Historical Events In 1962

Aug 27   Mariner 2 launched; first probe to fly by Venus in the year 1962.   

Aug 28   55.9 cm rainfall at Hackberry, Louisiana (state record) on this day in history.   

Aug 28   In the year 1962 dr Geza DeKaplany tortures wife with acid   

Aug 28   On this day in history tony Sheridan & the Beat Brothers record "Ya Ya (Parts 1 + 2)"   

Aug 31   In the year 1962 trinidad & Tobago gain independence from Britain   

Sep 01   10,000 die in an earthquake in western Iran on this day in history.   

Sep 01   UN announces Earth population has hit 3 billion on this day in history.   

Sep 02   Stan Musial's 3,516th hit moves over Tris Speaker into 2nd place in the year 1962.   

Sep 03   On this day in history anton Mauve, Dutch painter, dies at 63   

Sep 04   On this day in history beatles record "How Do You Do It"   

Sep 06   Hanns Eisler, composer (N Vietnam/E German Natl Anthem), dies at 64 in the year 1962.   

Sep 07   Karen Blixen-Finecke, baroness/writer (Out of Africa), dies at 77 in the year 1962.   

Sep 08   Hermann Standiger, German chemist (Nobel 1953), dies at 84 in the year 1962.   

Sep 09   Pat Rooney, vaudevillian (Night club), dies at 82 in the year 1962.   

Sep 10   Rod Laver wins the Grand Slam of tennis in the year 1962.   

Sep 11   In the year 1962 beatles cut "Love Me Do" and "PS I Love You"   

Sep 14   Marcel Delannoy, composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

Sep 15   In the year 1962 australia's first entry in America's Cup yacht race (US wins)   

Sep 16   On this day in history public TV channel 13 begins in NYC   

Sep 16   On this day in history saif al-Islam Achmad, monarch of Yemen, dies at about 71   

Sep 18   On this day in history rwanda, Burundi, Jamaica & Trinidad admitted (105th-108th) to the UN   

Sep 18   In the year 1962 therese Neumann, German stigma, dies at 64   

Sep 19   On this day in history pogodin, writer, dies   

Sep 19   In the year 1962 uSSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR   

Sep 20   James Meredith is blocked from entering Miss U as its first black on this day in history.   

Sep 22   On this day in history bob Dylan plays NYC Carnegie Hall   

Sep 23   On this day in history aBC's 1st color TV series-Jetsons   

Sep 23   In the year 1962 aBC's first color TV series-The Jetsons   

Sep 24   On this day in history uS Circuit Court of Appeals orders Meredith admitted to U of Miss   

Sep 25   A black church is destroyed by fire in Macon Georgia in the year 1962.   

Sep 25   Sonny Liston KOs Floyd Patterson in first round for heavyweight title in the year 1962.   

Sep 25   On this day in history weatherly (US) beats Gretel (Aust) in 19th running of America's Cup   

Sep 26   TV comedy series "The Beverly Hillbillies" premiers on CBS in the year 1962.   

Sep 26   Yemen Arab Republic proclaimed (National Day) on this day in history.   

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

Jan 03   In the year 1962 birth of gavin Hastings, WLAF kicker (Scottish Claymores)   

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of mark Gardner, US baseball player (Florida Marlins)   

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

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

Jan 04   On this day in history 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   On this day in history birth of patrick Cassidy, LA Calif, actor/composer (Fever Pitch, Off the Wall)   

Jan 01   Diego Martínez Barrio, Spanish president (1939), dies at 76 on this day in history.   

Jan 04   Hans Lammers, German SS officer (b. 1879) died on this day in history.   

Jan 06   On this day in history jacob "Jaap" Nanninga, Dutch painter (France, N Africa), dies at 57   

Jan 09   LeRoy B Shield, US pianist/composer (Union Pacific Suite), dies at 68 on this day in history.   

Jan 12   In the year 1962 death of ernie Kovacs, comedian (Ernie Kovacs Show), killed in auto crash at 42   

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

Jan 15   In the year 1962 kenneth MacKenna, actor (Men Without Women), dies of cancer at 62   

Jan 16   Emanuel Stickelberger, Swiss writer (Holbein in England), dies at 77 in the year 1962.