Page 15: Historical Events In 1962

Oct 17   On this day in history yanks beat Giants for 20th world championship   

Oct 18   On this day in history dr Watson (US) & Drs Crick & Wilkins (Britain) win Nobel Prize for Medicine for work in determining structure of DNA   

Oct 18   JFK meets Russian minister of Foreign affairs Andrei Gromyko in the year 1962.   

Oct 18   On this day in history uS launches Ranger 5 for lunar impact; misses Moon   

Oct 21   In the year 1962 mickey Wright wins LPGA Carlsbad Cavern Golf Open   

Oct 21   The 1962 Seattle World's Fair (Century 21 Exposition) closes on this day in history.   

Oct 22   Cuban Missile Crisis begins in the year 1962.   

Oct 22   On this day in history jFK addresses TV about Russian missile bases in Cuba   

Oct 22   JFK imposes naval blockade on Cuba, beginning missile crisis in the year 1962.   

Oct 22   Nelson Mandella goes on trial for treason in South Africa on this day in history.   

Oct 23   In the year 1962 uSAF Major Robert A Rushworth takes X-15 to 40,800 m   

Oct 24   In Cuban missile crisis, the US blockade of Cuba begins on this day in history.   

Oct 24   U.S. Military Forces put on High Alert during the Cuban Missile Crisis, in the year 1962.   

Oct 25   On this day in history 110th member of the UN admitted (Uganda)   

Oct 25   On this day in history american author John Steinbeck awarded Nobel Prize in literature   

Oct 25   In the year 1962 photographic evidence of Soviet missile bases in Cuba is presented to the U.N. Security council by U.S. Ambassador Adlai Stevenson.   

Oct 25   Stevenson demands USSR amb Zorin answer regarding Cuban missile bases saying "I am prepared to wait for my answer until hell freezes over" on this day in history.   

Oct 26   On this day in history beatles tape "Please Please Me" & "Ask Me Why"   

Oct 26   Hattie McDaniel actress (Gone With the Wind), dies at 67 on this day in history.   

Oct 27   In the year 1962 "Beyond the Fringe" opens at John Golden Theater NYC for 673 perfs   

Oct 27   On this day in history enrico Mattei, Italian oil magnate, dies at 58   

Oct 28   On this day in history khrushchev orders withdrawal of missiles from Cuba, ending crisis   

Oct 28   Pierre Froidebise, composer, dies at 48 on this day in history.   

Oct 29   On this day in history naphtali Siegfried Salomon, composer, dies at 77   

Nov 01   On this day in history first ever spacecraft to Mars, Mars 1, launched   

Nov 01   Greece enters the European Common Market in the year 1962.   

Nov 01   On this day in history uSSR launches Mars 1; radio contact lost before arrival at Mars   

Nov 01   Winter Haynes Watts, composer, dies at 78 on this day in history.   

Nov 02   Felice Lattuada, composer, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

Nov 02   JFK announces Cuban missile bases were being dismantled in the year 1962.   

Nov 03   Harlow H Curtice, pres of General Motors (1953-8), dies at 69 on this day in history.   

Nov 06   BART bond issue just gets by with a 66.9% favorable vote in the year 1962.   

Nov 06   Edward M Kennedy first elected (Sen-D-MA) on this day in history.   

Nov 07   Eleanor Roosevelt, 1st Lady (1933-1945), dies at 78 in NYC in the year 1962.   

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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   In the year 1962 birth of mark Gardner, US baseball player (Florida Marlins)   

Jan 03   Ulrike Lang, writer was born on this day in history.   

Jan 03   Francesca Lia Block, American author was born on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1962.   

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

Jan 13   In the year 1962 ernie Kovacs, comedian, dies in a car crash in West LA, at 42   

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