Although most of us remember that the greatest historical event of 1962 was the invention of pop-top cans by the Falls City Beer Company.....(oh, and that we graduated from high school, many of us with those cans in our hands shortly after our tearful departure from the auditorium)......there actually were some other things going on in 1962.

The Year 1962 in History

01/01/1962 - Beatles' Decca audition is unsuccessful 
01/01/1962 - Rwanda granted internal self-government by Belgium 
01/01/1962 - Western Samoa gains independence from New Zealand Susuga Malietoa Tanumafili II becomes co-chief of Western Samoa 
01/02/1962 - Nighttime version of "Password" with Allen Ludden premieres on CBS 
01/03/1962 - Ground is broken for the Houston Astrodome 
01/03/1962 - Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro 
01/04/1962 - 1st automated (unmanned) subway train (NYC) 
01/05/1962 - Tony Sheridan & Beatles produce "My Bonnie" & "The Saints" 
01/07/1962 - AFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 47-27 
01/07/1962 - Assassination attempt on Indonesian president Sukarno, fails 
01/07/1962 - Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to John Hall Wheelock 
01/08/1962 - Dutch express train crashes into slow commuter train, 93 die (Netherlands) 
01/08/1962 - Golfer Jack Nicklaus, 21, 1st pro appearance, he came in 50th 
01/09/1962 - Mister M (Dr X) beats Verne Gagne in Minnesota, to become NWA champ 
01/09/1962 - NFL prohibits grabbing of face masks 
01/09/1962 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 
01/10/1962 - 4,000 die in avalanche, Ranrahirca, Peru 
01/10/1962 - Eruptions on Mount Huascaran in Peru destroy 7 villages & kill 3,500 
01/11/1962 - Volcano Huascaran in Peru, erupts; 4,000 die 
01/13/1962 - "Do Re Mi" closes at St James Theater NYC after 400 performances 
01/13/1962 - Wilt Chamberlain of Warriors scores then NBA-record 73 pts vs Chicago 
01/14/1962 - NFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 31-30 
01/15/1962 - 50th Australian Mens Tennis: Rod Laver beats R Emerson (86 06 64 64) 
01/15/1962 - Dutch & Indonesian navy encounter in Etna Bay New Guinea 
01/16/1962 - Shooting begins on "Dr No" 
01/16/1962 - Suit accuses NYC Board of Education uses "racial quotas" 
01/17/1962 - A NASA civilian pilot Neil A Armstrong takes X-15 to 40,690 m 
01/17/1962 - Roy Harris' 8th Symphony, premieres in SF 
01/18/1962 - Southern University closed due to demonstrations 
01/18/1962 - US begins spraying foliage in Vietnam to reveal Viet Cong guerrillas 
01/18/1962 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 
01/20/1962 - "Kean" closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 92 performances 
01/21/1962 - JFK arrives in Uruguay 
01/21/1962 - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Sea Island Women's Golf Invitational 
01/21/1962 - Snow falls in SF 
01/23/1962 - Bob Feller & Jackie Robinson elected to Baseball Hall of Fame 
01/23/1962 - British spy Kim Philby defects to USSR 
01/23/1962 - Libya, Morocco, Algeria & Tunisia plan to form United Arab Maghreb 
01/24/1962 - 28 refugees escape from East to West Germany 
01/24/1962 - Brian Epstein signs management contract with the Beatles 
01/24/1962 - Jackie Robinson is 1st Black elected to Baseball Hall of Fame 
01/24/1962 - Mickey Wright/Marilynn Smith wins LPGA Naples Pro-Am Golf Tournament 
01/26/1962 - Bishop Burke of Buffalo Catholic dioceses declares Chubby Checker's 
01/26/1962 - Canadian Marine Service renamed Coast Guard 
01/26/1962 - David Diamond's 7th Symphony, premieres in Philadelphia 
01/26/1962 - US launches Ranger 3, misses Moon by 22,000-mi (37,000-km) 
01/26/1962 - "Twist" is impure & bans it from all Catholic schools 
01/27/1962 - "Family Affair" opens at Billy Rose Theater NYC for 65 performances 
01/28/1962 - Johanne Relleke gets stung by bees 2,443 times in Rhodesia & survives 
01/30/1962 - UN General Assembly censures Portugal (because of Angola) 
01/30/1962 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 
01/30/1962 - 2 members of Flying Wallendas' high-wire act killed when their 7-person pyramid collapsed during a performance in Detroit 
01/31/1962 - Gen Charles P Cabell, USAF, ends term as deputy director of CIA 
01/31/1962 - Samuel Gravely assumes command of destroyer escort "USS Falgout" 
02/01/1962 - "New Faces of '62" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 28 performances 
02/01/1962 - NL releases its 1st 162-game schedule 
02/02/1962 - 1st pole vault over 16' (4.88m) (John Uelses-16¬', Melrose Games) 
02/02/1962 - 8 of 9 planets align for 1st time in 400 years 
02/02/1962 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR 
02/03/1962 - John Uelses pole vaults record 489 cm 
02/03/1962 - Pres Kennedy bans all trade with Cuba except for food & drugs 
02/04/1962 - "Gay Life" closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 113 performances 
02/04/1962 - Russian newspaper Izvestia reports baseball is an old Russian game 
02/04/1962 - US female Figure Skating championship won by Barbara Roles 
02/04/1962 - US male Figure Skating championship won by Monty Hoyt 
02/05/1962 - French President de Gaulle calls for Algeria's independence 
02/05/1962 - Suit to bar Englewood NJ from "racial segregated" schools, filed 
02/05/1962 - Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter & Saturn within 16ø 
02/06/1962 - Schoolman Athletic Field in the Bronx named 
02/07/1962 - Gas explosion in Luisanthal coal mine Voelklingen Germany kills 298 
02/07/1962 - President Kennedy begins blockade of Cuba 
02/07/1962 - Sam Snead wins LPGA Royal Poinciano Plaza Golf Invitational 
02/08/1962 - KACB TV channel 3 in San Angelo, TX (NBC) begins broadcasting 
02/08/1962 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 
02/09/1962 - Jamaica signs agreement to become independent 
02/09/1962 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 
02/10/1962 - Jim Beatty sets American indoor mile record (3:58.9) in LA 
02/10/1962 - USSR swaps spy Francis Gary Power to US for Rudolph Abel 
02/11/1962 - Beatles record "Please, Please Me" 
02/12/1962 - Bus boycott starts in Macon, Georgia 
02/14/1962 - 1st lady Jacqueline Kennedy conducts White House tour on TV 
02/15/1962 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 
02/16/1962 - Darius Milhaud's 12th Symphony, premieres 
02/16/1962 - US Open Tennis: Jimmy Bostwick defeats brother Pete to win 
02/17/1962 - Beach Boys introduced a new musical style with their hit "Surfin" 
02/17/1962 - Storm in Hamburg, kills 265 
02/17/1962 - Wilt Chamberlain of NBA Philadelphia Warriors scores 67 points vs St Louis 
