Historical Events In 1962

Jun 13   In the year 1962 eugene Goossens, British composer (Perseus), dies at 69   

Jun 14   In the year 1962 anna Sleasers, first Boston Strangler victim   

Jun 14   Thirty people arrested in plot to kill the French leader De Gaulle on this day in history.   

Jun 15   Alfred Cortot, French pianist, dies at 84 on this day in history.   

Jun 15   South Africa passes a bill setting death penalty for many crimes on this day in history.   

Jun 17   In the year 1962 brazil Beats Czechosolakia in soccer's 7th World Cup at Santiago   

Jun 18   On this day in history volkmar Andreae, Swiss conductor/composer (Bruckner), dies at 82   

Jun 19   Frank Borzage, US, director (7th Heaven, Strange Cargo), dies at 69 on this day in history.   

Jun 21   On this day in history uSAF Maj Robert M White takes X-15 to 75,190 m   

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

Jun 24   On this day in history lucile Watson, actress (Great Lie, Model Wife, Florian), dies at 83   

Jun 25   In the year 1962 ephraim Lisitsky, Hebrew poet, dies   

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 in the year 1962.   

Jun 28   In the year 1962 mickey Cochrane, baseball hall of fame catcher, dies at 59   

Jun 28   Thalidomide drug banned in Netherlands on this day in history.   

Jun 29   In the year 1962 first flight Vickers (British Aerospace) VC-10 long-range airliner   

Jun 30   Caspar Neher, German set designer/librettist, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

Jun 30   LA Dodger Sandy Koufax no-hits NY Mets, 5-0 in the year 1962.   

Jun 30   Rwanda &Burundi become independent in the year 1962.   

Jul 01   In the year 1962 burundi & Rwanda gain independence from Belgium (National Days)   

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   In the year 1962 the birth of Tom Cruise, American actor   

Jul 04   On this day in history island Records begins   

Jul 04   In the year 1962 rex Bell cowboy (Cowboys & Injuns), dies at 56   

Jul 04   In the year 1962 rex Bell, actor/lt-gov (Nevada), dies of heart attack at 56   

Jul 05   In the year 1962 algeria gains independence after 132 years of French rule   

Jul 06   In the year 1962 william Faulkner author, inventor of Yoknapatawpha Co, dies at 64   

Jul 06   William [Harrison] Faulkner, US writer (Nobel 1949), dies at 64 on this day in history.   

Jul 07   Bill Hartack becomes 8th jockey to win 3,000 horse races on this day in history.   

Jul 09   Louis A van Gasteren, Dutch actor (Willem van Oranje), dies at 74 on this day in history.   

Jul 09   On this day in history uS performs atmospheric nuclear test at Johnston Island   

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Jan 03   Darren Daulton, US baseball catcher (Phila Phillies) was born in the year 1962.   

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

Jan 03   Mark Gardner, US baseball player (Florida Marlins) was born on this day in history.   

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   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   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   In the year 1962 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   LeRoy B Shield, US pianist/composer (Union Pacific Suite), dies at 68 on this day in history.   

Jan 12   Ernie Kovacs, comedian (Ernie Kovacs Show), killed in auto crash at 42 died in the year 1962.   

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