Page 2: Historical Events In 1962

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

Jan 16   On this day in history suit accuses New York City NY Board of Education uses "racial quotas"   

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

Jan 17   In the year 1962 gerrit Achterberg, Dutch poet (Dead End), dies at 56   

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

Jan 18   In the year 1962 raymond Moulaert, composer, dies at 86   

Jan 18   Southern University closed due to demonstrations on this day in history.   

Jan 18   On this day in history uS begins spraying foliage in Vietnam to reveal Viet Cong guerrillas   

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

Jan 19   In the year 1962 snub Pollard, actor (Limelight, Arizona Days), dies of cancer at 72   

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

Jan 21   In the year 1962 jFK arrives in Uruguay   

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   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   In the year 1962 brian Epstein signs management contract with the Beatles   

Jan 24   On this day in history jackie Robinson is first Black elected to Baseball Hall of Fame   

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

Jan 25   The Bank of Montreal acquires Newfoundland Savings Bank0 in the year 1962.   

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   On this day in history 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   On this day in history "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   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   In the year 1962 uN General Assembly censures Portugal (because of Angola)   

Jan 30   In the year 1962 uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

Jan 31   General Charles P Cabell, USAF, ends term as deputy director of CIA on this day in history.   

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Jan 03   On this day in history birth of darren Daulton, US baseball catcher (Phila Phillies)   

Jan 03   Gavin Hastings, WLAF kicker (Scottish Claymores) was born in the year 1962.   

Jan 03   In the year 1962 birth of mark Gardner, US baseball player (Florida Marlins)   

Jan 03   Ulrike Lang, writer was born on this day in history.   

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

Jan 04   In the year 1962 birth of joe Kleine, NBA center (Phoenix Suns, Chicago Bulls)   

Jan 04   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

Jan 01   On this day in history 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   Ernie Kovacs, comedian (Ernie Kovacs Show), killed in auto crash at 42 died on this day in history.   

Jan 13   In the year 1962 ernie Kovacs, comedian, dies in a car crash in West LA, at 42   

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.