Page 2: Historical Events In 1962

Jan 16   Shooting begins on "Dr No" on this day in history.   

Jan 16   Suit accuses New York City NY Board of Education uses "racial quotas" in the year 1962.   

Jan 17   A NASA civilian pilot Neil A Armstrong takes X-15 to 40,690 m in the year 1962.   

Jan 17   In the year 1962 gerrit Achterberg, Dutch poet (Dead End), dies at 56   

Jan 17   In the year 1962 nASA civilian pilot Neil A Armstrong takes X-15 to 40,690 m   

Jan 18   Raymond Moulaert, composer, dies at 86 in the year 1962.   

Jan 18   Southern University closed due to demonstrations on this day in history.   

Jan 18   US begins spraying foliage in Vietnam to reveal Viet Cong guerrillas in the year 1962.   

Jan 18   US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on this day in history.   

Jan 19   Snub Pollard, actor (Limelight, Arizona Days), dies of cancer at 72 on this day in history.   

Jan 20   "Kean" closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 92 performances on this day in history.   

Jan 20   Robinson Jeffers, poet/playwright (Dear Judas), dies at 75 in the year 1962.   

Jan 21   On this day in history andre Lhote, French painter/art historian, dies at 76   

Jan 21   JFK arrives in Uruguay on this day in history.   

Jan 21   Snow falls in San Francisco on this day in history.   

Jan 23   In the year 1962 british spy Kim Philby defects to USSR   

Jan 23   Libya, Morocco, Algeria &Tunisia plan to form United Arab Maghreb in the year 1962.   

Jan 24   28 refugees escape from East to West Germany on this day in history.   

Jan 24   On this day in history brian Epstein signs management contract with the Beatles   

Jan 24   On this day in history jackie Robinson is first Black elected to Baseball Hall of Fame   

Jan 24   In the year 1962 tom Shirley, actor/TV announcer (They're Off), dies at 62   

Jan 25   On this day in history the Bank of Montreal acquires Newfoundland Savings Bank0   

Jan 26   Bishop Burke of Buffalo Catholic dioceses declares Chubby Checker's "Twist" is impure &bans it from all Catholic schools on this day in history.   

Jan 26   Canadian Marine Service renamed Coast Guard in the year 1962.   

Jan 26   Charles "Lucky" Luciano, NYC Mafia gangster, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

Jan 26   US launches Ranger 3, misses Moon by 22,000-mile (37,000-km) in the year 1962.   

Jan 27   On this day in history "Family Affair" opens at Billy Rose Theater NYC for 65 performances   

Jan 28   Johanne Relleke gets stung by bees 2,443 times in Rhodesia &survives in the year 1962.   

Jan 29   Fritz Kreisler, Austria/US violinist/composer, dies at 86 in the year 1962.   

Jan 30   In the year 1962 2 members of Flying Wallendas' high-wire act killed when their 7-person pyramid collapsed during a performance in Detroit   

Jan 30   In the year 1962 two members of the Flying Wallendas family of high-wire performers are killed when their human pyramid collapses during a performance in Detroit, Michigan.   

Jan 30   On this day in history uN General Assembly censures Portugal (because of Angola)   

Jan 30   US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on this day in history.   

Jan 31   In the year 1962 general Charles P Cabell, USAF, ends term as deputy director of CIA   

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Jan 03   Darren Daulton, US baseball catcher (Phila Phillies) was born in the year 1962.   

Jan 03   Gavin Hastings, WLAF kicker (Scottish Claymores) was born on this day in history.   

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   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   Martin McAloon, rocker (Prefab Sprout-2 Wheels Good) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 04   Patrick Cassidy, LA Calif, actor/composer (Fever Pitch, Off the Wall) was born in the year 1962.   

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

Jan 04   Hans Lammers, German SS officer (b. 1879) died in the year 1962.   

Jan 06   Jacob "Jaap" Nanninga, Dutch painter (France, N Africa), dies at 57 in the year 1962.   

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 in the year 1962.   

Jan 15   On this day in history kenneth MacKenna, actor (Men Without Women), dies of cancer at 62   

Jan 16   On this day in history emanuel Stickelberger, Swiss writer (Holbein in England), dies at 77