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

Jan 18   US begins spraying foliage in Vietnam to reveal Viet Cong guerrillas in the year 1962.  

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   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   In the year 1962 jFK arrives in Uruguay  

Jan 21   In the year 1962 snow falls in San Francisco  

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 in the year 1962.  

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

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   In the year 1962 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 on this day in history.  

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

Jan 26   On this day in history charles "Lucky" Luciano, NYC Mafia gangster, dies at 65  

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

Jan 27   "Family Affair" opens at Billy Rose Theater NYC for 65 performances on this day in history.  

Jan 28   Johanne Relleke gets stung by bees 2,443 times in Rhodesia &survives on this day in history.  

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

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) on this day in history.  

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

Jan 31   On this day in history 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 in the year 1962.  

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   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   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 on this day in history.  

Jan 01   Diego Martínez Barrio, Spanish president (1939), dies at 76 on this day in history.  

Jan 04   Hans Lammers, German SS officer (b. 1879) died in the year 1962.  

Jan 06   On this day in history jacob "Jaap" Nanninga, Dutch painter (France, N Africa), dies at 57  

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 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   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.