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   In the year 1962 telstar, the first private communications satellite, launches   

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 in the year 1962.   

Jul 11   On this day in history fred Baldasare is first to swim English Channel underwater (scuba)   

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   On this day in history the first time 2 manned crafts in space (USSR)   

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

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

Jul 16   Jan M Romein, historian (Breaking of Two Ages), dies in the year 1962.   

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

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

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

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

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

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

Jul 27   Edward Godfrey Richard Aldington, novelist/biographer, dies in the year 1962.   

Jul 27   Mariner 2 launched to Venus; flyby mission on this day in history.   

Jul 27   Martin Luther King Jr jailed in Albany Georgia on this day in history.   

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   33rd All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 9-4 at Wrigley Field, Chicago on this day in history.   

Jul 30   In the year 1962 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   In the year 1962 federation of Malaysia formed   

Aug 01   In the year 1962 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   29th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Green Bay 42, All-Stars 20 (65,000) on this day in history.   

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Jan 03   Darren Daulton, US baseball catcher (Phila Phillies) was born on this day in history.   

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   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   In the year 1962 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   Hans Lammers, German SS officer (b. 1879) died in the year 1962.   

Jan 06   Jacob "Jaap" Nanninga, Dutch painter (France, N Africa), dies at 57 on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1962.   

Jan 13   Ernie Kovacs, comedian, dies in a car crash in West LA, at 42 on this day in history.   

Jan 15   On this day in history 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