Page 10: Historical Events In 1962

Jun 13   In the year 1962 eugene Goossens, British composer (Perseus), dies at 69   

Jun 14   Anna Sleasers, first Boston Strangler victim in the year 1962.   

Jun 14   In the year 1962 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   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 on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

Jun 24   Lucile Watson, actress (Great Lie, Model Wife, Florian), dies at 83 on this day in history.   

Jun 25   Ephraim Lisitsky, Hebrew poet, dies on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1962 blacks begin passive resistance in Cairo Ill   

Jun 27   In the year 1962 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 on this day in history.   

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

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   On this day in history burundi & Rwanda gain independence from Belgium (National Days)   

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

Jul 04   Island Records begins in the year 1962.   

Jul 04   On this day in history rex Bell cowboy (Cowboys & Injuns), dies at 56   

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

Jul 05   Algeria gains independence after 132 years of French rule on this day in history.   

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

Jul 09   On this day in history louis A van Gasteren, Dutch actor (Willem van Oranje), dies at 74   

Jul 09   In the year 1962 uS performs atmospheric nuclear test at Johnston Island   

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Jan 03   In the year 1962 birth of darren Daulton, US baseball catcher (Phila Phillies)   

Jan 03   In the year 1962 birth of gavin Hastings, WLAF kicker (Scottish Claymores)   

Jan 03   Mark Gardner, US baseball player (Florida Marlins) was born in the year 1962.   

Jan 03   In the year 1962 birth of ulrike Lang, writer   

Jan 03   In the year 1962 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   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   In the year 1962 diego Martínez Barrio, Spanish president (1939), dies at 76   

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   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   Ernie Kovacs, comedian, dies in a car crash in West LA, at 42 in the year 1962.   

Jan 15   On this day in history 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.