Page 17: 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   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   US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on this day in history.   

Dec 13   Relay 1 communication satellite launched on this day in history.   

Dec 14   On this day in history 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   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 in the year 1962.   

Dec 15   On this day in history 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   Constitutional Monarchical Hindu State of Nep l adopts new constitution on this day in history.   

Dec 16   David Lean's "Lawrence of Arabia" premieres on this day in history.   

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   Dmitri Shostakovitch' 13th Symphony, premieres in Moscow on this day in history.   

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

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

Dec 19   On this day in history street signs in Golden Gate Park approved by Park Commission   

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

Dec 20   In the year 1962 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   On this day in history 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   On this day in history 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   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   UN troops occupies Elizabethstad Katanga in the year 1962.   

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   On this day in history 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   Ulrike Lang, writer was born in the year 1962.   

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

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   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   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   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   Emanuel Stickelberger, Swiss writer (Holbein in England), dies at 77 in the year 1962.