Historical Events In 1962

Dec 07   On this day in history kirsten Flagstead, Norwegian soprano (Wagner), dies at 67   

Dec 08   In the year 1962 "I Can Get It For You Wholesale" closes at Shubert NYC after 300 perfs   

Dec 09   "I Can Get It For You Wholesale" closes on Broadway on this day in history.   

Dec 09   Tanganyika becomes a republic within the British Commonwealth on this day in history.   

Dec 10   Hunters Point (San Francisco) jitney ends service after 50 years in the year 1962.   

Dec 12   Sid Saylor, actor (Wally-Waterfront), dies at 67 in the year 1962.   

Dec 12   On this day in history uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

Dec 13   On this day in history relay 1 communication satellite launched   

Dec 14   Mariner 2 launched, makes first US visit to another planet (Venus) on this day in history.   

Dec 14   Mariner 2 makes 1st US fly-by of another planet (Venus) on this day in history.   

Dec 14   In the year 1962 u.S. space probe Mariner 2 transmitted data from Venus. The spacecraft came within 22,000 miles of Venus and measured the temperature and other characteristics of the planet, and then radioed the data back to Earth.   

Dec 15   Charles Laughton, English actor (Hunchback of Notre Dame), dies at 63 on this day in history.   

Dec 15   Vaughn Meader's "The first Family," album goes #1 and stays #1 for 12 wks on this day in history.   

Dec 16   In the year 1962 constitutional Monarchical Hindu State of Nep l adopts new constitution   

Dec 16   In the year 1962 david Lean's "Lawrence of Arabia" premieres   

Dec 17   In the year 1962 current constitution of Monaco promulgated   

Dec 17   In the year 1962 thomas Mitchell, US, actor (Outlaw), dies of cancer at 70   

Dec 18   In the year 1962 dmitri Shostakovitch' 13th Symphony, premieres in Moscow   

Dec 19   In the year 1962 nyasaland secedes from Rhodesia & Nyasaland   

Dec 19   Nyasaland secedes from Rhodesia and Nyasaland on this day in history.   

Dec 19   On this day in history street signs in Golden Gate Park approved by Park Commission   

Dec 20   D Sjostakovitz opera "Katerina Ismailova," premieres in Moscow in the year 1962.   

Dec 20   In the year 1962 erik William Gustav Leidzen, composer, dies at 68   

Dec 20   The Osmond brothers debut on the Andy Williams Show in the year 1962.   

Dec 21   In the year 1962 angolin leaves Comecon   

Dec 22   1,000,000th NBA point scored on this day in history.   

Dec 22   Kinderman Place in the Bronx named on this day in history.   

Dec 23   Cuba starts returning US prisoners from Bay of Pigs invasion on this day in history.   

Dec 23   In the year 1962 cuba starts returning US prisoners from the Bay of Pigs invasion   

Dec 23   On this day in history george Saiko, writer, dies at 70   

Dec 24   In the year 1962 uSSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR   

Dec 27   In the year 1962 28th Heisman Trophy Award: Terry Baker, Oregon State (QB)   

Dec 28   UN troops occupies Elizabethstad Katanga on this day in history.   

Dec 29   Doug Walters makes 1st-class debut for NSW 17 yrs 8 days 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   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   Ulrike Lang, writer was born on this day in history.   

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of francesca Lia Block, American author   

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

Jan 04   Martin McAloon, rocker (Prefab Sprout-2 Wheels Good) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

Jan 13   In the year 1962 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   Emanuel Stickelberger, Swiss writer (Holbein in England), dies at 77 in the year 1962.