Page 10: Historical Events In 1962

Jun 13   Eugene Goossens, British composer (Perseus), dies at 69 in the year 1962.   

Jun 14   Anna Sleasers, first Boston Strangler victim on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history brazil Beats Czechosolakia in soccer's 7th World Cup at Santiago   

Jun 18   Volkmar Andreae, Swiss conductor/composer (Bruckner), dies at 82 in the year 1962.   

Jun 19   Frank Borzage, US, director (7th Heaven, Strange Cargo), dies at 69 in the year 1962.   

Jun 21   USAF Maj Robert M White takes X-15 to 75,190 m in the year 1962.   

Jun 23   "Subways Are after Sleeping" closes at St James NYC after 205 perfs on this day in history.   

Jun 24   In the year 1962 lucile Watson, actress (Great Lie, Model Wife, Florian), dies at 83   

Jun 25   Ephraim Lisitsky, Hebrew poet, dies in the year 1962.   

Jun 25   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 in the year 1962.   

Jun 26   Blacks begin passive resistance in Cairo Ill on this day in history.   

Jun 27   NASA civilian pilot Joseph Walker takes X-15 to 6,606 kph, 37,700 m on this day in history.   

Jun 28   Mickey Cochrane, baseball hall of fame catcher, dies at 59 in the year 1962.   

Jun 28   In the year 1962 thalidomide drug banned in Netherlands   

Jun 29   On this day in history first flight Vickers (British Aerospace) VC-10 long-range airliner   

Jun 30   In the year 1962 caspar Neher, German set designer/librettist, dies at 65   

Jun 30   On this day in history lA Dodger Sandy Koufax no-hits NY Mets, 5-0   

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

Jul 01   Burundi & Rwanda gain independence from Belgium (National Days) in the year 1962.   

Jul 01   Rwanda and Burundi become independent countries on this day in history.   

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

Jul 03   The birth of Tom Cruise, American actor in the year 1962.   

Jul 04   In the year 1962 island Records begins   

Jul 04   Rex Bell cowboy (Cowboys & Injuns), dies at 56 on this day in history.   

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   William Faulkner author, inventor of Yoknapatawpha Co, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

Jul 06   William [Harrison] Faulkner, US writer (Nobel 1949), dies at 64 in the year 1962.   

Jul 07   On this day in history bill Hartack becomes 8th jockey to win 3,000 horse races   

Jul 09   On this day in history louis A van Gasteren, Dutch actor (Willem van Oranje), dies at 74   

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 03   In the year 1962 birth of mark Gardner, US baseball player (Florida Marlins)   

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of ulrike Lang, writer   

Jan 03   Francesca Lia Block, American author was born on this day in history.   

Jan 04   Joe Kleine, NBA center (Phoenix Suns, Chicago Bulls) was born in the year 1962.   

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   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 in the year 1962.   

Jan 09   On this day in history 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   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 in the year 1962.   

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