Page 13: Historical Events In 1962

Aug 27   Mariner 2 launched; first probe to fly by Venus on this day in history.   

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

Aug 28   In the year 1962 dr Geza DeKaplany tortures wife with acid   

Aug 28   In the year 1962 tony Sheridan & the Beat Brothers record "Ya Ya (Parts 1 + 2)"   

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

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

Sep 01   UN announces Earth population has hit 3 billion on this day in history.   

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

Sep 03   On this day in history anton Mauve, Dutch painter, dies at 63   

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

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

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

Sep 08   Hermann Standiger, German chemist (Nobel 1953), dies at 84 in the year 1962.   

Sep 09   Pat Rooney, vaudevillian (Night club), dies at 82 in the year 1962.   

Sep 10   Rod Laver wins the Grand Slam of tennis in the year 1962.   

Sep 11   In the year 1962 beatles cut "Love Me Do" and "PS I Love You"   

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

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

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

Sep 16   On this day in history saif al-Islam Achmad, monarch of Yemen, dies at about 71   

Sep 18   Rwanda, Burundi, Jamaica & Trinidad admitted (105th-108th) to the UN on this day in history.   

Sep 18   Therese Neumann, German stigma, dies at 64 in the year 1962.   

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

Sep 19   USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR in the year 1962.   

Sep 20   James Meredith is blocked from entering Miss U as its first black on this day in history.   

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

Sep 23   On this day in history aBC's 1st color TV series-Jetsons   

Sep 23   ABC's first color TV series-The Jetsons in the year 1962.   

Sep 24   US Circuit Court of Appeals orders Meredith admitted to U of Miss on this day in history.   

Sep 25   A black church is destroyed by fire in Macon Georgia on this day in history.   

Sep 25   Sonny Liston KOs Floyd Patterson in first round for heavyweight title in the year 1962.   

Sep 25   Weatherly (US) beats Gretel (Aust) in 19th running of America's Cup in the year 1962.   

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

Sep 26   Yemen Arab Republic proclaimed (National Day) in the year 1962.   

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Jan 03   On this day in history birth of darren Daulton, US baseball catcher (Phila Phillies)   

Jan 03   In the year 1962 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   In the year 1962 birth of ulrike Lang, writer   

Jan 03   On this day in history 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   On this day in history diego Martínez Barrio, Spanish president (1939), dies at 76   

Jan 04   Hans Lammers, German SS officer (b. 1879) died on this day in history.   

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

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

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   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 on this day in history.