Page 11: Historical Events In 1962

Jul 10   Martin Luther King Jr arrested during demonstration in Georgia on this day in history.   

Jul 10   On this day in history telstar, first geosynchronous communications satellite, launched   

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

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

Jul 11   Cosmonaut Micolaev set then record longest space flight - 4 days in the year 1962.   

Jul 11   Fred Baldasare is first to swim English Channel underwater (scuba) on this day in history.   

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) in the year 1962.   

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

Jul 14   On this day in history borehole for Mont Blanc-tunnel finished   

Jul 16   Jan M Romein, historian (Breaking of Two Ages), dies on this day in history.   

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

Jul 17   On this day in history robert White in X-15 sets altitude record of 108 km (354,300 ft)   

Jul 17   On this day in history senate rejects medicare for the aged   

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

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

Jul 21   In the year 1962 160 civil right activists jailed after demonstration in Albany Ga   

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

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

Jul 24   On this day in history victor Moore, comedian, dies of heart attack at 86   

Jul 27   In the year 1962 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   Mariner I launched to Mars falls into Atlantic Ocean in the year 1962.   

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

Jul 30   Myron McCormick, actor (China Girl, Jigsaw), dies of cancer at 54 in the year 1962.   

Jul 31   Australian Army Training Team Vietnam (AATTV) arrives in South Vietnam on this day in history.   

Jul 31   Federation of Malaysia formed in the year 1962.   

Aug 01   In the year 1962 leon Kruczkowski, Polish author (Niemcy), dies at 62   

Aug 01   On this day in history nASA civilian test pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 32,600 m   

Aug 02   NASA civilian test pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 32,600 m in the year 1962.   

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 in the year 1962.   

Jan 03   Gavin Hastings, WLAF kicker (Scottish Claymores) was born in the year 1962.   

Jan 03   On this day in history 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   In the year 1962 birth of joe Kleine, NBA center (Phoenix Suns, Chicago Bulls)   

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of martin McAloon, rocker (Prefab Sprout-2 Wheels Good)   

Jan 04   In the year 1962 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   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   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

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