Historical Events In 1962

Jan 16   In the year 1962 shooting begins on "Dr No"   

Jan 16   In the year 1962 suit accuses New York City NY Board of Education uses "racial quotas"   

Jan 17   In the year 1962 a NASA civilian pilot Neil A Armstrong takes X-15 to 40,690 m   

Jan 17   Gerrit Achterberg, Dutch poet (Dead End), dies at 56 on this day in history.   

Jan 17   NASA civilian pilot Neil A Armstrong takes X-15 to 40,690 m in the year 1962.   

Jan 18   Raymond Moulaert, composer, dies at 86 on this day in history.   

Jan 18   In the year 1962 southern University closed due to demonstrations   

Jan 18   US begins spraying foliage in Vietnam to reveal Viet Cong guerrillas in the year 1962.   

Jan 18   In the year 1962 uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

Jan 19   Snub Pollard, actor (Limelight, Arizona Days), dies of cancer at 72 on this day in history.   

Jan 20   "Kean" closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 92 performances on this day in history.   

Jan 20   On this day in history robinson Jeffers, poet/playwright (Dear Judas), dies at 75   

Jan 21   Andre Lhote, French painter/art historian, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

Jan 21   JFK arrives in Uruguay on this day in history.   

Jan 21   Snow falls in San Francisco in the year 1962.   

Jan 23   On this day in history british spy Kim Philby defects to USSR   

Jan 23   Libya, Morocco, Algeria &Tunisia plan to form United Arab Maghreb in the year 1962.   

Jan 24   28 refugees escape from East to West Germany in the year 1962.   

Jan 24   Brian Epstein signs management contract with the Beatles in the year 1962.   

Jan 24   In the year 1962 jackie Robinson is first Black elected to Baseball Hall of Fame   

Jan 24   On this day in history tom Shirley, actor/TV announcer (They're Off), dies at 62   

Jan 25   In the year 1962 the Bank of Montreal acquires Newfoundland Savings Bank0   

Jan 26   Bishop Burke of Buffalo Catholic dioceses declares Chubby Checker's "Twist" is impure &bans it from all Catholic schools in the year 1962.   

Jan 26   Canadian Marine Service renamed Coast Guard on this day in history.   

Jan 26   In the year 1962 charles "Lucky" Luciano, NYC Mafia gangster, dies at 65   

Jan 26   US launches Ranger 3, misses Moon by 22,000-mile (37,000-km) in the year 1962.   

Jan 27   In the year 1962 "Family Affair" opens at Billy Rose Theater NYC for 65 performances   

Jan 28   Johanne Relleke gets stung by bees 2,443 times in Rhodesia &survives on this day in history.   

Jan 29   Fritz Kreisler, Austria/US violinist/composer, dies at 86 on this day in history.   

Jan 30   In the year 1962 2 members of Flying Wallendas' high-wire act killed when their 7-person pyramid collapsed during a performance in Detroit   

Jan 30   On this day in history two members of the Flying Wallendas family of high-wire performers are killed when their human pyramid collapses during a performance in Detroit, Michigan.   

Jan 30   On this day in history uN General Assembly censures Portugal (because of Angola)   

Jan 30   US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site in the year 1962.   

Jan 31   On this day in history general Charles P Cabell, USAF, ends term as deputy director of CIA   

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

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

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of mark Gardner, US baseball player (Florida Marlins)   

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 in the year 1962.   

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

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

Jan 01   Diego Martínez Barrio, Spanish president (1939), dies at 76 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 06   Jacob "Jaap" Nanninga, Dutch painter (France, N Africa), dies at 57 in the year 1962.   

Jan 09   In the year 1962 leRoy B Shield, US pianist/composer (Union Pacific Suite), dies at 68   

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 in the year 1962.   

Jan 15   In the year 1962 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.