Page 13: Historical Events In 1962

Aug 27   On this day in history mariner 2 launched; first probe to fly by Venus   

Aug 28   55.9 cm rainfall at Hackberry, Louisiana (state record) in the year 1962.   

Aug 28   Dr Geza DeKaplany tortures wife with acid in the year 1962.   

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

Aug 31   Trinidad & Tobago gain independence from Britain in the year 1962.   

Sep 01   In the year 1962 10,000 die in an earthquake in western Iran   

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

Sep 02   In the year 1962 stan Musial's 3,516th hit moves over Tris Speaker into 2nd place   

Sep 03   Anton Mauve, Dutch painter, dies at 63 in the year 1962.   

Sep 04   On this day in history beatles record "How Do You Do It"   

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   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   On this day in history beatles cut "Love Me Do" and "PS I Love You"   

Sep 14   Marcel Delannoy, composer, dies at 64 in the year 1962.   

Sep 15   Australia's first entry in America's Cup yacht race (US wins) on this day in history.   

Sep 16   In the year 1962 public TV channel 13 begins in NYC   

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

Sep 18   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

Sep 19   In the year 1962 uSSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR   

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   ABC's 1st color TV series-Jetsons on this day in history.   

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

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 in the year 1962.   

Sep 25   Sonny Liston KOs Floyd Patterson in first round for heavyweight title on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1962 yemen Arab Republic proclaimed (National Day)   

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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 in the year 1962.   

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

Jan 03   Francesca Lia Block, American author was born on this day in history.   

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 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   In the year 1962 jacob "Jaap" Nanninga, Dutch painter (France, N Africa), dies at 57   

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

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   Emanuel Stickelberger, Swiss writer (Holbein in England), dies at 77 on this day in history.