Historical Events In 1962

Feb 02   In the year 1962 8 of 9 planets align for first time in 400 years  

Feb 02   On this day in history uSSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR  

Feb 03   On this day in history john Uelses pole vaults record 489 cm  

Feb 03   President Kennedy bans all trade with Cuba except for food &drugs in the year 1962.  

Feb 03   In the year 1962 werner Bock, writer, dies  

Feb 04   On this day in history "Gay Life" closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 113 performances  

Feb 04   In the year 1962 russian newspaper Izvestia reports baseball is an old Russian game  

Feb 04   In the year 1962 uS female Figure Skating championship won by Barbara Roles  

Feb 04   In the year 1962 uS male Figure Skating championship won by Monty Hoyt  

Feb 05   In the year 1962 french President de Gaulle calls for Algeria's independence  

Feb 05   On this day in history hSS-2 Sea King became the first helicopter to exceed 200 m.p.h. in an officially sanctioned trial.  

Feb 05   Jacques Ibert, French composer (Escales), dies at 71 on this day in history.  

Feb 05   In the year 1962 suit to bar Englewood NJ from "racial segregated" schools is filed  

Feb 05   Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter &Saturn within 16º on this day in history.  

Feb 06   Schoolman Athletic Field in the Bronx named on this day in history.  

Feb 07   Arthur Carr, cricketer (11 Tests for Eng 22-29), dies shovelling snow on this day in history.  

Feb 07   In the year 1962 gas explosion in Luisanthal coal mine Voelklingen Germany kills 298  

Feb 07   On this day in history president Kennedy begins blockade of Cuba  

Feb 08   In the year 1962 uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site  

Feb 09   Jamaica signs agreement to become independent in the year 1962.  

Feb 09   US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site in the year 1962.  

Feb 10   In the year 1962 captured American U-2 spy plane pilot Francis Gary Powers is released by the U.S.S.R. in exchange for a Soviet spy held by the U.S.  

Feb 10   Willem Paerels, Neth/Belgian painter/graphic artist, dies at 83 on this day in history.  

Feb 11   Nine U.S. and South Vietnamese crewmen are killed in a SC-47 crash about 70 miles north of Saigon in the year 1962.  

Feb 12   In the year 1962 bus boycott starts in Macon GA  

Feb 14   On this day in history lady Jacqueline Kennedy conducts White House tour on TV  

Feb 15   On this day in history uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site  

Feb 15   In the year 1962 vladimir Sokoloff, actor (Road to Morocco, Cloak & Dagger), dies at 72  

Feb 17   On this day in history bruno Walter, symphony conductor (NY Philharmonic), dies at 85  

Feb 18   France & Algerian Moslems negotiate truce to end 7 year war in the year 1962.  

Feb 19   On this day in history albert Israel Elkus, composer, dies at 77  

Feb 19   US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site in the year 1962.  

Feb 20   Halliwell Hobbes, dies at 64 on this day in history.  

Feb 20   John Glenn becomes the first U.S. astronaut to orbit the Earth, aboard the spacecraft Friendship Seven on this day in history.  

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Jan 03   Darren Daulton, US baseball catcher (Phila Phillies) was born in the year 1962.  

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   Ulrike Lang, writer was born in the year 1962.  

Jan 03   Francesca Lia Block, American author was born on this day in history.  

Jan 04   Joe Kleine, NBA center (Phoenix Suns, Chicago Bulls) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 04   Martin McAloon, rocker (Prefab Sprout-2 Wheels Good) was born in the year 1962.  

Jan 04   Patrick Cassidy, LA Calif, actor/composer (Fever Pitch, Off the Wall) was born on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1962.  

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 on this day in history.  

Jan 12   Ernie Kovacs, comedian (Ernie Kovacs Show), killed in auto crash at 42 died on this day in history.  

Jan 13   Ernie Kovacs, comedian, dies in a car crash in West LA, at 42 in the year 1962.  

Jan 15   Kenneth MacKenna, actor (Men Without Women), dies of cancer at 62 on this day in history.  

Jan 16   On this day in history emanuel Stickelberger, Swiss writer (Holbein in England), dies at 77