Page 11: Historical Events In 1962

Jul 10   On this day in history martin Luther King Jr arrested during demonstration in Georgia   

Jul 10   Telstar, first geosynchronous communications satellite, launched on this day in history.   

Jul 10   Telstar, the first private communications satellite, launches on this day in history.   

Jul 11   1st transatlantic TV transmission via satellite (Telstar I) on this day in history.   

Jul 11   In the year 1962 cosmonaut Micolaev set then record longest space flight - 4 days   

Jul 11   Fred Baldasare is first to swim English Channel underwater (scuba) in the year 1962.   

Jul 11   In the year 1962 the first transatlantic TV transmission via satellite (Telstar I)   

Jul 12   On this day in history rolling Stones first performance (Marquee Club, London)   

Jul 12   The first time 2 manned crafts in space (USSR) on this day in history.   

Jul 13   On this day in history 500 Indonesian parachutist land on New-Guinea   

Jul 14   In the year 1962 borehole for Mont Blanc-tunnel finished   

Jul 16   On this day in history jan M Romein, historian (Breaking of Two Ages), dies   

Jul 16   On this day in history nASA civilian test pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 32,600 m   

Jul 17   In the year 1962 robert White in X-15 sets altitude record of 108 km (354,300 ft)   

Jul 17   Senate rejects medicare for the aged in the year 1962.   

Jul 18   Minn Twins Bob Allison & Harmon Killebrew hit grand slams in 1st inn & Harmon Killebrew connect in a club-record, 11-run 1st inning on this day in history.   

Jul 20   On this day in history andre Renard, Belgium worker's union leader (MSU), dies at 51   

Jul 21   160 civil right activists jailed after demonstration in Albany Ga on this day in history.   

Jul 22   1st US Venus probe, Mariner 1, fails at lift-off in the year 1962.   

Jul 22   The first US Venus probe, Mariner 1, fails at lift-off on this day in history.   

Jul 24   Victor Moore, comedian, dies of heart attack at 86 on this day in history.   

Jul 27   On this day in history edward Godfrey Richard Aldington, novelist/biographer, dies   

Jul 27   Mariner 2 launched to Venus; flyby mission in the year 1962.   

Jul 27   On this day in history martin Luther King Jr jailed in Albany Georgia   

Jul 28   19 die in a train crash in Steelton Pa on this day in history.   

Jul 28   In the year 1962 mariner I launched to Mars falls into Atlantic Ocean   

Jul 30   In the year 1962 33rd All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 9-4 at Wrigley Field, Chicago   

Jul 30   On this day in history myron McCormick, actor (China Girl, Jigsaw), dies of cancer at 54   

Jul 31   On this day in history australian Army Training Team Vietnam (AATTV) arrives in South Vietnam   

Jul 31   On this day in history federation of Malaysia formed   

Aug 01   Leon Kruczkowski, Polish author (Niemcy), dies at 62 on this day in history.   

Aug 01   In the year 1962 nASA civilian test pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 32,600 m   

Aug 02   On this day in history nASA civilian test pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 32,600 m   

Aug 03   In the year 1962 29th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Green Bay 42, All-Stars 20 (65,000)   

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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   On this day in history birth of mark Gardner, US baseball player (Florida Marlins)   

Jan 03   Ulrike Lang, writer was born in the year 1962.   

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   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 in the year 1962.   

Jan 09   In the year 1962 leRoy B Shield, US pianist/composer (Union Pacific Suite), dies at 68   

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   In the year 1962 kenneth MacKenna, actor (Men Without Women), dies of cancer at 62   

Jan 16   On this day in history emanuel Stickelberger, Swiss writer (Holbein in England), dies at 77