Page 15: Historical Events In 1962
Saturday, 29 March 2025
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 In the year 1962 jFK meets Russian minister of Foreign affairs Andrei Gromyko
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 The 1962 Seattle World's Fair (Century 21 Exposition) closes on this day in history.
Oct 22 In the year 1962 cuban Missile Crisis begins
Oct 22 On this day in history jFK addresses TV about Russian missile bases in Cuba
Oct 22 On this day in history jFK imposes naval blockade on Cuba, beginning missile crisis
Oct 22 Nelson Mandella goes on trial for treason in South Africa on this day in history.
Oct 23 In the year 1962 uSAF Major Robert A Rushworth takes X-15 to 40,800 m
Oct 24 In the year 1962 in Cuban missile crisis, the US blockade of Cuba begins
Oct 24 U.S. Military Forces put on High Alert during the Cuban Missile Crisis, on this day in history.
Oct 25 110th member of the UN admitted (Uganda) on this day in history.
Oct 25 On this day in history american author John Steinbeck awarded Nobel Prize in literature
Oct 25 Photographic evidence of Soviet missile bases in Cuba is presented to the U.N. Security council by U.S. Ambassador Adlai Stevenson in the year 1962.
Oct 25 In the year 1962 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 Beatles tape "Please Please Me" & "Ask Me Why" on this day in history.
Oct 26 Hattie McDaniel actress (Gone With the Wind), dies at 67 on this day in history.
Oct 27 On this day in history "Beyond the Fringe" opens at John Golden Theater NYC for 673 perfs
Oct 27 On this day in history enrico Mattei, Italian oil magnate, dies at 58
Oct 28 In the year 1962 khrushchev orders withdrawal of missiles from Cuba, ending crisis
Oct 28 In the year 1962 pierre Froidebise, composer, dies at 48
Oct 29 Naphtali Siegfried Salomon, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.
Nov 01 First ever spacecraft to Mars, Mars 1, launched in the year 1962.
Nov 01 Greece enters the European Common Market in the year 1962.
Nov 01 USSR launches Mars 1; radio contact lost before arrival at Mars in the year 1962.
Nov 01 Winter Haynes Watts, composer, dies at 78 in the year 1962.
Nov 02 On this day in history felice Lattuada, composer, dies at 80
Nov 02 In the year 1962 jFK announces Cuban missile bases were being dismantled
Nov 03 On this day in history harlow H Curtice, pres of General Motors (1953-8), dies at 69
Nov 06 BART bond issue just gets by with a 66.9% favorable vote on this day in history.
Nov 06 On this day in history edward M Kennedy first elected (Sen-D-MA)
Nov 07 On this day in history eleanor Roosevelt, 1st Lady (1933-1945), dies at 78 in NYC
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