Historical Events In 1962

Jun 13   On this day in history eugene Goossens, British composer (Perseus), dies at 69   

Jun 14   On this day in history anna Sleasers, first Boston Strangler victim   

Jun 14   On this day in history thirty people arrested in plot to kill the French leader De Gaulle   

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

Jun 15   South Africa passes a bill setting death penalty for many crimes on this day in history.   

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

Jun 18   On this day in history volkmar Andreae, Swiss conductor/composer (Bruckner), dies at 82   

Jun 19   In the year 1962 frank Borzage, US, director (7th Heaven, Strange Cargo), dies at 69   

Jun 21   USAF Maj Robert M White takes X-15 to 75,190 m in the year 1962.   

Jun 23   On this day in history "Subways Are after Sleeping" closes at St James NYC after 205 perfs   

Jun 24   In the year 1962 lucile Watson, actress (Great Lie, Model Wife, Florian), dies at 83   

Jun 25   In the year 1962 ephraim Lisitsky, Hebrew poet, dies   

Jun 25   On this day in history 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.   

Jun 26   On this day in history blacks begin passive resistance in Cairo Ill   

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

Jun 28   On this day in history mickey Cochrane, baseball hall of fame catcher, dies at 59   

Jun 28   On this day in history thalidomide drug banned in Netherlands   

Jun 29   First flight Vickers (British Aerospace) VC-10 long-range airliner on this day in history.   

Jun 30   In the year 1962 caspar Neher, German set designer/librettist, dies at 65   

Jun 30   On this day in history lA Dodger Sandy Koufax no-hits NY Mets, 5-0   

Jun 30   Rwanda &Burundi become independent on this day in history.   

Jul 01   In the year 1962 burundi & Rwanda gain independence from Belgium (National Days)   

Jul 01   Rwanda and Burundi become independent countries on this day in history.   

Jul 03   On this day in history algerian Revolution against French ends (Algeria gains ind on 7/5)   

Jul 03   The birth of Tom Cruise, American actor on this day in history.   

Jul 04   Island Records begins on this day in history.   

Jul 04   Rex Bell cowboy (Cowboys & Injuns), dies at 56 on this day in history.   

Jul 04   On this day in history rex Bell, actor/lt-gov (Nevada), dies of heart attack at 56   

Jul 05   Algeria gains independence after 132 years of French rule in the year 1962.   

Jul 06   In the year 1962 william Faulkner author, inventor of Yoknapatawpha Co, dies at 64   

Jul 06   William [Harrison] Faulkner, US writer (Nobel 1949), dies at 64 on this day in history.   

Jul 07   On this day in history bill Hartack becomes 8th jockey to win 3,000 horse races   

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 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   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   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   In the year 1962 birth of martin McAloon, rocker (Prefab Sprout-2 Wheels Good)   

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

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   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   Kenneth MacKenna, actor (Men Without Women), dies of cancer at 62 in the year 1962.   

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