Page 3: Historical Events In 1962

Feb 02   In the year 1962 8 of 9 planets align for first time in 400 years   

Feb 02   USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR on this day in history.   

Feb 03   John Uelses pole vaults record 489 cm in the year 1962.   

Feb 03   President Kennedy bans all trade with Cuba except for food &drugs in the year 1962.   

Feb 03   Werner Bock, writer, dies on this day in history.   

Feb 04   On this day in history "Gay Life" closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 113 performances   

Feb 04   Russian newspaper Izvestia reports baseball is an old Russian game on this day in history.   

Feb 04   On this day in history uS female Figure Skating championship won by Barbara Roles   

Feb 04   US male Figure Skating championship won by Monty Hoyt on this day in history.   

Feb 05   French President de Gaulle calls for Algeria's independence on this day in history.   

Feb 05   HSS-2 Sea King became the first helicopter to exceed 200 m.p.h. in an officially sanctioned trial on this day in history.   

Feb 05   Jacques Ibert, French composer (Escales), dies at 71 in the year 1962.   

Feb 05   In the year 1962 suit to bar Englewood NJ from "racial segregated" schools is filed   

Feb 05   Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter &Saturn within 16º in the year 1962.   

Feb 06   In the year 1962 schoolman Athletic Field in the Bronx named   

Feb 07   In the year 1962 arthur Carr, cricketer (11 Tests for Eng 22-29), dies shovelling snow   

Feb 07   In the year 1962 gas explosion in Luisanthal coal mine Voelklingen Germany kills 298   

Feb 07   President Kennedy begins blockade of Cuba on this day in history.   

Feb 08   On this day in history uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

Feb 09   Jamaica signs agreement to become independent in the year 1962.   

Feb 09   On this day in history uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

Feb 10   On this day in history captured American U-2 spy plane pilot Francis Gary Powers is released by the U.S.S.R. in exchange for a Soviet spy held by the U.S.   

Feb 10   In the year 1962 willem Paerels, Neth/Belgian painter/graphic artist, dies at 83   

Feb 11   Nine U.S. and South Vietnamese crewmen are killed in a SC-47 crash about 70 miles north of Saigon on this day in history.   

Feb 12   Bus boycott starts in Macon GA on this day in history.   

Feb 14   On this day in history lady Jacqueline Kennedy conducts White House tour on TV   

Feb 15   On this day in history uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

Feb 15   Vladimir Sokoloff, actor (Road to Morocco, Cloak & Dagger), dies at 72 on this day in history.   

Feb 17   In the year 1962 bruno Walter, symphony conductor (NY Philharmonic), dies at 85   

Feb 18   France & Algerian Moslems negotiate truce to end 7 year war on this day in history.   

Feb 19   Albert Israel Elkus, composer, dies at 77 in the year 1962.   

Feb 19   On this day in history uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

Feb 20   Halliwell Hobbes, dies at 64 in the year 1962.   

Feb 20   John Glenn becomes the first U.S. astronaut to orbit the Earth, aboard the spacecraft Friendship Seven 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   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   Patrick Cassidy, LA Calif, actor/composer (Fever Pitch, Off the Wall) was born in the year 1962.   

Jan 01   On this day in history diego Martínez Barrio, Spanish president (1939), dies at 76   

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