Page 2: Historical Events In 1962

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

Jan 16   On this day in history suit accuses New York City NY Board of Education uses "racial quotas"   

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

Jan 17   Gerrit Achterberg, Dutch poet (Dead End), dies at 56 in the year 1962.   

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

Jan 18   Raymond Moulaert, composer, dies at 86 on this day in history.   

Jan 18   Southern University closed due to demonstrations in the year 1962.   

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   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   In the year 1962 andre Lhote, French painter/art historian, dies at 76   

Jan 21   In the year 1962 jFK arrives in Uruguay   

Jan 21   On this day in history snow falls in San Francisco   

Jan 23   British spy Kim Philby defects to USSR on this day in history.   

Jan 23   On this day in history libya, Morocco, Algeria &Tunisia plan to form United Arab Maghreb   

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

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

Jan 24   Jackie Robinson is first Black elected to Baseball Hall of Fame on this day in history.   

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

Jan 25   In the year 1962 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 in the year 1962.   

Jan 26   Canadian Marine Service renamed Coast Guard on this day in history.   

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   "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   In the year 1962 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) in the year 1962.   

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

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

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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   On this day in history birth of mark Gardner, US baseball player (Florida Marlins)   

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

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 on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1962 jacob "Jaap" Nanninga, Dutch painter (France, N Africa), dies at 57   

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 in the year 1962.   

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 in the year 1962.