Page 2: Historical Events In 1962

Jan 16   On this day in history shooting begins on "Dr No"   

Jan 16   Suit accuses New York City NY Board of Education uses "racial quotas" on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history nASA civilian pilot Neil A Armstrong takes X-15 to 40,690 m   

Jan 18   On this day in history raymond Moulaert, composer, dies at 86   

Jan 18   Southern University closed due to demonstrations in the year 1962.   

Jan 18   US begins spraying foliage in Vietnam to reveal Viet Cong guerrillas on this day in history.   

Jan 18   US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site in the year 1962.   

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

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

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

Jan 21   In the year 1962 andre Lhote, French painter/art historian, dies at 76   

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

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

Jan 23   British spy Kim Philby defects to USSR on this day in history.   

Jan 23   In the year 1962 libya, Morocco, Algeria &Tunisia plan to form United Arab Maghreb   

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

Jan 24   On this day in history brian Epstein signs management contract with the Beatles   

Jan 24   Jackie Robinson is first Black elected to Baseball Hall of Fame in the year 1962.   

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

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 26   On this day in history canadian Marine Service renamed Coast Guard   

Jan 26   On this day in history charles "Lucky" Luciano, NYC Mafia gangster, dies at 65   

Jan 26   On this day in history uS launches Ranger 3, misses Moon by 22,000-mile (37,000-km)   

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

Jan 28   In the year 1962 johanne Relleke gets stung by bees 2,443 times in Rhodesia &survives   

Jan 29   On this day in history fritz Kreisler, Austria/US violinist/composer, dies at 86   

Jan 30   On this day in history 2 members of Flying Wallendas' high-wire act killed when their 7-person pyramid collapsed during a performance in Detroit   

Jan 30   Two members of the Flying Wallendas family of high-wire performers are killed when their human pyramid collapses during a performance in Detroit, Michigan in the year 1962.   

Jan 30   UN General Assembly censures Portugal (because of Angola) in the year 1962.   

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   On this day in history birth of darren Daulton, US baseball catcher (Phila Phillies)   

Jan 03   On this day in history 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   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   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   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 in the year 1962.   

Jan 04   Hans Lammers, German SS officer (b. 1879) died in the year 1962.   

Jan 06   Jacob "Jaap" Nanninga, Dutch painter (France, N Africa), dies at 57 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 12   On this day in history death of ernie Kovacs, comedian (Ernie Kovacs Show), killed in auto crash at 42   

Jan 13   On this day in history ernie Kovacs, comedian, dies in a car crash in West LA, at 42   

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.