02/18/1962 - France & Algerian Moslems negotiate truce to end 7 year war 
02/18/1962 - Louise Suggs wins LPGA St Petersburg Golf Open 
02/19/1962 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 
02/20/1962 - John Glenn is 1st American to orbit Earth (Friendship 7) 
02/21/1962 - Minister De Pous confirms natural gas reserves in Groningen Netherlands 
02/22/1962 - Wilt Chamberlain sets NBA record with 34 free throw attempts 
02/23/1962 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 
02/24/1962 - "New Faces of '62" closes at Alvin Theater NYC after 28 performances 
02/24/1962 - "Sail Away" closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 167 performances 
02/24/1962 - General mobilization in Indonesia over New-Guinea 
02/24/1962 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 
02/25/1962 - India Congress Party wins elections 
02/25/1962 - Mike O'Hara completes record 97th marathon 
02/25/1962 - Robert Kennedy visits Netherlands 
02/26/1962 - Arthur Kopit's "Oh, Dad, Poor Dad . . .," premieres in NYC 
02/26/1962 - US Supreme court disallows race separation on public transportation 
02/26/1962 - Wilt Chamberlain of NBA Philadelphia Warriors scores 67 points vs NY 
02/27/1962 - South-Vietnam pres Ngo Dinh Diem's palace bombed, 1st US killed 
02/28/1962 - WMGM-AM in New York City changes call letters to WHN 
03/01/1962 - American Airlines 707 plunges nose 1st into Jamaica Bay NY killing 95 
03/01/1962 - K-Mart opens 
03/01/1962 - US/British nuclear test experiment in Nevada 
03/01/1962 - Uganda became a self-governing country 
03/02/1962 - JFK announces US will resume above ground nuclear testing 
03/02/1962 - Wilt Chamberlain scores incredible 100 points in an NBA game 
03/03/1962 - British Antarctic Territory forms 
03/04/1962 - AEC announces 1st atomic power plant in Antarctica in operation 
03/05/1962 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 
03/06/1962 - St Louis vote to build a new downtown stadium for the Cardinals 
03/06/1962 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 
03/06/1962 - US promise Thailand assistance against communist aggression 
03/07/1962 - Beatles made their broadcasting debut on BBC radio 
03/07/1962 - Launch of OSO 1, 1st astronomy satellite (solar flare data) 
03/08/1962 - Beatles, with Pete Best, TV debut (perform "Dream Baby" on BBC) 
03/08/1962 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 
03/09/1962 - Egyptian Pres Nasser declares Gaza belongs to Palestinians 
03/09/1962 - US advisors in South-Vietnam join the fight 
03/10/1962 - Due to it's no black policy, Phillies leave Jack Tar Harrison Hotel & move to Rocky Point Motel, 20 miles outside Clearwater, Florida 
03/12/1962 - Dutch Premier De Quay announces secret talks with Indonesia 
03/13/1962 - Yugoslavia grants 1,000 prisoners amnesty 
03/14/1962 - Disarmament conference opens in Geneva without France 
03/14/1962 - Gordie Howe (Detroit Red Wings) is 2nd NHLer to score 500 goals 
03/15/1962 - "No Strings" opens at 84th St Theater NYC for 580 performances 
03/15/1962 - 5 research groups announce simultaneously discovery of anti-matter 
03/15/1962 - Donald Jackson of Canada, is 1st to land a triple lutz ice skate jump 
03/15/1962 - KATU TV channel 2 in Portland, OR (ABC) begins broadcasting 
03/15/1962 - Richard Rodger's musical "No Strings," premieres in NYC 
03/15/1962 - Wilt Chamberlain is 1st to score 4,000 pts in an NBA season 
03/16/1962 - 1st launching of Titan 2-rocket 
03/16/1962 - US Super-Constellation disappears above Pacific Ocean, kills 167 
03/18/1962 - Algerian War ends after 7« yrs (250,000 die), Ben Bella flees 
03/18/1962 - Dmitri Shostakovitch becomes member of Supreme Soviet of USSR 
03/19/1962 - "All American" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 80 performances 
03/19/1962 - Archbishop Suenens of Mechelen-Brussels appointed cardinal 
03/20/1962 - Sjoukje Dijkstra becomes world champion figure skater 
03/21/1962 - A bear becomes the 1st creature to be ejected at supersonic speeds 
03/21/1962 - Bekkers of Bosch makes TV speech in Netherlands for birth control 
03/21/1962 - Dutch RC bishop Beckers declares himself in favor of birth control 
03/21/1962 - Philadelphia retires pitcher Robin Roberts' # 36 
03/22/1962 - "I Can Get It For You Wholesale" opens at Shubert NYC for 300 performances 
03/23/1962 - JFK visits SF 
03/23/1962 - Nawab of Pataudi captains India cricket v WI age 21 years 77 days 
03/23/1962 - Wake Forest coach "Bones" McKinney becomes 2nd person to play & coach 
03/23/1962 - William DeWitt buys Cincinnati Reds for $4,625,000 
03/24/1962 - 24th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Cincinnati beats Ohio State 71-59 
03/24/1962 - Benny Paret, KOed in a welterweight title, he dies 10 days later 
03/24/1962 - Mick Jagger & Keith Richards perform as Little Boy Blue & Blue Boys 
03/25/1962 - "Family Affair" closes at Billy Rose Theater NYC after 65 performances 
03/25/1962 - French OAS-leader ex-general Jouhaud arrested 
03/26/1962 - Supreme Court backs 1-man-1-vote apportionment of seats in state leg 
03/27/1962 - Ann Jellicoe's "Knack," premieres in London 
03/27/1962 - Archbishop Rummel ends race segregation in New Orleans Catholic school 
03/27/1962 - Jacques Plante ties record winning 6th NHL Vezina trophy 
03/28/1962 - Devastating 8 for 6 spell by Gibbs gives WI cricket victory over India 
03/28/1962 - Military coup in Syria, President Nazim al-Kudsi flees 
03/29/1962 - Argentine Pres Frondizi flees from the army 
03/29/1962 - Jack Paar's final appearance on the "Tonight Show" 
04/03/1962 - Jockey Eddie Arcaro retires after 31 years (24,092 races) 
04/03/1962 - Lt General Marshall S Carter, USA, becomes deputy director of CIA 
04/05/1962 - Herb Gardner's "Thousand Clowns," premieres in NYC 
04/05/1962 - Mgr J Daems appointed bishop of Antwerp 
04/05/1962 - NASA civilian pilot Neil A Armstrong takes X-15 to 54,600 m 
04/05/1962 - St Bernard Tunnel finished-Swiss/Italians workers shake hands 
04/07/1962 - Umrigar slams 172* v WI at Port-of-Spain in 248 minutes 
04/07/1962 - Yugoslav ex-president Milovan Djilas returns to jail 
04/08/1962 - Accords of Evian (Algeria) accepted by referendum in France 
04/09/1962 - 26th Golf Masters Championship: Arnold Palmer wins, shooting a 280 
04/09/1962 - 34th Academy Awards - "West Side Story," Sophia Loren & Max Schell win 
04/09/1962 - JFK throws out 1st ball at Washington's new DC Stadium 
04/10/1962 - 1st baseball game at LA's Dodger Stadium, they lose 6-3 to Reds 
04/10/1962 - 1st major league game in Houston, Colt .45s beat Chicago Cubs, 11-2 
