Historical Events In 1962

Nov 07   Richard Nixon quits politics-You won't have Nixon to kick around in the year 1962.   

Nov 08   Canada govt orders changing nickel back to round shape in the year 1962.   

Nov 09   Dutch Catharina Lodders elected Miss World on this day in history.   

Nov 10   "Nowhere to Go, But Up" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 9 perfs in the year 1962.   

Nov 11   Joseph Allen Jr, actor (All Women Have Secrets), dies at 44 on this day in history.   

Nov 12   On this day in history alexander Spitzmuller-Harmersbach, composer, dies at 68   

Nov 14   In the year 1962 manuel Galvez, Argentina writer/poet (Hombres & Soledad), dies at 80   

Nov 16   Kuwait adopts constitution (1st, Islamitic) in the year 1962.   

Nov 17   On this day in history "Little Me" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC for 257 performances   

Nov 17   On this day in history arthur Vining Davis, CEO (Alcoa-1910-57), dies at 95 in Miami   

Nov 18   Luc Haesaerts, Flemish art critic (Flandre), dies at 63 in the year 1962.   

Nov 19   In the year 1962 fidel Castro accepts removal of Soviet weapons   

Nov 19   On this day in history jodie Foster was born   

Nov 20   In the year 1962 jasper McLevy, socialist mayor of Bridgeport Ct, dies   

Nov 20   On this day in history president John F. Kennedy lifts the Blockade of Cuba.   

Nov 21   In the year 1962 the Chinese People's Liberation Army declares a unilateral cease-fire in the Sino-Indian War.   

Nov 23   On this day in history gloria Gordon, actress (My Friend Irma), dies at 81   

Nov 24   In the year 1962 james J Kilroy, tank inspector (Kilroy was here), dies at 60   

Nov 24   In the year 1962 last of Dutch militia leave New-Guinea   

Nov 25   WBJA (now WMGC) TV channel 34 in Binghamton, NY (ABC) 1st broadcast on this day in history.   

Nov 26   1st recording session under name "Beatles" on this day in history.   

Nov 26   Albert P Sarraut, Indo-China premier (1933, 36), dies at 90 in the year 1962.   

Nov 26   In the year 1962 the first recording session under the name "Beatles"   

Nov 27   1st test flight of the Boeing 727 takes place in the year 1962.   

Nov 28   Wilhelmina HPM, queen of the Netherlands (1898-1948), dies at 82 in the year 1962.   

Nov 29   Baseball decides to revert back to 1 all star game per year in the year 1962.   

Nov 29   Rav Aaron Kotler, Orthodox Talmudic scholar, dies in Lakewood NJ on this day in history.   

Nov 30   U Thant of Burma elected 3rd Secretary-General of UN unanimously in the year 1962.   

Dec 01   In the year 1962 grey Cup halted by fog, resumed next day (Winnipeg 28, Hamilton 27)   

Dec 02   In the year 1962 50th CFL Grey Cup: Winnipeg beats Hamilton, 28-27 at Toronto [OT]   

Dec 03   Edith Spurlock Sampson sworn-in as 1st US black female judge in the year 1962.   

Dec 06   US abandons Skybolt balastic missile program in the year 1962.   

Dec 06   On this day in history uS abandons Skybolt ballistic missile program   

Dec 07   Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 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   In the year 1962 birth of gavin Hastings, WLAF kicker (Scottish Claymores)   

Jan 03   Mark Gardner, US baseball player (Florida Marlins) was born in the year 1962.   

Jan 03   In the year 1962 birth of ulrike Lang, writer   

Jan 03   In the year 1962 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 in the year 1962.   

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

Jan 01   Diego Martínez Barrio, Spanish president (1939), dies at 76 in the year 1962.   

Jan 04   On this day in history death of hans Lammers, German SS officer (b. 1879)   

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

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

Jan 12   On this day in history death of ernie Kovacs, comedian (Ernie Kovacs Show), killed in auto crash at 42   

Jan 13   Ernie Kovacs, comedian, dies in a car crash in West LA, at 42 on this day in history.   

Jan 15   Kenneth MacKenna, actor (Men Without Women), dies of cancer at 62 in the year 1962.   

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