Page 10: Historical Events In 1962

Jun 13   Eugene Goossens, British composer (Perseus), dies at 69 in the year 1962.   

Jun 14   In the year 1962 anna Sleasers, first Boston Strangler victim   

Jun 14   Thirty people arrested in plot to kill the French leader De Gaulle on this day in history.   

Jun 15   In the year 1962 alfred Cortot, French pianist, dies at 84   

Jun 15   On this day in history south Africa passes a bill setting death penalty for many crimes   

Jun 17   Brazil Beats Czechosolakia in soccer's 7th World Cup at Santiago in the year 1962.   

Jun 18   Volkmar Andreae, Swiss conductor/composer (Bruckner), dies at 82 on this day in history.   

Jun 19   Frank Borzage, US, director (7th Heaven, Strange Cargo), dies at 69 in the year 1962.   

Jun 21   On this day in history uSAF Maj Robert M White takes X-15 to 75,190 m   

Jun 23   "Subways Are after Sleeping" closes at St James NYC after 205 perfs in the year 1962.   

Jun 24   Lucile Watson, actress (Great Lie, Model Wife, Florian), dies at 83 in the year 1962.   

Jun 25   On this day in history ephraim Lisitsky, Hebrew poet, dies   

Jun 25   The U.S. Supreme Court ruled (5 to 4) that prayers in public schools violated the First Amendment to the Constitution regarding the separation of church and state on this day in history.   

Jun 26   Blacks begin passive resistance in Cairo Ill in the year 1962.   

Jun 27   On this day in history nASA civilian pilot Joseph Walker takes X-15 to 6,606 kph, 37,700 m   

Jun 28   Mickey Cochrane, baseball hall of fame catcher, dies at 59 on this day in history.   

Jun 28   Thalidomide drug banned in Netherlands in the year 1962.   

Jun 29   On this day in history first flight Vickers (British Aerospace) VC-10 long-range airliner   

Jun 30   On this day in history caspar Neher, German set designer/librettist, dies at 65   

Jun 30   In the year 1962 lA Dodger Sandy Koufax no-hits NY Mets, 5-0   

Jun 30   In the year 1962 rwanda &Burundi become independent   

Jul 01   Burundi & Rwanda gain independence from Belgium (National Days) on this day in history.   

Jul 01   On this day in history rwanda and Burundi become independent countries   

Jul 03   In the year 1962 algerian Revolution against French ends (Algeria gains ind on 7/5)   

Jul 03   On this day in history the birth of Tom Cruise, American actor   

Jul 04   On this day in history island Records begins   

Jul 04   Rex Bell cowboy (Cowboys & Injuns), dies at 56 in the year 1962.   

Jul 04   In the year 1962 rex Bell, actor/lt-gov (Nevada), dies of heart attack at 56   

Jul 05   In the year 1962 algeria gains independence after 132 years of French rule   

Jul 06   William Faulkner author, inventor of Yoknapatawpha Co, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

Jul 06   William [Harrison] Faulkner, US writer (Nobel 1949), dies at 64 in the year 1962.   

Jul 07   Bill Hartack becomes 8th jockey to win 3,000 horse races on this day in history.   

Jul 09   Louis A van Gasteren, Dutch actor (Willem van Oranje), dies at 74 in the year 1962.   

Jul 09   US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Johnston Island on this day in history.   

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

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of ulrike Lang, writer   

Jan 03   Francesca Lia Block, American author was born on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 04   Patrick Cassidy, LA Calif, actor/composer (Fever Pitch, Off the Wall) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 01   On this day in history diego Martínez Barrio, Spanish president (1939), dies at 76   

Jan 04   On this day in history death of hans Lammers, German SS officer (b. 1879)   

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

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   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 on this day in history.