Page 2: Historical Events In 1962

Jan 16   Shooting begins on "Dr No" on this day in history.   

Jan 16   In the year 1962 suit accuses New York City NY Board of Education uses "racial quotas"   

Jan 17   On this day in history a NASA civilian pilot Neil A Armstrong takes X-15 to 40,690 m   

Jan 17   Gerrit Achterberg, Dutch poet (Dead End), dies at 56 on this day in history.   

Jan 17   In the year 1962 nASA civilian pilot Neil A Armstrong takes X-15 to 40,690 m   

Jan 18   In the year 1962 raymond Moulaert, composer, dies at 86   

Jan 18   In the year 1962 southern University closed due to demonstrations   

Jan 18   US begins spraying foliage in Vietnam to reveal Viet Cong guerrillas in the year 1962.   

Jan 18   In the year 1962 uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

Jan 19   Snub Pollard, actor (Limelight, Arizona Days), dies of cancer at 72 on this day in history.   

Jan 20   On this day in history "Kean" closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 92 performances   

Jan 20   Robinson Jeffers, poet/playwright (Dear Judas), dies at 75 in the year 1962.   

Jan 21   On this day in history andre Lhote, French painter/art historian, dies at 76   

Jan 21   On this day in history jFK arrives in Uruguay   

Jan 21   Snow falls in San Francisco on this day in history.   

Jan 23   In the year 1962 british spy Kim Philby defects to USSR   

Jan 23   Libya, Morocco, Algeria &Tunisia plan to form United Arab Maghreb in the year 1962.   

Jan 24   In the year 1962 28 refugees escape from East to West Germany   

Jan 24   On this day in history brian Epstein signs management contract with the Beatles   

Jan 24   On this day in history jackie Robinson is first Black elected to Baseball Hall of Fame   

Jan 24   On this day in history tom Shirley, actor/TV announcer (They're Off), dies at 62   

Jan 25   The Bank of Montreal acquires Newfoundland Savings Bank0 on this day in history.   

Jan 26   In the year 1962 bishop Burke of Buffalo Catholic dioceses declares Chubby Checker's "Twist" is impure &bans it from all Catholic schools   

Jan 26   Canadian Marine Service renamed Coast Guard in the year 1962.   

Jan 26   Charles "Lucky" Luciano, NYC Mafia gangster, dies at 65 in the year 1962.   

Jan 26   US launches Ranger 3, misses Moon by 22,000-mile (37,000-km) in the year 1962.   

Jan 27   On this day in history "Family Affair" opens at Billy Rose Theater NYC for 65 performances   

Jan 28   Johanne Relleke gets stung by bees 2,443 times in Rhodesia &survives on this day in history.   

Jan 29   In the year 1962 fritz Kreisler, Austria/US violinist/composer, dies at 86   

Jan 30   2 members of Flying Wallendas' high-wire act killed when their 7-person pyramid collapsed during a performance in Detroit in the year 1962.   

Jan 30   Two members of the Flying Wallendas family of high-wire performers are killed when their human pyramid collapses during a performance in Detroit, Michigan in the year 1962.   

Jan 30   In the year 1962 uN General Assembly censures Portugal (because of Angola)   

Jan 30   US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on this day in history.   

Jan 31   General Charles P Cabell, USAF, ends term as deputy director of CIA in the year 1962.   

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

Jan 03   Gavin Hastings, WLAF kicker (Scottish Claymores) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

Jan 03   In the year 1962 birth of francesca Lia Block, American author   

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   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   In the year 1962 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   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 in the year 1962.   

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 in the year 1962.