Page 12: Historical Events In 1962

Aug 04   Nelson Mandela captured by South African police in the year 1962.   

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   In the year 1962 nelson Mandella arrested and then imprisoned   

Aug 06   In the year 1962 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 in the year 1962.   

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

Aug 07   In the year 1962 uSSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR   

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

Aug 10   Ted Husing, sportscaster (Monday Night Fights), dies at 60 on this day in history.   

Aug 11   On this day in history andrian G Nikolayev, becomes 3rd Russian in space aboard Vostok 3   

Aug 11   On this day in history beach Boys release "Surfin' Safari"   

Aug 12   Russia launches Vostok 4, Pavel Popovich, who lands safely Aug 15 on this day in history.   

Aug 12   On this day in history tim D.was born this day in Calgary   

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

Aug 14   In the year 1962 french and Italian workers break through at Mount Blanc Vehicular Tunnel   

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

Aug 14   In the year 1962 uS mail truck in Plymouth, Mass robbed of more than $1.5 million   

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 on this day in history.   

Aug 17   Beatles replaces Pete Best with Ringo Starr in the year 1962.   

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   Navy's first hydrofoil patrol craft, USS High Point (PCH-1) launched at Seattle, WA in the year 1962.   

Aug 18   In the year 1962 cleo Ridgely, silent screen actress (I Remember Mama), dies at 68   

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

Aug 19   Kerstin Hesselgren, 1st woman in Swedish parliament, dies at 90 on this day in history.   

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

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

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

Aug 27   Mariner 2 launched; 1st probe to fly by Venus in the year 1962.   

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Jan 03   In the year 1962 birth of darren Daulton, US baseball catcher (Phila Phillies)   

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   On this day in history birth of ulrike Lang, writer   

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

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of joe Kleine, NBA center (Phoenix Suns, Chicago Bulls)   

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 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 04   On this day in history death of hans Lammers, German SS officer (b. 1879)   

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 in the year 1962.   

Jan 13   Ernie Kovacs, comedian, dies in a car crash in West LA, at 42 in the year 1962.   

Jan 15   Kenneth MacKenna, actor (Men Without Women), dies of cancer at 62 on this day in history.   

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