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" on this day in history.   

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

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 on this day in history.   

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

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

Jan 18   On this day in history uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

Jan 19   On this day in history snub Pollard, actor (Limelight, Arizona Days), dies of cancer at 72   

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

Jan 20   On this day in history 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   In the year 1962 british spy Kim Philby defects to USSR   

Jan 23   In the year 1962 libya, Morocco, Algeria &Tunisia plan to form United Arab Maghreb   

Jan 24   28 refugees escape from East to West Germany in the year 1962.   

Jan 24   In the year 1962 brian Epstein signs management contract with the Beatles   

Jan 24   In the year 1962 jackie Robinson is first Black elected to Baseball Hall of Fame   

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   On this day in history bishop Burke of Buffalo Catholic dioceses declares Chubby Checker's "Twist" is impure &bans it from all Catholic schools   

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

Jan 27   In the year 1962 "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 on this day in history.   

Jan 29   On this day in history fritz Kreisler, Austria/US violinist/composer, dies at 86   

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

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   UN General Assembly censures Portugal (because of Angola) on this day in history.   

Jan 30   US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site in the year 1962.   

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

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Jan 03   On this day in history birth of darren Daulton, US baseball catcher (Phila Phillies)   

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

Jan 03   Mark Gardner, US baseball player (Florida Marlins) was born in the year 1962.   

Jan 03   Ulrike Lang, writer was born on this day in history.   

Jan 03   Francesca Lia Block, American author was born on this day in history.   

Jan 04   In the year 1962 birth of joe Kleine, NBA center (Phoenix Suns, Chicago Bulls)   

Jan 04   In the year 1962 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   In the year 1962 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   Ernie Kovacs, comedian (Ernie Kovacs Show), killed in auto crash at 42 died on this day in history.   

Jan 13   In the year 1962 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 in the year 1962.   

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