Historical Events In 1962

Jan 16   Shooting begins on "Dr No" in the year 1962.   

Jan 16   On this day in history suit accuses New York City NY Board of Education uses "racial quotas"   

Jan 17   A NASA civilian pilot Neil A Armstrong takes X-15 to 40,690 m in the year 1962.   

Jan 17   On this day in history gerrit Achterberg, Dutch poet (Dead End), dies at 56   

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

Jan 18   Raymond Moulaert, composer, dies at 86 on this day in history.   

Jan 18   On this day in history southern University closed due to demonstrations   

Jan 18   US begins spraying foliage in Vietnam to reveal Viet Cong guerrillas on this day in history.   

Jan 18   US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site in the year 1962.   

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

Jan 20   "Kean" closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 92 performances in the year 1962.   

Jan 20   On this day in history robinson Jeffers, poet/playwright (Dear Judas), dies at 75   

Jan 21   In the year 1962 andre Lhote, French painter/art historian, dies at 76   

Jan 21   JFK arrives in Uruguay on this day in history.   

Jan 21   In the year 1962 snow falls in San Francisco   

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   On this day in history 28 refugees escape from East to West Germany   

Jan 24   Brian Epstein signs management contract with the Beatles in the year 1962.   

Jan 24   Jackie Robinson is first Black elected to Baseball Hall of Fame in the year 1962.   

Jan 24   Tom Shirley, actor/TV announcer (They're Off), dies at 62 in the year 1962.   

Jan 25   In the year 1962 the Bank of Montreal acquires Newfoundland Savings Bank0   

Jan 26   On this day in history bishop Burke of Buffalo Catholic dioceses declares Chubby Checker's "Twist" is impure &bans it from all Catholic schools   

Jan 26   In the year 1962 canadian Marine Service renamed Coast Guard   

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

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

Jan 27   "Family Affair" opens at Billy Rose Theater NYC for 65 performances in the year 1962.   

Jan 28   Johanne Relleke gets stung by bees 2,443 times in Rhodesia &survives in the year 1962.   

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

Jan 30   On this day in history 2 members of Flying Wallendas' high-wire act killed when their 7-person pyramid collapsed during a performance in Detroit   

Jan 30   On this day in history two members of the Flying Wallendas family of high-wire performers are killed when their human pyramid collapses during a performance in Detroit, Michigan.   

Jan 30   On this day in history uN General Assembly censures Portugal (because of Angola)   

Jan 30   On this day in history uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

Jan 31   General Charles P Cabell, USAF, ends term as deputy director of CIA 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   On this day in history birth of gavin Hastings, WLAF kicker (Scottish Claymores)   

Jan 03   In the year 1962 birth of mark Gardner, US baseball player (Florida Marlins)   

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

Jan 03   On this day in history 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   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   On this day in history 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   In the year 1962 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   Ernie Kovacs, comedian (Ernie Kovacs Show), killed in auto crash at 42 died on this day in history.   

Jan 13   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

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