Historical Events In 1962

Dec 07   Kirsten Flagstead, Norwegian soprano (Wagner), dies at 67 on this day in history.   

Dec 08   In the year 1962 "I Can Get It For You Wholesale" closes at Shubert NYC after 300 perfs   

Dec 09   "I Can Get It For You Wholesale" closes on Broadway in the year 1962.   

Dec 09   In the year 1962 tanganyika becomes a republic within the British Commonwealth   

Dec 10   On this day in history hunters Point (San Francisco) jitney ends service after 50 years   

Dec 12   On this day in history sid Saylor, actor (Wally-Waterfront), dies at 67   

Dec 12   In the year 1962 uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

Dec 13   Relay 1 communication satellite launched in the year 1962.   

Dec 14   Mariner 2 launched, makes first US visit to another planet (Venus) on this day in history.   

Dec 14   Mariner 2 makes 1st US fly-by of another planet (Venus) in the year 1962.   

Dec 14   U.S. space probe Mariner 2 transmitted data from Venus. The spacecraft came within 22,000 miles of Venus and measured the temperature and other characteristics of the planet, and then radioed the data back to Earth on this day in history.   

Dec 15   Charles Laughton, English actor (Hunchback of Notre Dame), dies at 63 in the year 1962.   

Dec 15   Vaughn Meader's "The first Family," album goes #1 and stays #1 for 12 wks on this day in history.   

Dec 16   Constitutional Monarchical Hindu State of Nep l adopts new constitution on this day in history.   

Dec 16   David Lean's "Lawrence of Arabia" premieres in the year 1962.   

Dec 17   Current constitution of Monaco promulgated in the year 1962.   

Dec 17   In the year 1962 thomas Mitchell, US, actor (Outlaw), dies of cancer at 70   

Dec 18   Dmitri Shostakovitch' 13th Symphony, premieres in Moscow in the year 1962.   

Dec 19   On this day in history nyasaland secedes from Rhodesia & Nyasaland   

Dec 19   Nyasaland secedes from Rhodesia and Nyasaland on this day in history.   

Dec 19   Street signs in Golden Gate Park approved by Park Commission in the year 1962.   

Dec 20   D Sjostakovitz opera "Katerina Ismailova," premieres in Moscow on this day in history.   

Dec 20   Erik William Gustav Leidzen, composer, dies at 68 in the year 1962.   

Dec 20   In the year 1962 the Osmond brothers debut on the Andy Williams Show   

Dec 21   Angolin leaves Comecon on this day in history.   

Dec 22   In the year 1962 1,000,000th NBA point scored   

Dec 22   Kinderman Place in the Bronx named on this day in history.   

Dec 23   On this day in history cuba starts returning US prisoners from Bay of Pigs invasion   

Dec 23   On this day in history cuba starts returning US prisoners from the Bay of Pigs invasion   

Dec 23   George Saiko, writer, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

Dec 24   In the year 1962 uSSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR   

Dec 27   28th Heisman Trophy Award: Terry Baker, Oregon State (QB) in the year 1962.   

Dec 28   On this day in history uN troops occupies Elizabethstad Katanga   

Dec 29   Doug Walters makes 1st-class debut for NSW 17 yrs 8 days in the year 1962.   

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Jan 03   In the year 1962 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   On this day in history birth of mark Gardner, US baseball player (Florida Marlins)   

Jan 03   On this day in history 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   On this day in history 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   On this day in history death of hans Lammers, German SS officer (b. 1879)   

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

Jan 09   In the year 1962 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   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.