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   In the year 1962 tanganyika becomes a republic within the British Commonwealth   

Dec 10   On this day in history hunters Point (San Francisco) jitney ends service after 50 years   

Dec 12   Sid Saylor, actor (Wally-Waterfront), dies at 67 on this day in history.   

Dec 12   On this day in history 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   In the year 1962 mariner 2 makes 1st US fly-by of another planet (Venus)   

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   Charles Laughton, English actor (Hunchback of Notre Dame), dies at 63 on this day in history.   

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

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

Dec 16   David Lean's "Lawrence of Arabia" premieres on this day in history.   

Dec 17   On this day in history current constitution of Monaco promulgated   

Dec 17   Thomas Mitchell, US, actor (Outlaw), dies of cancer at 70 on this day in history.   

Dec 18   Dmitri Shostakovitch' 13th Symphony, premieres in Moscow in the year 1962.   

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

Dec 19   In the year 1962 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 on this day in history.   

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

Dec 21   In the year 1962 angolin leaves Comecon   

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

Dec 22   In the year 1962 kinderman Place in the Bronx named   

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

Dec 23   On this day in history cuba starts returning US prisoners from the Bay of Pigs invasion   

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

Dec 24   USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR on this day in history.   

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

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

Dec 29   Doug Walters makes 1st-class debut for NSW 17 yrs 8 days in the year 1962.   

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

Jan 03   In the year 1962 birth of gavin Hastings, WLAF kicker (Scottish Claymores)   

Jan 03   Mark Gardner, US baseball player (Florida Marlins) was born in the year 1962.   

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

Jan 03   Francesca Lia Block, American author was born on this day in history.   

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

Jan 04   Martin McAloon, rocker (Prefab Sprout-2 Wheels Good) was born in the year 1962.   

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

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

Jan 04   In the year 1962 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 on this day in history.   

Jan 12   Ernie Kovacs, comedian (Ernie Kovacs Show), killed in auto crash at 42 died in the year 1962.   

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 in the year 1962.   

Jan 16   Emanuel Stickelberger, Swiss writer (Holbein in England), dies at 77 on this day in history.