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   On this day in history leRoy B Shield, US pianist/composer (Union Pacific Suite), dies at 68   

Jan 12   In the year 1962 death of ernie Kovacs, comedian (Ernie Kovacs Show), killed in auto crash at 42   

Jan 13   In the year 1962 ernie Kovacs, comedian, dies in a car crash in West LA, at 42   

Jan 15   In the year 1962 kenneth MacKenna, actor (Men Without Women), dies of cancer at 62   

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