Page 10: 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   Thirty people arrested in plot to kill the French leader De Gaulle in the year 1962.   

Jun 15   On this day in history 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   Frank Borzage, US, director (7th Heaven, Strange Cargo), dies at 69 in the year 1962.   

Jun 21   USAF Maj Robert M White takes X-15 to 75,190 m on this day in history.   

Jun 23   In the year 1962 "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   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 in the year 1962.   

Jun 26   Blacks begin passive resistance in Cairo Ill on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1962 thalidomide drug banned in Netherlands   

Jun 29   First flight Vickers (British Aerospace) VC-10 long-range airliner in the year 1962.   

Jun 30   Caspar Neher, German set designer/librettist, dies at 65 in the year 1962.   

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

Jul 01   Rwanda and Burundi become independent countries in the year 1962.   

Jul 03   Algerian Revolution against French ends (Algeria gains ind on 7/5) in the year 1962.   

Jul 03   The birth of Tom Cruise, American actor in the year 1962.   

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 on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1962 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   In the year 1962 uS performs atmospheric nuclear test at Johnston Island   

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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   In the year 1962 birth of ulrike Lang, writer   

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 in the year 1962.   

Jan 04   In the year 1962 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   Diego Martínez Barrio, Spanish president (1939), dies at 76 in the year 1962.   

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   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   In the year 1962 ernie Kovacs, comedian, dies in a car crash in West LA, at 42   

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.