Page 13: Historical Events In 1962

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

Aug 28   55.9 cm rainfall at Hackberry, Louisiana (state record) on this day in history.   

Aug 28   On this day in history dr Geza DeKaplany tortures wife with acid   

Aug 28   Tony Sheridan & the Beat Brothers record "Ya Ya (Parts 1 + 2)" on this day in history.   

Aug 31   In the year 1962 trinidad & Tobago gain independence from Britain   

Sep 01   On this day in history 10,000 die in an earthquake in western Iran   

Sep 01   In the year 1962 uN announces Earth population has hit 3 billion   

Sep 02   On this day in history stan Musial's 3,516th hit moves over Tris Speaker into 2nd place   

Sep 03   Anton Mauve, Dutch painter, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

Sep 04   Beatles record "How Do You Do It" in the year 1962.   

Sep 06   Hanns Eisler, composer (N Vietnam/E German Natl Anthem), dies at 64 on this day in history.   

Sep 07   Karen Blixen-Finecke, baroness/writer (Out of Africa), dies at 77 on this day in history.   

Sep 08   On this day in history hermann Standiger, German chemist (Nobel 1953), dies at 84   

Sep 09   On this day in history pat Rooney, vaudevillian (Night club), dies at 82   

Sep 10   Rod Laver wins the Grand Slam of tennis on this day in history.   

Sep 11   Beatles cut "Love Me Do" and "PS I Love You" on this day in history.   

Sep 14   On this day in history marcel Delannoy, composer, dies at 64   

Sep 15   Australia's first entry in America's Cup yacht race (US wins) in the year 1962.   

Sep 16   Public TV channel 13 begins in NYC in the year 1962.   

Sep 16   Saif al-Islam Achmad, monarch of Yemen, dies at about 71 on this day in history.   

Sep 18   In the year 1962 rwanda, Burundi, Jamaica & Trinidad admitted (105th-108th) to the UN   

Sep 18   On this day in history therese Neumann, German stigma, dies at 64   

Sep 19   Pogodin, writer, dies in the year 1962.   

Sep 19   USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR on this day in history.   

Sep 20   James Meredith is blocked from entering Miss U as its first black in the year 1962.   

Sep 22   Bob Dylan plays NYC Carnegie Hall in the year 1962.   

Sep 23   In the year 1962 aBC's 1st color TV series-Jetsons   

Sep 23   ABC's first color TV series-The Jetsons on this day in history.   

Sep 24   In the year 1962 uS Circuit Court of Appeals orders Meredith admitted to U of Miss   

Sep 25   On this day in history a black church is destroyed by fire in Macon Georgia   

Sep 25   On this day in history sonny Liston KOs Floyd Patterson in first round for heavyweight title   

Sep 25   Weatherly (US) beats Gretel (Aust) in 19th running of America's Cup on this day in history.   

Sep 26   On this day in history tV comedy series "The Beverly Hillbillies" premiers on CBS   

Sep 26   Yemen Arab Republic proclaimed (National Day) on this day in history.   

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

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of gavin Hastings, WLAF kicker (Scottish Claymores)   

Jan 03   Mark Gardner, US baseball player (Florida Marlins) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 03   Ulrike Lang, writer was born on this day in history.   

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   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 on this day in history.   

Jan 01   In the year 1962 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   On this day in history 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   On this day in history 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   On this day in history kenneth MacKenna, actor (Men Without Women), dies of cancer at 62   

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