04/10/1962 - NY Yankee Mickey Mantle hits his 375th HR 
04/11/1962 - New York Mets make a losing debut 
04/12/1962 - San Mateo County withdraws from BART district (SF Bay area) 
04/13/1962 - Stan Musial scores his 1,869th run, a new NL record 
04/13/1962 - US steel industry forced to give up price increases 
04/14/1962 - Demonstration for sovereign status of New-Guinea in Amsterdam 
04/14/1962 - Georges Pompidou becomes president of France 
04/15/1962 - US national debt above $300,000,000,000 
04/16/1962 - Brazil nationalizes US businesses 
04/16/1962 - Walter Cronkite begins anchoring CBS Evening News 
04/18/1962 - 16th NBA Championship: Boston Celtics beat LA Lakers, 4 games to 3 
04/19/1962 - 66th Boston Marathon won by Eino Oksanen of Finland in 2:23:48 
04/19/1962 - NASA civilian pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 46,900m 
04/20/1962 - NASA civilian pilot Neil A Armstrong takes X-15 to 63,250 m 
04/20/1962 - New Orleans Citizens Co gives free 1-way ride to blacks to move North 
04/20/1962 - OAS-leader ex-general Salan arrested in Algiers 
04/21/1962 - Century 21 Exposition opens in Seattle, Washington 
04/22/1962 - Marilynn Smith wins LPGA Sunshine Golf Open 
04/22/1962 - NY Mets tie NL record by losing 9 straight to start season 
04/22/1962 - Pirates tie then record of 10 straight wins to start season 
04/22/1962 - Stanley Cup: Toronto Maple Leafs beat Chicago Blackhawks, 4 games to 2 
04/23/1962 - 1st US satellite to reach the moon launched 
04/23/1962 - NY Mets win their 1st game ever, after going 0-9, beat Pirates 9-1 
04/23/1962 - Ranger 4, 1st US satellite to reach Moon launched from Cape Canaveral 
04/24/1962 - 1st Lockheed A-12 is taxi tested 
04/24/1962 - MIT sends TV signal by satellite for 1st time: CA to MA 
04/24/1962 - Sandy Koufax's 2nd 18-strikeout game 
04/25/1962 - Cleve sends Harry Chiti to Mets for a player to be named later, on 
04/25/1962 - Lion & Tiger Veldt at Cleveland Metroparks Zoo is dedicated 
04/25/1962 - US Ranger spacecraft crash lands on Moon 
04/25/1962 - US resumes above ground nuclear testing, at Christmas Island 
04/25/1962 - June 15 the Mets send Chiti back to Cleveland 
04/26/1962 - 1st Lockheed A-12 flies 
04/26/1962 - Ariel 1 Launch (1st UK Satellite) 
04/26/1962 - Ranger 4 crash lands on (backside of) Moon 
04/26/1962 - Red Sox Bill Monbouquette no-hits White Sox 1-0 
04/26/1962 - US/UK launch Ariel; 1st international payload 
04/27/1962 - Arnold Wesker's "Chips with Everything," premieres in London 
04/27/1962 - US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island 
04/29/1962 - 16th Tony Awards: Man For All Seasons & How to Succeed win 
04/29/1962 - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship 
04/30/1962 - NASA civilian pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 75,190 m 
04/30/1962 - Willie Mays hits 4 HRs 
05/01/1962 - 1st French underground nuclear experiment in the Sahara 
05/01/1962 - Bo Belinsky pitches a no-hitter, in his 4th start 
05/01/1962 - France performs underground nuclear test at Ecker Algeria 
05/01/1962 - JFK authorizes Area Redevelopment Act (ARA) 
05/02/1962 - Benfica wins 7th Europe Cup I 
05/02/1962 - OAS strikes in Algeria 
05/02/1962 - US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island 
05/02/1962 - WMHT TV channel 17 in Schenectady-Alby-Tro, NY (PBS) 1st broadcast 
05/03/1962 - Express train crashed into wreckage of a commuter train & a freight, killing 163, injuring 400 (Tokyo, Japan) 
05/04/1962 - US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island 
05/05/1962 - 88th Kentucky Derby: Bill Hartack aboard Decidedly wins in 2:00.4 
05/05/1962 - LA Angel Bo Belinsky no-hits Baltimore Orioles, 2-0 
05/05/1962 - West Side Story soundtrack album goes to #1 & stays #1 for 54 weeks which is more than 20 weeks longer than any other album 
05/06/1962 - 1st nuclear warhead fired from Polaris submarine (Ethan Allen) 
05/06/1962 - Antonio Segni elected president of Italy 
05/06/1962 - Mary Lena Faulk wins LPGA Peach Blossom Golf Tournament 
05/06/1962 - Pathet Lao breaks cease fire/conquerors Nam Tha Laos 
05/06/1962 - US performs nuclear test at Pacific Ocean 
05/07/1962 - Pulitzer prize awarded to Theodore H White (Making of President 1960) 
05/07/1962 - US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island 
05/08/1962 - "Funny Thing Happened" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 965 performances 
05/08/1962 - 1st Atlas Centaur Launch 
05/08/1962 - London trolley buses go out of service 
05/09/1962 - Beatles sign their 1st contract with EMI Pstlophone 
05/09/1962 - Laser beam successfully bounced off Moon for 1st time 
05/09/1962 - US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island 
05/11/1962 - Antonio Segni becomes president of Italy 
05/11/1962 - US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island 
05/11/1962 - US sends troops to Thailand 
05/12/1962 - Grevelingendam closes 
05/12/1962 - US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island 
05/13/1962 - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Western Golf Open 
05/14/1962 - Ex-pres Milovan Djilas sentenced to 5 years 
05/14/1962 - Princess Sophia of Greece weds Don Juan Carlos of Spain 
05/14/1962 - US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island 
05/15/1962 - US marines arrive in Laos 
05/17/1962 - Marin County withdraws from BART district 
05/19/1962 - "Bravo, Giovanni" opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 76 performances 
05/19/1962 - "John Birch Society," by Chad Mitchell Trio hits #99 
05/19/1962 - 88th Preakness: John Rotz aboard Greek Money wins in 1:56.2 
05/19/1962 - Indonesian paratroopers land in New Guinea 
05/19/1962 - Stan Musial breaks Honus Wagner's NL hit record with 3,431 
05/19/1962 - US performs nuclear test at Christmas Island (atmospheric) 
05/20/1962 - Patty Berg wins LPGA Muskogee Civitan Golf Open 
05/21/1962 - 3 more Cleveland HR set AL record for most HR (26) over 8 games 
05/22/1962 - 14th Emmy Awards: Bob Newhart Show, E G Marshall & Shirley Booth 
05/22/1962 - Netherlands telephone net becomes completely automated 
05/22/1962 - Robert A Rushworth, USAF major, takes X-15 to 30,600m 
05/22/1962 - Roger Maris walks 5 times (record 4 intentionally) in a 9 inn game 
05/23/1962 - Joe Pepitone 2nd Yankee to hit 2 HRs in 1 inning (Joe DiMaggio) 
05/23/1962 - OAS leader general Raoul Salan sentenced to life 
05/23/1962 - Scott Carpenter orbits Earth 3 times in US Aurora 7 
05/24/1962 - M Scott Carpenter aboard Aurora 7 launched into Earth orbit 
05/25/1962 - Isley Brothers release "Twist & Shout" 
