Page 13: Historical Events In 1962

Aug 27   On this day in history mariner 2 launched; first probe to fly by Venus   

Aug 28   55.9 cm rainfall at Hackberry, Louisiana (state record) in the year 1962.   

Aug 28   In the year 1962 dr Geza DeKaplany tortures wife with acid   

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

Aug 31   In the year 1962 trinidad & Tobago gain independence from Britain   

Sep 01   In the year 1962 10,000 die in an earthquake in western Iran   

Sep 01   UN announces Earth population has hit 3 billion in the year 1962.   

Sep 02   Stan Musial's 3,516th hit moves over Tris Speaker into 2nd place in the year 1962.   

Sep 03   In the year 1962 anton Mauve, Dutch painter, dies at 63   

Sep 04   On this day in history beatles record "How Do You Do It"   

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   Hermann Standiger, German chemist (Nobel 1953), dies at 84 in the year 1962.   

Sep 09   Pat Rooney, vaudevillian (Night club), dies at 82 in the year 1962.   

Sep 10   Rod Laver wins the Grand Slam of tennis in the year 1962.   

Sep 11   Beatles cut "Love Me Do" and "PS I Love You" on this day in history.   

Sep 14   Marcel Delannoy, composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

Sep 15   Australia's first entry in America's Cup yacht race (US wins) in the year 1962.   

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

Sep 16   On this day in history saif al-Islam Achmad, monarch of Yemen, dies at about 71   

Sep 18   In the year 1962 rwanda, Burundi, Jamaica & Trinidad admitted (105th-108th) to the UN   

Sep 18   In the year 1962 therese Neumann, German stigma, dies at 64   

Sep 19   In the year 1962 pogodin, writer, dies   

Sep 19   USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR in the year 1962.   

Sep 20   James Meredith is blocked from entering Miss U as its first black on this day in history.   

Sep 22   Bob Dylan plays NYC Carnegie Hall in the year 1962.   

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

Sep 23   ABC's first color TV series-The Jetsons in the year 1962.   

Sep 24   US Circuit Court of Appeals orders Meredith admitted to U of Miss in the year 1962.   

Sep 25   A black church is destroyed by fire in Macon Georgia in the year 1962.   

Sep 25   On this day in history sonny Liston KOs Floyd Patterson in first round for heavyweight title   

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 on this day in history.   

Sep 26   Yemen Arab Republic proclaimed (National Day) on this day in history.   

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Jan 03   On this day in history birth of darren Daulton, US baseball catcher (Phila Phillies)   

Jan 03   In the year 1962 birth of gavin Hastings, WLAF kicker (Scottish Claymores)   

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of mark Gardner, US baseball player (Florida Marlins)   

Jan 03   Ulrike Lang, writer was born in the year 1962.   

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

Jan 06   On this day in history jacob "Jaap" Nanninga, Dutch painter (France, N Africa), dies at 57   

Jan 09   LeRoy B Shield, US pianist/composer (Union Pacific Suite), dies at 68 on this day in history.   

Jan 12   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

Jan 15   Kenneth MacKenna, actor (Men Without Women), dies of cancer at 62 on this day in history.   

Jan 16   Emanuel Stickelberger, Swiss writer (Holbein in England), dies at 77 on this day in history.