Page 15: Historical Events In 1962

Oct 17   In the year 1962 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   Mickey Wright wins LPGA Carlsbad Cavern Golf Open on this day in history.   

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

Oct 22   On this day in history cuban Missile Crisis begins   

Oct 22   JFK addresses TV about Russian missile bases in Cuba on this day in history.   

Oct 22   In the year 1962 jFK imposes naval blockade on Cuba, beginning missile crisis   

Oct 22   In the year 1962 nelson Mandella goes on trial for treason in South Africa   

Oct 23   USAF Major Robert A Rushworth takes X-15 to 40,800 m in the year 1962.   

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, in the year 1962.   

Oct 25   110th member of the UN admitted (Uganda) in the year 1962.   

Oct 25   American author John Steinbeck awarded Nobel Prize in literature on this day in history.   

Oct 25   On this day in history photographic evidence of Soviet missile bases in Cuba is presented to the U.N. Security council by U.S. Ambassador Adlai Stevenson.   

Oct 25   Stevenson demands USSR amb Zorin answer regarding Cuban missile bases saying "I am prepared to wait for my answer until hell freezes over" in the year 1962.   

Oct 26   Beatles tape "Please Please Me" & "Ask Me Why" in the year 1962.   

Oct 26   On this day in history hattie McDaniel actress (Gone With the Wind), dies at 67   

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   Khrushchev orders withdrawal of missiles from Cuba, ending crisis on this day in history.   

Oct 28   On this day in history pierre Froidebise, composer, dies at 48   

Oct 29   Naphtali Siegfried Salomon, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

Nov 01   On this day in history first ever spacecraft to Mars, Mars 1, launched   

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 in the year 1962.   

Nov 01   On this day in history winter Haynes Watts, composer, dies at 78   

Nov 02   In the year 1962 felice Lattuada, composer, dies at 80   

Nov 02   JFK announces Cuban missile bases were being dismantled in the year 1962.   

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

Nov 06   In the year 1962 bART bond issue just gets by with a 66.9% favorable vote   

Nov 06   On this day in history edward M Kennedy first elected (Sen-D-MA)   

Nov 07   Eleanor Roosevelt, 1st Lady (1933-1945), dies at 78 in NYC in the year 1962.   

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

Jan 03   Gavin Hastings, WLAF kicker (Scottish Claymores) was born in the year 1962.   

Jan 03   In the year 1962 birth of mark Gardner, US baseball player (Florida Marlins)   

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

Jan 04   In the year 1962 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   In the year 1962 death of hans Lammers, German SS officer (b. 1879)   

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 15   Kenneth MacKenna, actor (Men Without Women), dies of cancer at 62 on this day in history.   

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