05/25/1962 - US performs nuclear test at Christmas Island (atmospheric) 
05/25/1962 - US unions AFL-CIO starts campaign for 35-hour work week 
05/26/1962 - "All American" closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 80 performances 
05/27/1962 - Ruth Jessen wins LPGA Dallas Civitan Golf Open 
05/28/1962 - Suit alleging de facto school segregation filed in Rochester NY 
05/28/1962 - US stock market drops $20.8 B in 1 day 
05/28/1962 - Wide World of Sports with Chris Schenkel premieres on CBS radio 
05/29/1962 - Barbra Streisand appears on "Garry Moore Show" 
05/30/1962 - 69 killed in bus crash (Ahmedabad India) 
05/30/1962 - Benjamin Britten's "War Requiem," premieres 
05/31/1962 - "Tell It To Groucho" last airs on CBS-TV 
06/01/1962 - Oscar 2 (ham radio satellite) launched into Earth orbit 
06/01/1962 - Roda JC soccer team reforms in Kerkrade 
06/01/1962 - USAF Major Robert M White takes X-15 to 40,420 m 
06/02/1962 - 32nd French Mens Tennis: Rod Laver beats Roy Emerson (36 26 63 97 62) 
06/03/1962 - Air France Boeing 707 crashes on takeoff from Paris, kills 130 
06/03/1962 - Betsy Rawls & Kathy wins LPGA Babe Didrikson-Zaharias Golf Open 
06/03/1962 - Lee Harvey Oswald arrives by train in Oldenzaal Netherlands 
06/03/1962 - WBKO TV channel 13 in Bowling Green, KY (ABC) begins broadcasting 
06/04/1962 - Lee Harvey Oswald departs Rotterdam on SS Maasdam to US   
06/04/1962 - Washington Irving High School Class of '62 graduates
06/06/1962 - Beatles meet their producer George Martin for 1st time, they record "Besame Mucho" with Peter Best on drums 
06/07/1962 - NASA civilian test pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 31,580 m 
06/08/1962 - Jim Beatty runs world record 2 mile (8:29.8) 
06/09/1962 - "Bill of Hare," premieres in USA 
06/09/1962 - 94th Belmont: Bill Shoemaker aboard Jaipur wins in 2:28.8 
06/09/1962 - Tony Bennett debuts in concert at Carnegie Hall in NYC 
06/10/1962 - A record 54 home runs hit in baseball 
06/10/1962 - Igor Ter-Ovanesyan of USSR, sets then long jump record at 27' 3¬" 
06/10/1962 - Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Austin Civitan Golf Tournament 
06/11/1962 - President FDR accepted an honorary degree from Yale 
06/12/1962 - 3 convicts used spoons to dig their way out of Alcatraz 
06/12/1962 - Laos prince Souvanna Phouma forms coalition government 
06/12/1962 - USAF Major Robert M White takes X-15 to 56,270 m 
06/13/1962 - "Bob Newhart Show," last airs on NBC-TV 
06/13/1962 - Norway named ombudsman 
06/15/1962 - Phillies score 10 runs in an inning against Reds en route to 13-8 win 
06/15/1962 - South Africa passes a bill setting death penalty for many crimes 
06/15/1962 - WWUP TV channel 10 in Sault Ste Marie, MI (CBS) begins broadcasting 
06/16/1962 - 2 US army officers killed in Saigon 
06/17/1962 - 62nd US Golf Open: Jack Nicklaus shoots a 283 at Oakmont CC PA 
06/17/1962 - Brazil Beats Czechoslovakia in soccer's 7th World Cup at Santiago 
06/17/1962 - Lou Brock is 2nd to HR into Polo Grounds right-center field bleachers 
06/17/1962 - Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Cosmopolitan Golf Open 
06/21/1962 - USAF Major Robert M White takes X-15 to 75,190 m 
06/22/1962 - 1st test flight of Hovercraft 
06/22/1962 - French Boeing 707 crashes at Guadeloupe, 113 killed 
06/23/1962 - "Subways Are after Sleeping" closes at St James NYC after 205 performances 
06/23/1962 - Laos Suvanna Phuma forms government 
06/23/1962 - Larry Doby, retires from Cleveland Indians to play in Japan 
06/24/1962 - Betsy Rawls wins LPGA J E McAuliffe Golf Tournament 
06/24/1962 - Jack Reed's 22nd-inning HR wins longest NY Yankee game in history 
06/25/1962 - Interim Government forms in Turkey 
06/25/1962 - Mozambique Liberation Front (FRELIMO) forms 
06/25/1962 - Supreme Court rules NY school prayer unconstitutional 
06/26/1962 - Blacks begin passive resistance in Cairo Ill 
06/26/1962 - Boston Red Sox Earl Wilson no-hits LA Angels, 2-0 
06/26/1962 - WSEC (now WLRN) TV channel 17 in Miami, FL (PBS) begins broadcasting 
06/27/1962 - NASA civilian pilot Joseph Walker takes X-15 to 6,606 kph, 37,700 m 
06/27/1962 - Ross Perot begins Electronic Data Systems 
06/28/1962 - Thalidomide drug banned in Netherlands 
06/29/1962 - 1st flight Vickers (British Aerospace) VC-10 long-range airliner 
06/29/1962 - Frank Howard, hits the 5,000th Dodger home run 
06/29/1962 - JFK dines with premier MacMillan in London 
06/30/1962 - 17th US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Murle Lindstrom 
06/30/1962 - French Foreign Legion leaves Algeria 
06/30/1962 - LA Dodger Sandy Koufax no-hits NY Mets, 5-0 
06/30/1962 - Premier Ben Khedda disbands Algerian Liberation Army fighters 
06/30/1962 - Rwanda & Burundi become independent 
07/01/1962 - Algeria votes for independence 
07/01/1962 - Burundi & Rwanda gain independence from Belgium (National Days) 
07/02/1962 - Cubans minister of Foreign affairs Ra£l Castro arrives in Moscow 
07/02/1962 - Fidel Castro visits Moscow 
07/03/1962 - Algerian Revolution against French ends (Algeria gains independence on 7/5) 
07/04/1962 - Island Records begins 
07/04/1962 - KIKU (now KHNL) TV channel 13 in Honolulu, HI (IND) 1st broadcast 
07/05/1962 - 96 murder at massacre in Oran, Algeria 
07/05/1962 - Algeria gains independence after 132 years of French rule 
07/05/1962 - Mantle hits 2 homers en route to 4 consecutive homers 
07/06/1962 - 76th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Rod Laver beats Martin Mulligan (62 62 61) 
07/06/1962 - Emir Said al-Djazairi takes van Algerian throne in Syria 
07/06/1962 - Mantle hits his 3rd & 4th consecutive homer 
07/07/1962 - 69th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Karen Susman beats Vera Sukova (64 64) 
07/07/1962 - Bill Hartack becomes 8th jockey to win 3,000 horse races 
07/07/1962 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 
07/08/1962 - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Kelly Girls Golf Open 
07/09/1962 - US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Johnston Island 
07/10/1962 - 32nd All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 3-1 at D.C. Stadium, Washington 
07/10/1962 - All star MVP: Maury Wills (LA Dodgers) 
07/10/1962 - Martin Luther King Jr arrested during demonstration in Georgia 
07/10/1962 - Telstar, 1st geosynchronous communications satellite, launched 
07/10/1962 - US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island 
07/11/1962 - 1st transatlantic TV transmission via satellite (Telstar I) 
07/11/1962 - Brothers Hank & Tommie Aaron homer in same inning 
07/11/1962 - Cosmonaut Micolaev set then record longest space flight - 4 days 
