Historical Events In 1962

Dec 07   Kirsten Flagstead, Norwegian soprano (Wagner), dies at 67 in the year 1962.   

Dec 08   In the year 1962 "I Can Get It For You Wholesale" closes at Shubert NYC after 300 perfs   

Dec 09   On this day in history "I Can Get It For You Wholesale" closes on Broadway   

Dec 09   On this day in history tanganyika becomes a republic within the British Commonwealth   

Dec 10   In the year 1962 hunters Point (San Francisco) jitney ends service after 50 years   

Dec 12   In the year 1962 sid Saylor, actor (Wally-Waterfront), dies at 67   

Dec 12   In the year 1962 uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

Dec 13   Relay 1 communication satellite launched in the year 1962.   

Dec 14   On this day in history mariner 2 launched, makes first US visit to another planet (Venus)   

Dec 14   On this day in history mariner 2 makes 1st US fly-by of another planet (Venus)   

Dec 14   In the year 1962 u.S. space probe Mariner 2 transmitted data from Venus. The spacecraft came within 22,000 miles of Venus and measured the temperature and other characteristics of the planet, and then radioed the data back to Earth.   

Dec 15   In the year 1962 charles Laughton, English actor (Hunchback of Notre Dame), dies at 63   

Dec 15   Vaughn Meader's "The first Family," album goes #1 and stays #1 for 12 wks on this day in history.   

Dec 16   Constitutional Monarchical Hindu State of Nep l adopts new constitution in the year 1962.   

Dec 16   David Lean's "Lawrence of Arabia" premieres in the year 1962.   

Dec 17   Current constitution of Monaco promulgated on this day in history.   

Dec 17   Thomas Mitchell, US, actor (Outlaw), dies of cancer at 70 in the year 1962.   

Dec 18   On this day in history dmitri Shostakovitch' 13th Symphony, premieres in Moscow   

Dec 19   On this day in history nyasaland secedes from Rhodesia & Nyasaland   

Dec 19   On this day in history nyasaland secedes from Rhodesia and Nyasaland   

Dec 19   Street signs in Golden Gate Park approved by Park Commission in the year 1962.   

Dec 20   On this day in history d Sjostakovitz opera "Katerina Ismailova," premieres in Moscow   

Dec 20   Erik William Gustav Leidzen, composer, dies at 68 in the year 1962.   

Dec 20   On this day in history the Osmond brothers debut on the Andy Williams Show   

Dec 21   Angolin leaves Comecon on this day in history.   

Dec 22   On this day in history 1,000,000th NBA point scored   

Dec 22   On this day in history kinderman Place in the Bronx named   

Dec 23   Cuba starts returning US prisoners from Bay of Pigs invasion in the year 1962.   

Dec 23   Cuba starts returning US prisoners from the Bay of Pigs invasion in the year 1962.   

Dec 23   George Saiko, writer, dies at 70 in the year 1962.   

Dec 24   On this day in history uSSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR   

Dec 27   In the year 1962 28th Heisman Trophy Award: Terry Baker, Oregon State (QB)   

Dec 28   UN troops occupies Elizabethstad Katanga on this day in history.   

Dec 29   On this day in history doug Walters makes 1st-class debut for NSW 17 yrs 8 days   

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Jan 03   Darren Daulton, US baseball catcher (Phila Phillies) was born in the year 1962.   

Jan 03   Gavin Hastings, WLAF kicker (Scottish Claymores) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 03   Mark Gardner, US baseball player (Florida Marlins) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of ulrike Lang, writer   

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of francesca Lia Block, American author   

Jan 04   On this day in history 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   Patrick Cassidy, LA Calif, actor/composer (Fever Pitch, Off the Wall) was born in the year 1962.   

Jan 01   In the year 1962 diego Martínez Barrio, Spanish president (1939), dies at 76   

Jan 04   On this day in history death of hans Lammers, German SS officer (b. 1879)   

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 in the year 1962.   

Jan 12   On this day in history 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   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 in the year 1962.