Page 12: Historical Events In 1962

Aug 04   Nelson Mandela captured by South African police on this day in history.   

Aug 05   First quasar located by radio in the year 1962.   

Aug 05   Marilyn Monroe, found dead of apparent self-inflicted drug OD at 35 on this day in history.   

Aug 05   Nelson Mandela arrested for incitement & illigally leaving South Africa in the year 1962.   

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

Aug 06   On this day in history jamaica becomes independent after 300 years of British rule   

Aug 06   In the year 1962 jamaica gains independence from Britain   

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

Aug 07   Morris Louis, US painter (post painterly abstraction), dies at 49 on this day in history.   

Aug 07   USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR on this day in history.   

Aug 09   Hermann Hesse, German/Swiss poet/author (Nobel 1946), dies at 85 in the year 1962.   

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   Russia launches Vostok 4, Pavel Popovich, who lands safely Aug 15 on this day in history.   

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

Aug 13   Bert Campaneris of Daytona Beach (FSL) pitches ambidextrously on this day in history.   

Aug 14   French and Italian workers break through at Mount Blanc Vehicular Tunnel on this day in history.   

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

Aug 14   US mail truck in Plymouth, Mass robbed of more than $1.5 million on this day in history.   

Aug 15   On this day in history shady Grove Baptist Church burned in Leesburg Georgia   

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

Aug 17   On this day in history beatles replaces Pete Best with Ringo Starr   

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

Aug 17   On this day in history 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 in the year 1962.   

Aug 18   In the year 1962 peter, Paul and Mary release their first hit "If I Had a Hammer"   

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

Aug 21   On this day in history verne Gagne beats Mister M (doctor X) in Minn, to become NWA champ   

Aug 23   On this day in history hoot Gibson, silent screen cowboy actor (Last Outlaw), dies at 70   

Aug 24   In the year 1962 henry George Ley, composer, dies at 74   

Aug 26   Mickey Wright wins LPGA Salt Lake City Golf Open on this day in history.   

Aug 27   On this day in history carlos Lavin, composer, dies at 79   

Aug 27   In the year 1962 mariner 2 launched; 1st probe to fly by Venus   

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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   Mark Gardner, US baseball player (Florida Marlins) was born in the year 1962.   

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

Jan 03   Francesca Lia Block, American author was born in the year 1962.   

Jan 04   Joe Kleine, NBA center (Phoenix Suns, Chicago Bulls) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

Jan 01   On this day in history diego Martínez Barrio, Spanish president (1939), dies at 76   

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 in the year 1962.   

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

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 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