Page 13: Historical Events In 1962

Aug 27   Mariner 2 launched; first probe to fly by Venus on this day in history.   

Aug 28   55.9 cm rainfall at Hackberry, Louisiana (state record) on this day in history.   

Aug 28   Dr Geza DeKaplany tortures wife with acid in the year 1962.   

Aug 28   Tony Sheridan & the Beat Brothers record "Ya Ya (Parts 1 + 2)" on this day in history.   

Aug 31   On this day in history trinidad & Tobago gain independence from Britain   

Sep 01   On this day in history 10,000 die in an earthquake in western Iran   

Sep 01   In the year 1962 uN announces Earth population has hit 3 billion   

Sep 02   Stan Musial's 3,516th hit moves over Tris Speaker into 2nd place on this day in history.   

Sep 03   Anton Mauve, Dutch painter, dies at 63 in the year 1962.   

Sep 04   Beatles record "How Do You Do It" in the year 1962.   

Sep 06   On this day in history hanns Eisler, composer (N Vietnam/E German Natl Anthem), dies at 64   

Sep 07   On this day in history karen Blixen-Finecke, baroness/writer (Out of Africa), dies at 77   

Sep 08   On this day in history hermann Standiger, German chemist (Nobel 1953), dies at 84   

Sep 09   In the year 1962 pat Rooney, vaudevillian (Night club), dies at 82   

Sep 10   On this day in history rod Laver wins the Grand Slam of tennis   

Sep 11   Beatles cut "Love Me Do" and "PS I Love You" in the year 1962.   

Sep 14   On this day in history marcel Delannoy, composer, dies at 64   

Sep 15   On this day in history australia's first entry in America's Cup yacht race (US wins)   

Sep 16   Public TV channel 13 begins in NYC on this day in history.   

Sep 16   Saif al-Islam Achmad, monarch of Yemen, dies at about 71 in the year 1962.   

Sep 18   Rwanda, Burundi, Jamaica & Trinidad admitted (105th-108th) to the UN on this day in history.   

Sep 18   Therese Neumann, German stigma, dies at 64 in the year 1962.   

Sep 19   In the year 1962 pogodin, writer, dies   

Sep 19   USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR on this day in history.   

Sep 20   James Meredith is blocked from entering Miss U as its first black in the year 1962.   

Sep 22   In the year 1962 bob Dylan plays NYC Carnegie Hall   

Sep 23   ABC's 1st color TV series-Jetsons on this day in history.   

Sep 23   ABC's first color TV series-The Jetsons on this day in history.   

Sep 24   On this day in history uS Circuit Court of Appeals orders Meredith admitted to U of Miss   

Sep 25   In the year 1962 a black church is destroyed by fire in Macon Georgia   

Sep 25   Sonny Liston KOs Floyd Patterson in first round for heavyweight title on this day in history.   

Sep 25   Weatherly (US) beats Gretel (Aust) in 19th running of America's Cup on this day in history.   

Sep 26   TV comedy series "The Beverly Hillbillies" premiers on CBS in the year 1962.   

Sep 26   On this day in history yemen Arab Republic proclaimed (National Day)   

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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   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   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

Jan 04   In the year 1962 birth of patrick Cassidy, LA Calif, actor/composer (Fever Pitch, Off the Wall)   

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 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   On this day in history death of ernie Kovacs, comedian (Ernie Kovacs Show), killed in auto crash at 42   

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   Emanuel Stickelberger, Swiss writer (Holbein in England), dies at 77 on this day in history.