Page 17: Historical Events In 1962

Dec 07   On this day in history kirsten Flagstead, Norwegian soprano (Wagner), dies at 67   

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

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

Dec 09   Tanganyika becomes a republic within the British Commonwealth in the year 1962.   

Dec 10   Hunters Point (San Francisco) jitney ends service after 50 years on this day in history.   

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

Dec 12   US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site in the year 1962.   

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   Mariner 2 makes 1st US fly-by of another planet (Venus) in the year 1962.   

Dec 14   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 in the year 1962.   

Dec 15   On this day in history charles Laughton, English actor (Hunchback of Notre Dame), dies at 63   

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

Dec 16   In the year 1962 constitutional Monarchical Hindu State of Nep l adopts new constitution   

Dec 16   In the year 1962 david Lean's "Lawrence of Arabia" premieres   

Dec 17   Current constitution of Monaco promulgated in the year 1962.   

Dec 17   In the year 1962 thomas Mitchell, US, actor (Outlaw), dies of cancer at 70   

Dec 18   In the year 1962 dmitri Shostakovitch' 13th Symphony, premieres in Moscow   

Dec 19   Nyasaland secedes from Rhodesia & Nyasaland on this day in history.   

Dec 19   Nyasaland secedes from Rhodesia and Nyasaland in the year 1962.   

Dec 19   On this day in history street signs in Golden Gate Park approved by Park Commission   

Dec 20   D Sjostakovitz opera "Katerina Ismailova," premieres in Moscow on this day in history.   

Dec 20   On this day in history erik William Gustav Leidzen, composer, dies at 68   

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

Dec 21   In the year 1962 angolin leaves Comecon   

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

Dec 22   Kinderman Place in the Bronx named on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

Dec 23   In the year 1962 george Saiko, writer, dies at 70   

Dec 24   In the year 1962 uSSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR   

Dec 27   On this day in history 28th Heisman Trophy Award: Terry Baker, Oregon State (QB)   

Dec 28   In the year 1962 uN troops occupies Elizabethstad Katanga   

Dec 29   Doug Walters makes 1st-class debut for NSW 17 yrs 8 days on this day in history.   

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

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

Jan 03   In the year 1962 birth of francesca Lia Block, American author   

Jan 04   Joe Kleine, NBA center (Phoenix Suns, Chicago Bulls) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 04   In the year 1962 birth of martin McAloon, rocker (Prefab Sprout-2 Wheels Good)   

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

Jan 01   In the year 1962 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   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 in the year 1962.   

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.