Page 2: Historical Events In 1962

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

Jan 16   Suit accuses New York City NY Board of Education uses "racial quotas" on this day in history.   

Jan 17   In the year 1962 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 in the year 1962.   

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   In the year 1962 uS begins spraying foliage in Vietnam to reveal Viet Cong guerrillas   

Jan 18   US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on this day in history.   

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

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   Snow falls in San Francisco on this day in history.   

Jan 23   British spy Kim Philby defects to USSR on this day in history.   

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

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

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

Jan 24   Jackie Robinson is first Black elected to Baseball Hall of Fame on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1962.   

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   On this day in history 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   On this day in history johanne Relleke gets stung by bees 2,443 times in Rhodesia &survives   

Jan 29   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

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   UN General Assembly censures Portugal (because of Angola) on this day in history.   

Jan 30   US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site in the year 1962.   

Jan 31   On this day in history general Charles P Cabell, USAF, ends term as deputy director of CIA   

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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   Mark Gardner, US baseball player (Florida Marlins) was born on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history birth of joe Kleine, NBA center (Phoenix Suns, Chicago Bulls)   

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

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of patrick Cassidy, LA Calif, actor/composer (Fever Pitch, Off the Wall)   

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 06   In the year 1962 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   Ernie Kovacs, comedian (Ernie Kovacs Show), killed in auto crash at 42 died on this day in history.   

Jan 13   Ernie Kovacs, comedian, dies in a car crash in West LA, at 42 on this day in history.   

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.