Page 11: Historical Events In 1962

Jul 10   Martin Luther King Jr arrested during demonstration in Georgia on this day in history.   

Jul 10   Telstar, first geosynchronous communications satellite, launched on this day in history.   

Jul 10   On this day in history telstar, the first private communications satellite, launches   

Jul 11   On this day in history 1st transatlantic TV transmission via satellite (Telstar I)   

Jul 11   In the year 1962 cosmonaut Micolaev set then record longest space flight - 4 days   

Jul 11   Fred Baldasare is first to swim English Channel underwater (scuba) on this day in history.   

Jul 11   The first transatlantic TV transmission via satellite (Telstar I) on this day in history.   

Jul 12   On this day in history rolling Stones first performance (Marquee Club, London)   

Jul 12   On this day in history the first time 2 manned crafts in space (USSR)   

Jul 13   On this day in history 500 Indonesian parachutist land on New-Guinea   

Jul 14   In the year 1962 borehole for Mont Blanc-tunnel finished   

Jul 16   Jan M Romein, historian (Breaking of Two Ages), dies on this day in history.   

Jul 16   In the year 1962 nASA civilian test pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 32,600 m   

Jul 17   In the year 1962 robert White in X-15 sets altitude record of 108 km (354,300 ft)   

Jul 17   In the year 1962 senate rejects medicare for the aged   

Jul 18   In the year 1962 minn Twins Bob Allison & Harmon Killebrew hit grand slams in 1st inn & Harmon Killebrew connect in a club-record, 11-run 1st inning   

Jul 20   On this day in history andre Renard, Belgium worker's union leader (MSU), dies at 51   

Jul 21   160 civil right activists jailed after demonstration in Albany Ga on this day in history.   

Jul 22   1st US Venus probe, Mariner 1, fails at lift-off on this day in history.   

Jul 22   The first US Venus probe, Mariner 1, fails at lift-off in the year 1962.   

Jul 24   Victor Moore, comedian, dies of heart attack at 86 on this day in history.   

Jul 27   On this day in history edward Godfrey Richard Aldington, novelist/biographer, dies   

Jul 27   In the year 1962 mariner 2 launched to Venus; flyby mission   

Jul 27   Martin Luther King Jr jailed in Albany Georgia on this day in history.   

Jul 28   19 die in a train crash in Steelton Pa on this day in history.   

Jul 28   Mariner I launched to Mars falls into Atlantic Ocean on this day in history.   

Jul 30   33rd All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 9-4 at Wrigley Field, Chicago on this day in history.   

Jul 30   Myron McCormick, actor (China Girl, Jigsaw), dies of cancer at 54 on this day in history.   

Jul 31   In the year 1962 australian Army Training Team Vietnam (AATTV) arrives in South Vietnam   

Jul 31   On this day in history federation of Malaysia formed   

Aug 01   Leon Kruczkowski, Polish author (Niemcy), dies at 62 in the year 1962.   

Aug 01   NASA civilian test pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 32,600 m on this day in history.   

Aug 02   On this day in history nASA civilian test pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 32,600 m   

Aug 03   In the year 1962 29th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Green Bay 42, All-Stars 20 (65,000)   

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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 in the year 1962.   

Jan 03   Mark Gardner, US baseball player (Florida Marlins) was born in the year 1962.   

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

Jan 04   In the year 1962 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 in the year 1962.   

Jan 04   Hans Lammers, German SS officer (b. 1879) died in the year 1962.   

Jan 06   In the year 1962 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   On this day in history 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   On this day in history kenneth MacKenna, actor (Men Without Women), dies of cancer at 62   

Jan 16   On this day in history emanuel Stickelberger, Swiss writer (Holbein in England), dies at 77