Historical Events In 1962

Oct 17   On this day in history yanks beat Giants for 20th world championship   

Oct 18   Dr Watson (US) & Drs Crick & Wilkins (Britain) win Nobel Prize for Medicine for work in determining structure of DNA on this day in history.   

Oct 18   JFK meets Russian minister of Foreign affairs Andrei Gromyko on this day in history.   

Oct 18   US launches Ranger 5 for lunar impact; misses Moon on this day in history.   

Oct 21   In the year 1962 mickey Wright wins LPGA Carlsbad Cavern Golf Open   

Oct 21   On this day in history the 1962 Seattle World's Fair (Century 21 Exposition) closes.   

Oct 22   Cuban Missile Crisis begins in the year 1962.   

Oct 22   On this day in history jFK addresses TV about Russian missile bases in Cuba   

Oct 22   JFK imposes naval blockade on Cuba, beginning missile crisis in the year 1962.   

Oct 22   Nelson Mandella goes on trial for treason in South Africa in the year 1962.   

Oct 23   On this day in history uSAF Major Robert A Rushworth takes X-15 to 40,800 m   

Oct 24   In Cuban missile crisis, the US blockade of Cuba begins in the year 1962.   

Oct 24   U.S. Military Forces put on High Alert during the Cuban Missile Crisis, in the year 1962.   

Oct 25   110th member of the UN admitted (Uganda) on this day in history.   

Oct 25   American author John Steinbeck awarded Nobel Prize in literature in the year 1962.   

Oct 25   In the year 1962 photographic evidence of Soviet missile bases in Cuba is presented to the U.N. Security council by U.S. Ambassador Adlai Stevenson.   

Oct 25   On this day in history stevenson demands USSR amb Zorin answer regarding Cuban missile bases saying "I am prepared to wait for my answer until hell freezes over"   

Oct 26   On this day in history beatles tape "Please Please Me" & "Ask Me Why"   

Oct 26   Hattie McDaniel actress (Gone With the Wind), dies at 67 in the year 1962.   

Oct 27   On this day in history "Beyond the Fringe" opens at John Golden Theater NYC for 673 perfs   

Oct 27   Enrico Mattei, Italian oil magnate, dies at 58 on this day in history.   

Oct 28   Khrushchev orders withdrawal of missiles from Cuba, ending crisis in the year 1962.   

Oct 28   Pierre Froidebise, composer, dies at 48 on this day in history.   

Oct 29   In the year 1962 naphtali Siegfried Salomon, composer, dies at 77   

Nov 01   First ever spacecraft to Mars, Mars 1, launched on this day in history.   

Nov 01   In the year 1962 greece enters the European Common Market   

Nov 01   USSR launches Mars 1; radio contact lost before arrival at Mars on this day in history.   

Nov 01   Winter Haynes Watts, composer, dies at 78 in the year 1962.   

Nov 02   Felice Lattuada, composer, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

Nov 02   On this day in history jFK announces Cuban missile bases were being dismantled   

Nov 03   Harlow H Curtice, pres of General Motors (1953-8), dies at 69 on this day in history.   

Nov 06   BART bond issue just gets by with a 66.9% favorable vote in the year 1962.   

Nov 06   Edward M Kennedy first elected (Sen-D-MA) in the year 1962.   

Nov 07   On this day in history eleanor Roosevelt, 1st Lady (1933-1945), dies at 78 in NYC   

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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   On this day in history birth of mark Gardner, US baseball player (Florida Marlins)   

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   Joe Kleine, NBA center (Phoenix Suns, Chicago Bulls) was born in the year 1962.   

Jan 04   Martin McAloon, rocker (Prefab Sprout-2 Wheels Good) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of patrick Cassidy, LA Calif, actor/composer (Fever Pitch, Off the Wall)   

Jan 01   Diego Martínez Barrio, Spanish president (1939), dies at 76 in the year 1962.   

Jan 04   Hans Lammers, German SS officer (b. 1879) died in the year 1962.   

Jan 06   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history kenneth MacKenna, actor (Men Without Women), dies of cancer at 62   

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