07/11/1962 - Fred Baldasare is 1st to swim English Channel underwater (scuba) 
07/11/1962 - US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island 
07/11/1962 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 
07/12/1962 - 1st time 2 manned crafts in space (USSR) 
07/12/1962 - Rolling Stones 1st performance (Marquee Club, London) 
07/13/1962 - 500 Indonesian parachutist land on New-Guinea 
07/13/1962 - 91st British Golf Open: Arnold Palmer shoots a 276 at Royal Troon 
07/13/1962 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 
07/14/1962 - Borehole for Mont Blanc-tunnel finished 
07/14/1962 - Brave's Hank Aaron hits HR #500 
07/14/1962 - US performs nuclear Test at Nevada Test Site 
07/15/1962 - Algeria becomes member of Arab League 
07/15/1962 - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Milwaukee Golf Open 
07/15/1962 - Netherlands & Indonesia accord over New-Guinea 
07/16/1962 - NASA civilian Test pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 32,600 m 
07/17/1962 - East Berliner Peter Fechter flees over Berlin Wall 
07/17/1962 - Robert White in X-15 sets altitude record of 108 km (354,300 ft) 
07/17/1962 - Senate rejects medicare for aged 
07/17/1962 - US performs nuclear Test at Nevada Test Site 
07/18/1962 - Minnesota Twins Bob Allison & Harmon Killebrew hit grand slams in 1st inn & Harmon Killebrew connect in a club-record, 11-run 1st inning 
07/18/1962 - Minnesota is 1st AL team to hit 2 grand slams in an inning as Bob Allison 
07/19/1962 - Hungarian communist party expels R kosi & Ger” 
07/20/1962 - Dmitri Shostakovitch completes his 13th Symphony 
07/20/1962 - France & Tunisia recover diplomatic relations 
07/21/1962 - 160 civil right activists jailed after demonstration in Albany Ga 
07/21/1962 - Battles on Chinese & Indies boundary 
07/22/1962 - 1st US Venus probe, Mariner 1, fails at lift-off 
07/22/1962 - 44th PGA Championship: Gary Player shoots a 278 at Aronimink GC PA 
07/22/1962 - Chic White Sox Floyd Robinson goes 6 for 6 (all singles) 
07/22/1962 - Shirley Englehorn wins LPGA Lady Carling Golf Tournament 
07/25/1962 - House passes bill requiring equal pay for equal work regardless of sex 
07/26/1962 - Maria Oeljanov, 1st airship with nuclear missiles, arrives in Cuba 
07/26/1962 - Milwaukee Brave Warren Spahn sets HR record of 31 by a pitcher 
07/27/1962 - Mariner 2 launched to Venus; flyby mission 
07/27/1962 - Martin Luther King Jr jailed in Albany Georgia 
07/27/1962 - USSR performs nuclear Test at Novaya Zemlya USSR 
07/28/1962 - 19 die in a train crash in Steelton Pa 
07/28/1962 - Mariner I launched to Mars falls into Atlantic Ocean 
07/30/1962 - 33rd All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 9-4 at Wrigley Field, Chicago 
07/30/1962 - All star MVP: Leon Wagner (LA Angels) 
07/31/1962 - Federation of Malaysia forms 
07/31/1962 - Statham is Test crickets' leading wicket-taker (229), beating Lindwall 
08/01/1962 - Boston Red Sox Bill Monboquette no-hits Chic White Sox, 1-0 
08/01/1962 - Failed assassination on president Nkrumah of Ghana 
08/02/1962 - NASA civilian test pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 32,600 m 
08/03/1962 - 29th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Green Bay 42, All-Stars 20 (65,000) 
08/03/1962 - NY Met Frank Thomas hits his 6th HR in 3 games 
08/04/1962 - Nelson Mandela captured by South African police 
08/05/1962 - 1st quasar located by radio 
08/05/1962 - Marilynn Smith wins LPGA Waterloo Golf Open 
08/05/1962 - Nelson Mandela arrested for incitement & illegally leaving S Africa 
08/05/1962 - UN command forbids flights to Katangese airports 
08/06/1962 - Jamaica becomes independent after 300 years of British rule 
08/07/1962 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR 
08/10/1962 - USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR 
08/11/1962 - Andrian G Nikolayev, becomes 3rd Russian in space aboard Vostok 3 
08/11/1962 - Beach Boys release "Surfin' Safari" 
08/11/1962 - Bolotnikov runs world record 10km (28:18.2) 
08/11/1962 - Dodgers protest wetting down of Candlestick to slow Maury Wills down 
08/12/1962 - 1st time 2 people in space 
08/12/1962 - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Heart of America Golf Tournament 
08/12/1962 - Russia launches Vostok 4, Pavel Popovich, who lands safely Aug 15 
08/13/1962 - Bert Campaneris of Daytona Beach (FSL) pitches ambidextrously 
08/14/1962 - French & Italian workers break through at Mount Blanc Vehicular Tunnel 
08/14/1962 - NASA civilian test pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 60,000 m 
08/14/1962 - US mail truck in Plymouth, Mass robbed of more than $1.5 million 
08/15/1962 - Netherlands & Indonesia signs accord about New Guinea 
08/15/1962 - Shady Grove Baptist Church burned in Leesburg Georgia 
08/16/1962 - Ringo Starr replaces Pete Best as Beatle drummer 
08/17/1962 - Beatles replaces Pete Best with Ringo Starr 
08/17/1962 - E German border guards shot & kill Peter Fechter, 18, attempting to cross Berlin Wall into western sector 
08/18/1962 - Peter, Paul & Mary release their 1st hit "If I Had a Hammer" 
08/19/1962 - Homer Blancos plays finest round in golf, shooting a 55 
08/19/1962 - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Albuquerque Swing Parade Golf Tournament 
08/20/1962 - USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR 
08/21/1962 - Verne Gagne beats Mister M (doctor X) in Minnesota, to become NWA champ 
08/22/1962 - Failed assassination on president De Gaulle 
08/22/1962 - USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR 
08/22/1962 - Savannah, world's 1st nuclear-powered ship, completes maiden voyage from Yorktown, Va, to Savannah, Ga 
08/23/1962 - 1st Europe-US live TV program (via Telstar) 
08/23/1962 - John Lennon weds Cynthia Powell 
08/24/1962 - Dodger coach Leo Durocher suffers a near-fatal allergic reaction to a penicillin injection while in the clubhouse at the Polo Grounds 
08/24/1962 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 
08/25/1962 - USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR 
08/25/1962 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR 
08/26/1962 - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Salt Lake City Golf Open 
08/26/1962 - Minnesota Twins Jack Kralick no-hits KC A's, 1-0 
08/27/1962 - Mariner 2 launched; 1st probe to fly by Venus 
08/27/1962 - USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR 
08/28/1962 - 55.9 cm rainfall at Hackberry, Louisiana (state record) 
08/28/1962 - Dr Geza DeKaplany tortures wife with acid 
