Historical Events In 1962

Jul 10   Martin Luther King Jr arrested during demonstration in Georgia in the year 1962.   

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

Jul 10   Telstar, the first private communications satellite, launches on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history fred Baldasare is first to swim English Channel underwater (scuba)   

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

Jul 12   In the year 1962 rolling Stones first performance (Marquee Club, London)   

Jul 12   The first time 2 manned crafts in space (USSR) on this day in history.   

Jul 13   500 Indonesian parachutist land on New-Guinea in the year 1962.   

Jul 14   Borehole for Mont Blanc-tunnel finished in the year 1962.   

Jul 16   Jan M Romein, historian (Breaking of Two Ages), dies in the year 1962.   

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

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

Jul 17   Senate rejects medicare for the aged on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1962 andre Renard, Belgium worker's union leader (MSU), dies at 51   

Jul 21   160 civil right activists jailed after demonstration in Albany Ga in the year 1962.   

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

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

Jul 24   On this day in history victor Moore, comedian, dies of heart attack at 86   

Jul 27   In the year 1962 edward Godfrey Richard Aldington, novelist/biographer, dies   

Jul 27   Mariner 2 launched to Venus; flyby mission on this day in history.   

Jul 27   Martin Luther King Jr jailed in Albany Georgia in the year 1962.   

Jul 28   In the year 1962 19 die in a train crash in Steelton Pa   

Jul 28   Mariner I launched to Mars falls into Atlantic Ocean in the year 1962.   

Jul 30   In the year 1962 33rd All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 9-4 at Wrigley Field, Chicago   

Jul 30   On this day in history myron McCormick, actor (China Girl, Jigsaw), dies of cancer at 54   

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

Jul 31   Federation of Malaysia formed in the year 1962.   

Aug 01   Leon Kruczkowski, Polish author (Niemcy), dies at 62 on this day in history.   

Aug 01   NASA civilian test pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 32,600 m in the year 1962.   

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 on this day in history.   

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

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   Martin McAloon, rocker (Prefab Sprout-2 Wheels Good) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 04   Patrick Cassidy, LA Calif, actor/composer (Fever Pitch, Off the Wall) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 01   On this day in history diego Martínez Barrio, Spanish president (1939), dies at 76   

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 in the year 1962.   

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

Jan 12   Ernie Kovacs, comedian (Ernie Kovacs Show), killed in auto crash at 42 died on this day in history.   

Jan 13   Ernie Kovacs, comedian, dies in a car crash in West LA, at 42 on this day in history.   

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