Page 9: Historical Events In 1962

May 22   Robert A Rushworth, USAF major, takes X-15 to 30600 meters.   

May 22   Roger Maris walks 5 times (record 4 intentionally) in a 9 inning game   

May 23   OAS leader General Raoul Salan sentenced to life   

May 23   Scott Carpenter orbits Earth 3 times in US Aurora 7.   

May 24   M Scott Carpenter aboard Aurora 7 launched into earth orbit   

May 25   In this year, US unions AFL-CIO starts campaign for 35-hour work week.   

May 25   Isley Brothers release "Twist and Shout".   

May 25   US performs nuclear test at Christmas Island (atmospheric).   

May 28   Suit alleging de facto school segregation filed in Rochester NY.   

May 28   US stock market drops $20.8 B in 1 day   

May 28   Wide World of Sports with Chris Schenkel premieres on CBS radio.   

May 29   Barbra Streisand appears on "Garry Moore Show".   

May 29   Barbra Streisand appears on "The Garry Moore Show"   

May 29   Buck O'Neil is recorded as becoming the inaugural black coach in major league baseball, accepting a job with the Chicago Cubs.   

May 30   69 killed in bus crash (Ahmedabad India)   

May 30   Benjamin Britten's "War Requiem" premieres.   

May 31   "Tell It To Groucho" last airs on CBS-TV   

May 31   Adolf Eichmann, war criminal, hanged at Ramie Prison in Israel at 56   

Jun 01   Oscar 2 (ham radio satellite) launched into Earth orbit.   

Jun 01   USAF Maj Robert M White takes X-15 to 40420 m   

Jun 02   32nd French Mens Tennis: Rod Laver beats Roy Emerson (36 26 63 97 62).   

Jun 02   Franc S Finzgar, Slovic writer (Service Girls), dies   

Jun 03   Air France Boeing 707 crashes on takeoff from Paris, results in the deaths of 130   

Jun 04   William Beebe, US biologist/explorer, dies at 84.   

Jun 06   Beatles meet their producer George Martin for the inaugural time Beatles record "Besame Mucho" with Peter Best on drums.   

Jun 06   Guinn Williams, actor (Big Boy-Circus Boy), dies of poisoning at 63   

Jun 07   NASA civilian test pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 31580 m   

Jun 08   Jim Beatty runs world record 2 mile (8:29.8)   

Jun 09   Henry Kendall, actor (Shadow, Romance and Riches), dies at 65   

Jun 12   John N Ireland, English composer/pianist (Epic March), dies at 82   

Jun 12   USAF Maj Robert M White takes X-15 to 56270 m.   

Jun 13   Eugene Goossens, British composer (Perseus), dies at 69.   

Jun 14   Anna Sleasers, inaugural Boston Strangler victim   

Jun 14   Thirty people arrested in plot to kill the French leader De Gaulle   

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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),