08/28/1962 - Tony Sheridan & Beat Brothers record "Ya Ya (Parts 1 + 2)" 
08/29/1962 - Some provisions of Kuwaiti constitution are suspended 
08/29/1962 - US U-2 flight sees SAM launch pads in Cuba 
08/31/1962 - Trinidad & Tobago gain independence from Britain (National Day) 
09/01/1962 - 12,000 die in an earthquake in western Iran 
09/01/1962 - KATC TV channel 3 in Lafayette, LA (ABC) begins broadcasting 
09/01/1962 - UN announces Earth population has hit 3 billion 
09/01/1962 - USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR 
09/02/1962 - Stan Musial's 3,516th hit moves over Tris Speaker into 2nd place 
09/02/1962 - USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR 
09/03/1962 - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Spokane Golf Open 
09/04/1962 - Beatles record "How Do You Do It" at EMI 
09/04/1962 - French president De Gaulle visits German FR 
09/05/1962 - Atletico Madrid wins 2nd Europe Cup II 
09/05/1962 - Cubs Ken Hubbs sets 2nd base record for consecutive errorless games at 78 & consecutive errorless chances (418), he errors in the 4th 
09/06/1962 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 
09/08/1962 - Chinese troops exceed Mac-Mahon-line (Tibet-India boundary) 
09/08/1962 - USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR 
09/09/1962 - 76th US Womens Tennis: Margaret Smith Court beats Darlene Hard (97 64) 
09/09/1962 - 82nd US Mens Tennis: Rodney G Laver beats Roy Emerson (62 64 57 64) 
09/09/1962 - Shirley Englehorn wins LPGA Eugene Golf Open 
09/09/1962 - Soviet economist Liberman plead for autonomous businesses 
09/09/1962 - WNYS (now WIXT) TV channel 9 in Syracuse, NY (ABC) begins broadcasting 
09/10/1962 - 82nd US Mens Tennis: Rodney G Laver beats Roy Emerson (62 64 57 64) 
09/10/1962 - KLRN TV channel 9 in San Antonio, TX (PBS) begins broadcasting 
09/10/1962 - WDCN TV channel 8 in Nashville, TN (PBS) begins broadcasting 
09/11/1962 - Beatles cut "Love Me Do" & "PS I Love You" with Andy White on drums 
09/11/1962 - Drummer Ringo Starr replaces Pete Best of the Beatles 
09/11/1962 - KVCR TV channel 24 in San Bernardino, CA (PBS) begins broadcasting 
09/12/1962 - Wash Senator Tom Cheney strikes out record 21 Orioles in 16 inn game 
09/14/1962 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 
09/15/1962 - "Bravo, Giovanni" closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 76 performances 
09/15/1962 - Australia's 1st entry in America's Cup yacht race (US wins) 
09/15/1962 - KC A's Bill Fischer sets record of 69 1/3 innings without a walk 
09/15/1962 - USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR 
09/15/1962 - WOKR TV channel 13 in Rochester, NY (ABC) begins broadcasting 
09/16/1962 - Brian Kilby wins marathon: (2:23:18.8) 
09/16/1962 - Gerda Kroon runs European record 800 m in 2:02.8 
09/16/1962 - Public TV channel 13 begins in NYC 
09/16/1962 - Ruth Jessen wins LPGA Sacramento Golf Open 
09/16/1962 - USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR 
09/17/1962 - Justice Dept files 1st suit to end segregation in public schools 
09/17/1962 - US space officials announce selection of 9 new astronauts 
09/18/1962 - Bob Aspromonte sets NL 3rd baseman record of 57 cons errorless games 
09/18/1962 - Charlie Finley is denied permission to move A's to Dallas-Ft Worth 
09/18/1962 - Rwanda, Burundi, Jamaica & Trinidad admitted (105th-108th) to UN 
09/18/1962 - USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR 
09/19/1962 - USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR 
09/20/1962 - Ben Bella wins 1st elections in independent Algeria 
09/20/1962 - Gov R Barnett refuses to admit a black to Miss University (James Meredith) 
09/22/1962 - Bob Dylan plays NYC Carnegie Hall 
09/23/1962 - ABC's 1st color TV series-Jetsons 
09/23/1962 - LA Dodger Maury Wills steals record setting #97 on his way to 104 
09/23/1962 - Martin Walser's "Esche und Angora," premieres in Berlin 
09/23/1962 - Mary Lena Faulk wins LPGA Visalia Golf Open 
09/23/1962 - NY's Philharmonic Hall (since renamed Avery Fisher Hall) opens as 1st unit of Lincoln Center for Performing Arts 
09/24/1962 - KWSU TV channel 10 in Pullman, WA (PBS) begins broadcasting 
09/24/1962 - US Circuit Court of Appeals orders Meredith admitted to U of Miss 
09/25/1962 - Black church is destroyed by fire in Macon Georgia 
09/25/1962 - Sonny Liston KOs Floyd Patterson in 1st round for heavyweight title 
09/25/1962 - USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR 
09/25/1962 - Weatherly (US) beats Gretel (Australia) in 19th running of America's Cup 
09/25/1962 - Yankees clinch AL pennant 
09/26/1962 - LA Dodger Maury Wills becomes 1st to steal 100 bases (en route to 104) 
09/26/1962 - TV comedy series "Beverly Hillbillies" premieres on CBS 
09/26/1962 - Yemen Arab Republic proclaimed (National Day) 
09/27/1962 - Military uprising under Col Abdullah as-Sallal North Yemen 
09/27/1962 - US sells Israel, Hawk anti-aircraft missiles 
09/28/1962 - "Brighter Day," last airs on CBS-TV daytime 
09/28/1962 - "I'm Dickens, He's Fenster," debuts on ABC-TV 
09/28/1962 - "Jan Murray Show," last airs on NBC-TV 
09/28/1962 - "Tonight Show," last airs on NBC-TV 
09/28/1962 - "Verdict Is Yours," last airs on CBS-TV 
09/28/1962 - Alouette (Canada), 1st Canadian satellite, launched 
09/29/1962 - "Alley Cat" by Bent Fabric & His Piano peaks at #7 
09/29/1962 - "Green Onions" by Booker T & MG's peaks at #3 
09/29/1962 - "My Fair Lady" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 2,715 performances 
09/29/1962 - "Roy Rogers & Dale Evans Show," debuts on ABC-TV 
09/29/1962 - "You Can't Judge A Book By Cover" by Bo Diddley peaks at #48 
09/29/1962 - Algerian government of Ben Bella forms 
09/29/1962 - Indians & Angels set AL record of 40 strikeouts in a doubleheader 
09/29/1962 - JFK authorized use of federal troops to integrate U of Mississippi 
09/29/1962 - Launch of Alouette 1, 1st Canadian satellite (on US Delta rocket) 
09/29/1962 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 
09/30/1962 - A's Bill Fischer ends 84 1/3 consecutive innings pitched without a walk 
09/30/1962 - JFK routes 3,000 federal troops to Mississippi 
09/30/1962 - James Meredith registers for classes at University of Mississippi 
09/30/1962 - KCRL TV channel 4 in Reno, NV (NBC) begins broadcasting 
09/30/1962 - KMEX TV channel 34 in Los Angeles, CA (IND) begins broadcasting 
09/30/1962 - Mickey Wright wins LPGA San Diego Golf Open 
09/30/1962 - NY Mets lose record 120th game as Cubs turn triple play & beat NY 5-1 
10/01/1962 - Barbra Streisand signs her 1st recording contract (with Columbia) 
10/01/1962 - Brian Epstein signs a contract to manage Beatles through 1977 
