Historical Events In 1962

Jul 10   Martin Luther King Jr arrested during demonstration in Georgia in the year 1962.   

Jul 10   In the year 1962 telstar, first geosynchronous communications satellite, launched   

Jul 10   Telstar, the first private communications satellite, launches in the year 1962.   

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

Jul 11   Cosmonaut Micolaev set then record longest space flight - 4 days on this day in history.   

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

Jul 11   The first transatlantic TV transmission via satellite (Telstar I) in the year 1962.   

Jul 12   Rolling Stones first performance (Marquee Club, London) in the year 1962.   

Jul 12   The first time 2 manned crafts in space (USSR) in the year 1962.   

Jul 13   500 Indonesian parachutist land on New-Guinea in the year 1962.   

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   NASA civilian test pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 32,600 m on this day in history.   

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

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

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   In the year 1962 andre Renard, Belgium worker's union leader (MSU), dies at 51   

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

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

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

Jul 24   In the year 1962 victor Moore, comedian, dies of heart attack at 86   

Jul 27   In the year 1962 edward Godfrey Richard Aldington, novelist/biographer, dies   

Jul 27   On this day in history mariner 2 launched to Venus; flyby mission   

Jul 27   In the year 1962 martin Luther King Jr jailed in Albany Georgia   

Jul 28   19 die in a train crash in Steelton Pa in the year 1962.   

Jul 28   Mariner I launched to Mars falls into Atlantic Ocean in the year 1962.   

Jul 30   On this day in history 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   Federation of Malaysia formed in the year 1962.   

Aug 01   On this day in history leon Kruczkowski, Polish author (Niemcy), dies at 62   

Aug 01   In the year 1962 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 on this day in history.   

Aug 03   On this day in history 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   On this day in history birth of ulrike Lang, writer   

Jan 03   In the year 1962 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   Martin McAloon, rocker (Prefab Sprout-2 Wheels Good) was born in the year 1962.   

Jan 04   Patrick Cassidy, LA Calif, actor/composer (Fever Pitch, Off the Wall) was born in the year 1962.   

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   LeRoy B Shield, US pianist/composer (Union Pacific Suite), dies at 68 on this day in history.   

Jan 12   In the year 1962 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 on this day in history.   

Jan 15   Kenneth MacKenna, actor (Men Without Women), dies of cancer at 62 in the year 1962.   

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