Page 12: Historical Events In 1962

Aug 04   On this day in history nelson Mandela captured by South African police   

Aug 05   In the year 1962 first quasar located by radio   

Aug 05   Marilyn Monroe, found dead of apparent self-inflicted drug OD at 35 in the year 1962.   

Aug 05   On this day in history nelson Mandela arrested for incitement & illigally leaving South Africa   

Aug 05   Nelson Mandella arrested and then imprisoned in the year 1962.   

Aug 06   In the year 1962 jamaica becomes independent after 300 years of British rule   

Aug 06   Jamaica gains independence from Britain on this day in history.   

Aug 06   Jamaica gains independent from Britain in the year 1962.   

Aug 07   On this day in history morris Louis, US painter (post painterly abstraction), dies at 49   

Aug 07   On this day in history uSSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR   

Aug 09   On this day in history hermann Hesse, German/Swiss poet/author (Nobel 1946), dies at 85   

Aug 10   Ted Husing, sportscaster (Monday Night Fights), dies at 60 in the year 1962.   

Aug 11   Andrian G Nikolayev, becomes 3rd Russian in space aboard Vostok 3 in the year 1962.   

Aug 11   Beach Boys release "Surfin' Safari" on this day in history.   

Aug 12   On this day in history russia launches Vostok 4, Pavel Popovich, who lands safely Aug 15   

Aug 12   Tim D.was born this day in Calgary in the year 1962.   

Aug 13   On this day in history bert Campaneris of Daytona Beach (FSL) pitches ambidextrously   

Aug 14   French and Italian workers break through at Mount Blanc Vehicular Tunnel in the year 1962.   

Aug 14   On this day in history nASA civilian test pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 60,000 m   

Aug 14   On this day in history uS mail truck in Plymouth, Mass robbed of more than $1.5 million   

Aug 15   Shady Grove Baptist Church burned in Leesburg Georgia in the year 1962.   

Aug 16   Ringo Starr replaces Pete Best as Beatle drummer in the year 1962.   

Aug 17   Beatles replaces Pete Best with Ringo Starr on this day in history.   

Aug 17   E German border guards shot &kill Peter Fechter, 18, attempting to cross Berlin Wall into western sector in the year 1962.   

Aug 17   In the year 1962 navy's first hydrofoil patrol craft, USS High Point (PCH-1) launched at Seattle, WA   

Aug 18   Cleo Ridgely, silent screen actress (I Remember Mama), dies at 68 on this day in history.   

Aug 18   Peter, Paul and Mary release their first hit "If I Had a Hammer" in the year 1962.   

Aug 19   On this day in history kerstin Hesselgren, 1st woman in Swedish parliament, dies at 90   

Aug 21   In the year 1962 verne Gagne beats Mister M (doctor X) in Minn, to become NWA champ   

Aug 23   In the year 1962 hoot Gibson, silent screen cowboy actor (Last Outlaw), dies at 70   

Aug 24   Henry George Ley, composer, dies at 74 in the year 1962.   

Aug 26   Mickey Wright wins LPGA Salt Lake City Golf Open in the year 1962.   

Aug 27   Carlos Lavin, composer, dies at 79 in the year 1962.   

Aug 27   Mariner 2 launched; 1st probe to fly by Venus 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   In the year 1962 birth of joe Kleine, NBA center (Phoenix Suns, Chicago Bulls)   

Jan 04   In the year 1962 birth of martin McAloon, rocker (Prefab Sprout-2 Wheels Good)   

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

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   In the year 1962 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 in the year 1962.   

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