Page 12: Historical Events In 1962

Aug 04   Nelson Mandela captured by South African police in the year 1962.   

Aug 05   In the year 1962 first quasar located by radio   

Aug 05   In the year 1962 marilyn Monroe, found dead of apparent self-inflicted drug OD at 35   

Aug 05   Nelson Mandela arrested for incitement & illigally leaving South Africa on this day in history.   

Aug 05   Nelson Mandella arrested and then imprisoned in the year 1962.   

Aug 06   On this day in history jamaica becomes independent after 300 years of British rule   

Aug 06   On this day in history jamaica gains independence from Britain   

Aug 06   Jamaica gains independent from Britain in the year 1962.   

Aug 07   In the year 1962 morris Louis, US painter (post painterly abstraction), dies at 49   

Aug 07   In the year 1962 uSSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR   

Aug 09   Hermann Hesse, German/Swiss poet/author (Nobel 1946), dies at 85 in the year 1962.   

Aug 10   Ted Husing, sportscaster (Monday Night Fights), dies at 60 on this day in history.   

Aug 11   In the year 1962 andrian G Nikolayev, becomes 3rd Russian in space aboard Vostok 3   

Aug 11   In the year 1962 beach Boys release "Surfin' Safari"   

Aug 12   In the year 1962 russia launches Vostok 4, Pavel Popovich, who lands safely Aug 15   

Aug 12   Tim D.was born this day in Calgary on this day in history.   

Aug 13   On this day in history bert Campaneris of Daytona Beach (FSL) pitches ambidextrously   

Aug 14   In the year 1962 french and Italian workers break through at Mount Blanc Vehicular Tunnel   

Aug 14   On this day in history nASA civilian test pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 60,000 m   

Aug 14   On this day in history uS mail truck in Plymouth, Mass robbed of more than $1.5 million   

Aug 15   In the year 1962 shady Grove Baptist Church burned in Leesburg Georgia   

Aug 16   Ringo Starr replaces Pete Best as Beatle drummer on this day in history.   

Aug 17   In the year 1962 beatles replaces Pete Best with Ringo Starr   

Aug 17   On this day in history e German border guards shot &kill Peter Fechter, 18, attempting to cross Berlin Wall into western sector   

Aug 17   In the year 1962 navy's first hydrofoil patrol craft, USS High Point (PCH-1) launched at Seattle, WA   

Aug 18   Cleo Ridgely, silent screen actress (I Remember Mama), dies at 68 in the year 1962.   

Aug 18   In the year 1962 peter, Paul and Mary release their first hit "If I Had a Hammer"   

Aug 19   Kerstin Hesselgren, 1st woman in Swedish parliament, dies at 90 in the year 1962.   

Aug 21   Verne Gagne beats Mister M (doctor X) in Minn, to become NWA champ in the year 1962.   

Aug 23   Hoot Gibson, silent screen cowboy actor (Last Outlaw), dies at 70 on this day in history.   

Aug 24   Henry George Ley, composer, dies at 74 in the year 1962.   

Aug 26   On this day in history mickey Wright wins LPGA Salt Lake City Golf Open   

Aug 27   Carlos Lavin, composer, dies at 79 on this day in history.   

Aug 27   Mariner 2 launched; 1st probe to fly by Venus 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   On this day in history birth of gavin Hastings, WLAF kicker (Scottish Claymores)   

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   On this day in history birth of joe Kleine, NBA center (Phoenix Suns, Chicago Bulls)   

Jan 04   In the year 1962 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 on this day in history.   

Jan 01   In the year 1962 diego Martínez Barrio, Spanish president (1939), dies at 76   

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 on this day in history.   

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   Kenneth MacKenna, actor (Men Without Women), dies of cancer at 62 on this day in history.   

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