10/01/1962 - James Meredith became 1st black at U of Mississippi 
10/01/1962 - Johnny Carson hosts his 1st Tonight Show, Joan Crawford guests 
10/01/1962 - Lucy Show premieres 
10/01/1962 - SF beats Dodgers, 8-0 in 1st of best-of-3 NL playoff 
10/01/1962 - UN gives Netherlands control of New-Guinea 
10/01/1962 - US National Radio Astronomy Observatory gets a 300' (91m) radio telescope 
10/01/1962 - WEDH TV channel 24 in Hartford, CT (PBS) begins broadcasting 
10/02/1962 - SF beats LA, 8-7 in 4h18m 9 inning playoff game 
10/02/1962 - US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Johnston Island 
10/03/1962 - "Stop the World, I Want to Get Off" opens at Shubert NYC for 886 performances 
10/03/1962 - Dodgers set major league-record season attendance of 2,755,184 
10/03/1962 - Wally Schirra in Sigma 7 launched into Earth orbit 
10/04/1962 - USAF Major Robert A Rushworth takes X-15 to 32,300m 
10/04/1962 - Whitey Ford's World Series 33 2/3 scoreless inning streak ends 
10/05/1962 - Beatles release their 1st record "Love Me Do" 
10/06/1962 - 16th NHL All-Star Game: Toronto beat All4-Stars -1 at Toronto 
10/06/1962 - US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Johnston Island 
10/07/1962 - 8th LPGA Championship won by Judy Kimball 
10/07/1962 - USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR 
10/08/1962 - Algeria admitted as 109th member of UN 
10/08/1962 - N Korea reports 100% election turnout, 100% vote for Workers' Party 
10/09/1962 - Battles to decide Algeria-Morocco boundary kills 130 
10/09/1962 - NASA civilian test pilot John B McKay takes X-15 to 39,200 m 
10/10/1962 - Indies assault up Chinese positions in North-India attack 
10/11/1962 - 1st appearance of a Gabor sister on Merv Griffin Show 
10/11/1962 - 2nd Vatican Council (21st ecumenical) convened by Pope John XXIII 
10/12/1962 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 
10/12/1962 - US/USSR sign joint space effort in telecommunications & meteorology 
10/13/1962 - "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" opens on Broadway, with Uta Hagen 
10/14/1962 - Houston Oiler George Blanda throws for 6 TD passes vs NY Titans 56-17 
10/14/1962 - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Thunderbird Tourney Golf Tournament 
10/14/1962 - US U-2 espionage planes locate missile launchers in Cuba 
10/14/1962 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR 
10/15/1962 - Byron R White appointed to Supreme Court 
10/15/1962 - WLOX TV channel 13 in Biloxi-Gulfport, MS (ABC) begins broadcasting 
10/16/1962 - Byron R White becomes a Supreme Court Justice 
10/16/1962 - Cuban missile crisis began as JFK becomes aware of missiles in Cuba 
10/16/1962 - KTXT TV channel 5 in Lubbock, TX (PBS) begins broadcasting 
10/16/1962 - Yanks (20th championship) beat SF Giants 4 games to 3 in World Series 
10/16/1962 - NY Yankees appear in 12 & win 9 of last 14 World Series 
10/17/1962 - Yanks beat Giants for 20th world championship 
10/18/1962 - JFK meets Russian minister of Foreign affairs Andrei Gromyko 
10/18/1962 - Tony Sheridan & Beat Brothers record "Let's Dance" 
10/18/1962 - US launches Ranger 5 for lunar impact; misses Moon 
10/18/1962 - US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Johnston Island 
10/18/1962 - Dr Watson (US) & Drs Crick & Wilkins (Britain) win Nobel Prize for Medicine for work in determining structure of DNA 
10/19/1962 - Stalin-monument removed in Prague 
10/19/1962 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 
10/20/1962 - "Mr President" opens at St James Theater NYC for 265 performances 
10/20/1962 - Chinese army lands in India 
10/20/1962 - Musical, "Mr President," written by Irving Berlin, opens on Broadway 
10/20/1962 - US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Johnston Island 
10/21/1962 - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Carlsbad Cavern Golf Open 
10/22/1962 - JFK addresses TV about Russian missile bases in Cuba 
10/22/1962 - JFK imposes naval blockade on Cuba, beginning missile crisis 
10/22/1962 - JFK receives Ugandan premier Milton Obote 
10/22/1962 - Pacific Science Center opens at Seattle Center 
10/22/1962 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR 
10/23/1962 - Adlai Stevenson speaks at UN about Cuba crisis 
10/23/1962 - USAF Major Robert A Rushworth takes X-15 to 40,800m 
10/23/1962 - WCIV TV channel 4 in Charleston, SC (NBC) begins broadcasting 
10/24/1962 - In Cuban missile crisis, the US blockade of Cuba begins 
10/25/1962 - 110th member of UN admitted (Uganda) 
10/25/1962 - 1st Belgian nuclear reactor begins operation 
10/25/1962 - American author John Steinbeck awarded Nobel Prize in literature 
10/25/1962 - Stevenson demands USSR ambassador Zorin answer regarding Cuban missile bases saying "I am prepared to wait for my answer until hell freezes over" 
10/26/1962 - Beatles tape "Please Please Me" & "Ask Me Why" 
10/26/1962 - JFK warns Russia US will not allow Soviet missiles to remain in Cuba 
10/26/1962 - Nikita Khrushchev sends note to JFK offering to withdraw his missiles from Cuba if US closed its bases in Turkey offer is rejected 
10/26/1962 - US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Johnston Island 
10/27/1962 - "Beyond the Fringe" opens at John Golden Theater NYC for 673 performances 
10/27/1962 - Black Saturday - Russian nuclear missile crisis in Cuba 
10/27/1962 - US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Johnston Island 
10/27/1962 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 
10/28/1962 - Khrushchev orders withdrawal of missiles from Cuba, ending crisis 
10/28/1962 - NY Giant YA Tittle passes for 7 touchdowns vs Wash Redskins (49-34) 
10/28/1962 - Radio Moscow reports nuclear missiles in Cuba deactivated 
10/28/1962 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR 
10/30/1962 - US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Johnston Island 
11/01/1962 - Cuban missile crisis ends, JFK says USSR is dismantling missile bases 
11/01/1962 - Greece enters European Common Market 
11/01/1962 - KYVE TV channel 47 in Yakima, WA (PBS) begins broadcasting 
11/01/1962 - US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Johnston Island 
11/01/1962 - USSR launches Mars 1; radio contact lost before arrival at Mars 
11/01/1962 - USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR 
11/01/1962 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR 
11/01/1962 - WNYC TV channel 31 in New York, NY (PBS) begins broadcasting 
11/01/1962 - WZZM TV channel 13 in Grand Rapids, MI (ABC) begins broadcasting 
