Page 2: Historical Events In 1962

Jan 16   In the year 1962 shooting begins on "Dr No"   

Jan 16   In the year 1962 suit accuses New York City NY Board of Education uses "racial quotas"   

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

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

Jan 17   On this day in history 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   In the year 1962 southern University closed due to demonstrations   

Jan 18   On this day in history uS begins spraying foliage in Vietnam to reveal Viet Cong guerrillas   

Jan 18   US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site in the year 1962.   

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   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 in the year 1962.   

Jan 21   Snow falls in San Francisco in the year 1962.   

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

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 on this day in history.   

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   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 in the year 1962.   

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

Jan 28   On this day in history johanne Relleke gets stung by bees 2,443 times in Rhodesia &survives   

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

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   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) in the year 1962.   

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

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of gavin Hastings, WLAF kicker (Scottish Claymores)   

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of mark Gardner, US baseball player (Florida Marlins)   

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

Jan 03   Francesca Lia Block, American author was born in the year 1962.   

Jan 04   Joe Kleine, NBA center (Phoenix Suns, Chicago Bulls) was born in the year 1962.   

Jan 04   In the year 1962 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   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

Jan 09   LeRoy B Shield, US pianist/composer (Union Pacific Suite), dies at 68 in the year 1962.   

Jan 12   On this day in history death of ernie Kovacs, comedian (Ernie Kovacs Show), killed in auto crash at 42   

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   In the year 1962 emanuel Stickelberger, Swiss writer (Holbein in England), dies at 77