Page 2: Historical Events In 1962

Jan 16   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 40690 m.   

Jan 17   Gerrit Achterberg, Dutch poet (Dead End), dies at 56   

Jan 17   NASA civilian pilot Neil A Armstrong takes X-15 to 40690 m.   

Jan 18   Raymond Moulaert, composer, dies at 86.   

Jan 18   Southern University closed due to demonstrations.   

Jan 18   US begins spraying foliage in Vietnam to reveal Viet Cong guerrillas   

Jan 18   US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

Jan 19   Snub Pollard, actor (Limelight, Arizona Days), dies of cancer at 72   

Jan 20   "Kean" closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 92 performances.   

Jan 20   Robinson Jeffers, poet/playwright (Dear Judas), dies at 75   

Jan 21   Andre Lhote, French painter/art historian, dies at 76.   

Jan 21   JFK arrives in Uruguay   

Jan 21   Snow falls in San Francisco   

Jan 23   British spy Kim Philby defects to USSR.   

Jan 23   Libya, Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia plan to form United Arab Maghreb   

Jan 24   28 refugees escape from East to West Germany.   

Jan 24   Brian Epstein signs management contract with the Beatles   

Jan 24   Jackie Robinson is inaugural Black elected to Baseball Hall of Fame.   

Jan 24   Tom Shirley, actor/TV announcer (They're Off), dies at 62.   

Jan 25   The Bank of Montreal acquires Newfoundland Savings Bank0.   

Jan 26   Bishop Burke of Buffalo Catholic dioceses declares Chubby Checker's "Twist" is impure and bans it from all Catholic schools.   

Jan 26   Canadian Marine Service renamed Coast Guard   

Jan 26   Charles "Lucky" Luciano, NYC Mafia gangster, dies at 65   

Jan 26   US launches Ranger 3, misses Moon by 22000-mile (37000-km)   

Jan 27   "Family Affair" opens at Billy Rose Theater NYC for 65 performances.   

Jan 28   Johanne Relleke gets stung by bees 2443 times in Rhodesia and survives   

Jan 29   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   

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.   

Jan 30   UN General Assembly censures Portugal (because of Angola).   

Jan 30   US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.   

Jan 31   General Charles P Cabell, USAF, ends term as deputy director of CIA   

Feb 02   8 of 9 planets align for inaugural time in 400 years.   

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Jan 03   Darren daulton: Us baseball catcher (phila phillies)   

Jan 03   Gavin hastings: Wlaf kicker (scottish claymores)   

Jan 03   Mark gardner: Us baseball player (florida marlins)   

Jan 03   Ulrike lang: Writer   

Jan 03   Francesca lia block: American author   

Jan 04   Joe kleine: Nba center (phoenix suns, chicago bulls)   

Jan 04   Martin mcaloon: Rocker (prefab sprout-2 wheels good)   

Jan 04   Patrick cassidy: La calif, actor/composer (fever pitch, off the wall)   

Jan 01   Diego martínez barrio: Spanish president (1939),   

Jan 04   Hans lammers: German ss officer (b. 1879)   

Jan 06   Jacob "jaap" nanninga: Dutch painter (france, n africa),   

Jan 09   Leroy b shield: Us pianist/composer (union pacific suite),   

Jan 12   Ernie kovacs: Comedian (ernie kovacs show), killed in auto crash at 42   

Jan 13   Ernie kovacs: Comedian,   

Jan 15   Kenneth mackenna: Actor (men without women),    

Jan 16   Emanuel stickelberger: Swiss writer (holbein in england),