11/02/1962 - JFK announces Cuban missile bases were being dismantled 
11/03/1962 - USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR 
11/03/1962 - Wilt Chamberlain of NBA SF Warriors scores 72 points vs LA Lakers 
11/04/1962 - Murle Lindstrom wins LPGA San Antonio Civitan Golf Tournament 
11/04/1962 - US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Johnston Island 
11/06/1962 - BART bond issue just gets by with a 66.9% favorable vote 
11/06/1962 - Edward M Kennedy 1st elected (Sen-D-Mass) 
11/06/1962 - Edward W Brooke (R) elected attorney general of Massachusetts 
11/06/1962 - Nixon tells press he won't be available to kick around any more 
11/06/1962 - Saudi Arabia proclaims abolishing slavery 
11/06/1962 - UN General Assembly adopts resolution condemning South Africa 
11/07/1962 - Glenn Hall set NHL record of 503 consecutive games as goalie 
11/07/1962 - Richard Nixon quits politics-You won't have Nixon to kick around 
11/08/1962 - Canada government orders changing nickel back to round shape 
11/09/1962 - Dutch Catharina Lodders elected Miss World 
11/09/1962 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 
11/10/1962 - "Nowhere to Go, But Up" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 9 performances 
11/15/1962 - Don Drysdale wins Cy Young Award 
11/16/1962 - Kuwait adopts constitution 
11/16/1962 - Wilt Chamberlain of NBA SF Warriors scores 73 points vs NY Knicks 
11/17/1962 - "Little Me" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC for 257 performances 
11/17/1962 - "Nowhere to Go, But Up" closes at Winter Garden NYC after 9 performances 
11/17/1962 - Pres Kennedy dedicates Dulles Intl Airport outside Wash DC 
11/17/1962 - Simon/Coleman/Leigh's musical "Little Me," premieres in NYC 
11/17/1962 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR 
11/19/1962 - Fidel Castro accepts removal of Soviet weapons 
11/19/1962 - KOET (now KULC) TV channel 9 in Ogden, UT (PBS) begins broadcasting 
11/19/1962 - SN Behrman's "Lord Pengo," premieres in NYC 
11/19/1962 - Todor Zjivkov becomes premier of Bulgaria 
11/20/1962 - Mickey Mantle wins AL MVP 
11/20/1962 - USSR agrees to remove bombers from Cuba, & US lifts blockade 
11/23/1962 - Dodgers shortstop Maury Wills is named NL's MVP 
11/24/1962 - Last of Dutch militia leave New-Guinea 
11/25/1962 - WBJA (now WMGC) TV channel 34 in Binghamton, NY (ABC) 1st broadcast 
11/26/1962 - 1st recording session under name "Beatles" 
11/26/1962 - Caribbean Air Transport Me NV (CLTM Airlines) forms 
11/26/1962 - Fab Four have their 1st recording session under name Beatles 
11/27/1962 - 1st test flight of the Boeing 727 takes place 
11/27/1962 - Sumner Arthur Long's "Never Too Late," premieres in NYC 
11/27/1962 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 
11/28/1962 - Telegraph between Netherlands & Indonesia restored 
11/29/1962 - Baseball decides to revert back to 1 all star game per year 
11/29/1962 - Great-Britain & France decide to jointly build Concorde 
11/30/1962 - U Thant of Burma elected 3rd Secretary-General of UN unanimously 
12/01/1962 - Grey Cup halted by fog, resumed next day (Winnipeg 28, Hamilton 27) 
12/01/1962 - KGMB TV channel 9 in Honolulu, HI (CBS) begins broadcasting 
12/02/1962 - 50th CFL Grey Cup: Winnipeg beats Hamilton, 28-27 at Toronto [OT] 
12/03/1962 - Edith Spurlock Sampson sworn-in as 1st US black female judge 
12/03/1962 - Pravda criticizes western art 
12/04/1962 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 
12/06/1962 - US abandons Skybolt ballistic missile program 
12/07/1962 - Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 
12/08/1962 - "I Can Get It For You Wholesale" closes at Shubert NYC after 300 performances 
12/08/1962 - 114-day newspaper strike begins in NYC 
12/08/1962 - Failed coup in Brunei 
12/08/1962 - Funeral for Queen Wilhelmina of Holland (New Kerk, Delft) 
12/09/1962 - "I Can Get It For You Wholesale" closes on Broadway 
12/09/1962 - Tanganyika becomes a republic within British Commonwealth 
12/10/1962 - Hunters Point (SF) jitney ends service after 50 years 
12/12/1962 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 
12/13/1962 - Relay 1 communication satellite launched 
12/14/1962 - Mariner 2 makes 1st US fly-by of another planet (Venus) 
12/14/1962 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 
12/15/1962 - Vaughn Meader's "1st Family," album goes #1 & stays #1 for 12 wks 
12/16/1962 - David Lean's "Lawrence of Arabia" premieres 
12/16/1962 - NY Giant YA Title sets NFL season touchdown pass record at 33 with 6 touchdowns vs Dallas (41-31) 
12/16/1962 - Nepal gets constitution/becomes Constitutional Hindu Monarchy 
12/17/1962 - Beatles 1st British TV appearance (People & Places) 
12/17/1962 - Current constitution of Monaco promulgated 
12/18/1962 - Dmitri Shostakovitch' 13th Symphony, premieres in Moscow 
12/18/1962 - USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR 
12/18/1962 - WAIQ TV channel 26 in Montgomery, AL (PBS) begins broadcasting 
12/19/1962 - Nyasaland secedes from Rhodesia & Nyasaland 
12/19/1962 - Street signs in Golden Gate Park approved by Park Commission 
12/19/1962 - Transit 5A1, 1st operational navigational satellite, launched 
12/20/1962 - D Sjostakovitz opera "Katerina Ismailova," premieres in Moscow 
12/20/1962 - Osmond brothers debut on Andy Williams Show 
12/21/1962 - Angolin leaves Comecon 
12/21/1962 - US & Cuba accord, releases bay of pigs captive 
12/22/1962 - 1,000,000th NBA point scored 
12/22/1962 - Harris County voters approve all-weather stadium for Houston Colt .45s 
12/22/1962 - Kinderman Place in the Bronx named 
12/22/1962 - USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR 
12/23/1962 - Cuba starts returning US prisoners from Bay of Pigs invasion 
12/23/1962 - Dallas Texans beat Houston Oilers 20-17 in AFL championship game 
12/24/1962 - USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR 
12/25/1962 - USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR 
12/27/1962 - 28th Heisman Trophy Award: Terry Baker, Oregon State (QB) 
12/28/1962 - UN troops occupies Elizabethstad Katanga 
12/29/1962 - Doug Walters makes 1st-class debut for NSW 17 yrs 8 days 
12/30/1962 - Green Bay Packers beat NY Giants 16-7 in NFL championship game 
12/31/1962 - "Match Game" debuts on NBC with host Gene Rayburn 
12/31/1962 - American Basketball League announces suspension of operation 
12/31/1962 - Dutch leave New Guinea 
12/31/1962 - Katanga becomes part of Democratic Republic of Congo 
12/31/1962 - Ohio ends suit against Reds when they agree to stay in Cincinnati for 10 years

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