Page 10: Historical Events In 1962

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

Jun 14   Anna Sleasers, first Boston Strangler victim in the year 1962.   

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   Brazil Beats Czechosolakia in soccer's 7th World Cup at Santiago in the year 1962.   

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

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

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 in the year 1962.   

Jun 24   Lucile Watson, actress (Great Lie, Model Wife, Florian), dies at 83 on this day in history.   

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

Jun 25   In the year 1962 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.   

Jun 26   In the year 1962 blacks begin passive resistance in Cairo Ill   

Jun 27   NASA civilian pilot Joseph Walker takes X-15 to 6,606 kph, 37,700 m in the year 1962.   

Jun 28   On this day in history mickey Cochrane, baseball hall of fame catcher, dies at 59   

Jun 28   Thalidomide drug banned in Netherlands in the year 1962.   

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

Jun 30   On this day in history caspar Neher, German set designer/librettist, dies at 65   

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   Burundi & Rwanda gain independence from Belgium (National Days) on this day in history.   

Jul 01   In the year 1962 rwanda and Burundi become independent countries   

Jul 03   In the year 1962 algerian Revolution against French ends (Algeria gains ind on 7/5)   

Jul 03   The birth of Tom Cruise, American actor on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history rex Bell, actor/lt-gov (Nevada), dies of heart attack at 56   

Jul 05   Algeria gains independence after 132 years of French rule on this day in history.   

Jul 06   On this day in history william Faulkner author, inventor of Yoknapatawpha Co, dies at 64   

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

Jul 07   Bill Hartack becomes 8th jockey to win 3,000 horse races in the year 1962.   

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

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 in the year 1962.   

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

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   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 in the year 1962.   

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   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   Ernie Kovacs, comedian, dies in a car crash in West LA, at 42 in the year 1962.   

Jan 15   On this day in history kenneth MacKenna, actor (Men Without Women), dies of cancer at 62   

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