Historical Events In 1962

Jan 16   On this day in history shooting begins on "Dr No"  

Jan 16   Suit accuses New York City NY Board of Education uses "racial quotas" on this day in history.  

Jan 17   A NASA civilian pilot Neil A Armstrong takes X-15 to 40,690 m on this day in history.  

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

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

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

Jan 18   In the year 1962 southern University closed due to demonstrations  

Jan 18   In the year 1962 uS begins spraying foliage in Vietnam to reveal Viet Cong guerrillas  

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   In the year 1962 "Kean" closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 92 performances  

Jan 20   In the year 1962 robinson Jeffers, poet/playwright (Dear Judas), dies at 75  

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   In the year 1962 snow falls in San Francisco  

Jan 23   British spy Kim Philby defects to USSR in the year 1962.  

Jan 23   Libya, Morocco, Algeria &Tunisia plan to form United Arab Maghreb on this day in history.  

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

Jan 24   Brian Epstein signs management contract with the Beatles in the year 1962.  

Jan 24   Jackie Robinson is first Black elected to Baseball Hall of Fame in the year 1962.  

Jan 24   Tom Shirley, actor/TV announcer (They're Off), dies at 62 on this day in history.  

Jan 25   The Bank of Montreal acquires Newfoundland Savings Bank0 in the year 1962.  

Jan 26   Bishop Burke of Buffalo Catholic dioceses declares Chubby Checker's "Twist" is impure &bans it from all Catholic schools in the year 1962.  

Jan 26   On this day in history canadian Marine Service renamed Coast Guard  

Jan 26   In the year 1962 charles "Lucky" Luciano, NYC Mafia gangster, dies at 65  

Jan 26   On this day in history uS launches Ranger 3, misses Moon by 22,000-mile (37,000-km)  

Jan 27   "Family Affair" opens at Billy Rose Theater NYC for 65 performances in the year 1962.  

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

Jan 29   Fritz Kreisler, Austria/US violinist/composer, dies at 86 on this day in history.  

Jan 30   2 members of Flying Wallendas' high-wire act killed when their 7-person pyramid collapsed during a performance in Detroit on this day in history.  

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

Jan 30   In the year 1962 uN General Assembly censures Portugal (because of Angola)  

Jan 30   On this day in history uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site  

Jan 31   General Charles P Cabell, USAF, ends term as deputy director of CIA in the year 1962.  

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

Jan 04   On this day in history 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   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   On this day in history 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   On this day in history 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.