Page 2: Historical Events In 1962

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

Jan 16   In the year 1962 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   In the year 1962 nASA civilian pilot Neil A Armstrong takes X-15 to 40,690 m   

Jan 18   On this day in history raymond Moulaert, composer, dies at 86   

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

Jan 18   US begins spraying foliage in Vietnam to reveal Viet Cong guerrillas on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1962.   

Jan 20   In the year 1962 "Kean" closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 92 performances   

Jan 20   On this day in history robinson Jeffers, poet/playwright (Dear Judas), dies at 75   

Jan 21   Andre Lhote, French painter/art historian, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 21   On this day in history 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 in the year 1962.   

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   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 in the year 1962.   

Jan 25   The Bank of Montreal acquires Newfoundland Savings Bank0 on this day in history.   

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

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 30   UN General Assembly censures Portugal (because of Angola) on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

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Jan 03   Darren Daulton, US baseball catcher (Phila Phillies) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 03   Gavin Hastings, WLAF kicker (Scottish Claymores) was born in the year 1962.   

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

Jan 03   In the year 1962 birth of ulrike Lang, writer   

Jan 03   On this day in history 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   On this day in history 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 in the year 1962.   

Jan 01   In the year 1962 diego Martínez Barrio, Spanish president (1939), dies at 76   

Jan 04   Hans Lammers, German SS officer (b. 1879) died on this day in history.   

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   Ernie Kovacs, comedian (Ernie Kovacs Show), killed in auto crash at 42 died in the year 1962.   

Jan 13   Ernie Kovacs, comedian, dies in a car crash in West LA, at 42 on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1962.