Historical Events In 1962

Nov 07   Richard Nixon quits politics-You won't have Nixon to kick around in the year 1962.   

Nov 08   On this day in history canada govt orders changing nickel back to round shape   

Nov 09   Dutch Catharina Lodders elected Miss World in the year 1962.   

Nov 10   In the year 1962 "Nowhere to Go, But Up" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 9 perfs   

Nov 11   Joseph Allen Jr, actor (All Women Have Secrets), dies at 44 in the year 1962.   

Nov 12   Alexander Spitzmuller-Harmersbach, composer, dies at 68 in the year 1962.   

Nov 14   In the year 1962 manuel Galvez, Argentina writer/poet (Hombres & Soledad), dies at 80   

Nov 16   On this day in history kuwait adopts constitution (1st, Islamitic)   

Nov 17   On this day in history "Little Me" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC for 257 performances   

Nov 17   Arthur Vining Davis, CEO (Alcoa-1910-57), dies at 95 in Miami in the year 1962.   

Nov 18   In the year 1962 luc Haesaerts, Flemish art critic (Flandre), dies at 63   

Nov 19   Fidel Castro accepts removal of Soviet weapons in the year 1962.   

Nov 19   Jodie Foster was born on this day in history.   

Nov 20   Jasper McLevy, socialist mayor of Bridgeport Ct, dies on this day in history.   

Nov 20   In the year 1962 president John F. Kennedy lifts the Blockade of Cuba.   

Nov 21   In the year 1962 the Chinese People's Liberation Army declares a unilateral cease-fire in the Sino-Indian War.   

Nov 23   On this day in history gloria Gordon, actress (My Friend Irma), dies at 81   

Nov 24   James J Kilroy, tank inspector (Kilroy was here), dies at 60 in the year 1962.   

Nov 24   Last of Dutch militia leave New-Guinea on this day in history.   

Nov 25   WBJA (now WMGC) TV channel 34 in Binghamton, NY (ABC) 1st broadcast in the year 1962.   

Nov 26   1st recording session under name "Beatles" on this day in history.   

Nov 26   Albert P Sarraut, Indo-China premier (1933, 36), dies at 90 in the year 1962.   

Nov 26   In the year 1962 the first recording session under the name "Beatles"   

Nov 27   1st test flight of the Boeing 727 takes place on this day in history.   

Nov 28   Wilhelmina HPM, queen of the Netherlands (1898-1948), dies at 82 in the year 1962.   

Nov 29   Baseball decides to revert back to 1 all star game per year in the year 1962.   

Nov 29   In the year 1962 rav Aaron Kotler, Orthodox Talmudic scholar, dies in Lakewood NJ   

Nov 30   In the year 1962 u Thant of Burma elected 3rd Secretary-General of UN unanimously   

Dec 01   Grey Cup halted by fog, resumed next day (Winnipeg 28, Hamilton 27) on this day in history.   

Dec 02   50th CFL Grey Cup: Winnipeg beats Hamilton, 28-27 at Toronto [OT] in the year 1962.   

Dec 03   Edith Spurlock Sampson sworn-in as 1st US black female judge in the year 1962.   

Dec 06   US abandons Skybolt balastic missile program in the year 1962.   

Dec 06   On this day in history uS abandons Skybolt ballistic missile program   

Dec 07   Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on this day in history.   

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Jan 03   Darren Daulton, US baseball catcher (Phila Phillies) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 03   In the year 1962 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   On this day in history birth of ulrike Lang, writer   

Jan 03   Francesca Lia Block, American author was born in the year 1962.   

Jan 04   Joe Kleine, NBA center (Phoenix Suns, Chicago Bulls) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 04   Martin McAloon, rocker (Prefab Sprout-2 Wheels Good) was born in the year 1962.   

Jan 04   Patrick Cassidy, LA Calif, actor/composer (Fever Pitch, Off the Wall) was born in the year 1962.   

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

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   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 in the year 1962.   

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