Historical Events In 1962

Jun 13   In the year 1962 eugene Goossens, British composer (Perseus), dies at 69   

Jun 14   In the year 1962 anna Sleasers, first Boston Strangler victim   

Jun 14   In the year 1962 thirty people arrested in plot to kill the French leader De Gaulle   

Jun 15   Alfred Cortot, French pianist, dies at 84 on this day in history.   

Jun 15   In the year 1962 south Africa passes a bill setting death penalty for many crimes   

Jun 17   Brazil Beats Czechosolakia in soccer's 7th World Cup at Santiago on this day in history.   

Jun 18   On this day in history volkmar Andreae, Swiss conductor/composer (Bruckner), dies at 82   

Jun 19   In the year 1962 frank Borzage, US, director (7th Heaven, Strange Cargo), dies at 69   

Jun 21   In the year 1962 uSAF Maj Robert M White takes X-15 to 75,190 m   

Jun 23   In the year 1962 "Subways Are after Sleeping" closes at St James NYC after 205 perfs   

Jun 24   Lucile Watson, actress (Great Lie, Model Wife, Florian), dies at 83 in the year 1962.   

Jun 25   Ephraim Lisitsky, Hebrew poet, dies on this day in history.   

Jun 25   On this day in history the U.S. Supreme Court ruled (5 to 4) that prayers in public schools violated the First Amendment to the Constitution regarding the separation of church and state.   

Jun 26   In the year 1962 blacks begin passive resistance in Cairo Ill   

Jun 27   NASA civilian pilot Joseph Walker takes X-15 to 6,606 kph, 37,700 m in the year 1962.   

Jun 28   In the year 1962 mickey Cochrane, baseball hall of fame catcher, dies at 59   

Jun 28   In the year 1962 thalidomide drug banned in Netherlands   

Jun 29   First flight Vickers (British Aerospace) VC-10 long-range airliner on this day in history.   

Jun 30   On this day in history caspar Neher, German set designer/librettist, dies at 65   

Jun 30   LA Dodger Sandy Koufax no-hits NY Mets, 5-0 in the year 1962.   

Jun 30   Rwanda &Burundi become independent on this day in history.   

Jul 01   On this day in history burundi & Rwanda gain independence from Belgium (National Days)   

Jul 01   On this day in history rwanda and Burundi become independent countries   

Jul 03   Algerian Revolution against French ends (Algeria gains ind on 7/5) on this day in history.   

Jul 03   On this day in history the birth of Tom Cruise, American actor   

Jul 04   In the year 1962 island Records begins   

Jul 04   Rex Bell cowboy (Cowboys & Injuns), dies at 56 in the year 1962.   

Jul 04   Rex Bell, actor/lt-gov (Nevada), dies of heart attack at 56 in the year 1962.   

Jul 05   In the year 1962 algeria gains independence after 132 years of French rule   

Jul 06   On this day in history william Faulkner author, inventor of Yoknapatawpha Co, dies at 64   

Jul 06   On this day in history william [Harrison] Faulkner, US writer (Nobel 1949), dies at 64   

Jul 07   Bill Hartack becomes 8th jockey to win 3,000 horse races on this day in history.   

Jul 09   Louis A van Gasteren, Dutch actor (Willem van Oranje), dies at 74 on this day in history.   

Jul 09   US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Johnston Island in the year 1962.   

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Jan 03   Darren Daulton, US baseball catcher (Phila Phillies) was born on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1962 birth of ulrike Lang, writer   

Jan 03   Francesca Lia Block, American author was born in the year 1962.   

Jan 04   In the year 1962 birth of joe Kleine, NBA center (Phoenix Suns, Chicago Bulls)   

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of martin McAloon, rocker (Prefab Sprout-2 Wheels Good)   

Jan 04   Patrick Cassidy, LA Calif, actor/composer (Fever Pitch, Off the Wall) was born in the year 1962.   

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 06   Jacob "Jaap" Nanninga, Dutch painter (France, N Africa), dies at 57 in the year 1962.   

Jan 09   LeRoy B Shield, US pianist/composer (Union Pacific Suite), dies at 68 in the year 1962.   

Jan 12   Ernie Kovacs, comedian (Ernie Kovacs Show), killed in auto crash at 42 died in the year 1962.   

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