Historical Events In 1962

Jan 16   In the year 1962 shooting begins on "Dr No"   

Jan 16   On this day in history suit accuses New York City NY Board of Education uses "racial quotas"   

Jan 17   On this day in history a NASA civilian pilot Neil A Armstrong takes X-15 to 40,690 m   

Jan 17   In the year 1962 gerrit Achterberg, Dutch poet (Dead End), dies at 56   

Jan 17   NASA civilian pilot Neil A Armstrong takes X-15 to 40,690 m on this day in history.   

Jan 18   Raymond Moulaert, composer, dies at 86 on this day in history.   

Jan 18   In the year 1962 southern University closed due to demonstrations   

Jan 18   In the year 1962 uS begins spraying foliage in Vietnam to reveal Viet Cong guerrillas   

Jan 18   US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on this day in history.   

Jan 19   Snub Pollard, actor (Limelight, Arizona Days), dies of cancer at 72 in the year 1962.   

Jan 20   "Kean" closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 92 performances in the year 1962.   

Jan 20   Robinson Jeffers, poet/playwright (Dear Judas), dies at 75 on this day in history.   

Jan 21   On this day in history andre Lhote, French painter/art historian, dies at 76   

Jan 21   JFK arrives in Uruguay on this day in history.   

Jan 21   In the year 1962 snow falls in San Francisco   

Jan 23   British spy Kim Philby defects to USSR on this day in history.   

Jan 23   Libya, Morocco, Algeria &Tunisia plan to form United Arab Maghreb on this day in history.   

Jan 24   On this day in history 28 refugees escape from East to West Germany   

Jan 24   In the year 1962 brian Epstein signs management contract with the Beatles   

Jan 24   In the year 1962 jackie Robinson is first Black elected to Baseball Hall of Fame   

Jan 24   On this day in history tom Shirley, actor/TV announcer (They're Off), dies at 62   

Jan 25   The Bank of Montreal acquires Newfoundland Savings Bank0 in the year 1962.   

Jan 26   In the year 1962 bishop Burke of Buffalo Catholic dioceses declares Chubby Checker's "Twist" is impure &bans it from all Catholic schools   

Jan 26   On this day in history canadian Marine Service renamed Coast Guard   

Jan 26   Charles "Lucky" Luciano, NYC Mafia gangster, dies at 65 in the year 1962.   

Jan 26   US launches Ranger 3, misses Moon by 22,000-mile (37,000-km) in the year 1962.   

Jan 27   On this day in history "Family Affair" opens at Billy Rose Theater NYC for 65 performances   

Jan 28   On this day in history johanne Relleke gets stung by bees 2,443 times in Rhodesia &survives   

Jan 29   Fritz Kreisler, Austria/US violinist/composer, dies at 86 on this day in history.   

Jan 30   2 members of Flying Wallendas' high-wire act killed when their 7-person pyramid collapsed during a performance in Detroit in the year 1962.   

Jan 30   On this day in history two members of the Flying Wallendas family of high-wire performers are killed when their human pyramid collapses during a performance in Detroit, Michigan.   

Jan 30   UN General Assembly censures Portugal (because of Angola) on this day in history.   

Jan 30   In the year 1962 uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

Jan 31   General Charles P Cabell, USAF, ends term as deputy director of CIA on this day in history.   

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Jan 03   On this day in history birth of darren Daulton, US baseball catcher (Phila Phillies)   

Jan 03   Gavin Hastings, WLAF kicker (Scottish Claymores) was born on this day in history.   

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   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   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 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 12   In the year 1962 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 in the year 1962.   

Jan 15   Kenneth MacKenna, actor (Men Without Women), dies of cancer at 62 on this day in history.   

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