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   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 in the year 1962.  

Jan 18   Southern University closed due to demonstrations on this day in history.  

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

Jan 18   In the year 1962 uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site  

Jan 19   In the year 1962 snub Pollard, actor (Limelight, Arizona Days), dies of cancer at 72  

Jan 20   On this day in history "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 in the year 1962.  

Jan 21   On this day in history jFK arrives in Uruguay  

Jan 21   In the year 1962 snow falls in San Francisco  

Jan 23   On this day in history british spy Kim Philby defects to USSR  

Jan 23   Libya, Morocco, Algeria &Tunisia plan to form United Arab Maghreb on this day in history.  

Jan 24   28 refugees escape from East to West Germany on this day in history.  

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   In the year 1962 tom Shirley, actor/TV announcer (They're Off), dies at 62  

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 in the year 1962.  

Jan 26   On this day in history canadian Marine Service renamed Coast Guard  

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   In the year 1962 "Family Affair" opens at Billy Rose Theater NYC for 65 performances  

Jan 28   Johanne Relleke gets stung by bees 2,443 times in Rhodesia &survives in the year 1962.  

Jan 29   Fritz Kreisler, Austria/US violinist/composer, dies at 86 in the year 1962.  

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   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   In the year 1962 uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site  

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 in the year 1962.  

Jan 03   In the year 1962 birth of mark Gardner, US baseball player (Florida Marlins)  

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

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of francesca Lia Block, American author  

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

Jan 04   In the year 1962 death of hans Lammers, German SS officer (b. 1879)  

Jan 06   In the year 1962 jacob "Jaap" Nanninga, Dutch painter (France, N Africa), dies at 57  

Jan 09   In the year 1962 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 on this day in history.  

Jan 13   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.  

Jan 16   Emanuel Stickelberger, Swiss writer (Holbein in England), dies at 77 on this day in history.