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| Born : | 03/30/1962 | "M C" Hammer, [Stanley], rapper (It's Hammer Time) |
| Born : | 02/27/1962 | Adam Baldwin, actor (Full Metal Jacket, My Bodyguard) |
| Born : | 04/19/1962 | Al Unser Jr, Indy-car racer (over 10 wins) |
| Born : | 09/09/1962 | Aleta Rzepecki Sill, Detroit Mich, bowler (1983 WIBC single) |
| Born : | 02/16/1962 | Alexa Kenin, NYC, actress (Mousie-Coed Fever) |
| Born : | 01/18/1962 | Alison Arngrim, actress (Nellie-Little House of the Prairie) |
| Born : | 06/12/1962 | Ally Sheedy, [Alexandria], NYC, actress (Wargames, Blue City) |
| Born : | 06/29/1962 | Amanda Donohoe, London, actress (C.J. Lamb-L.A. Law) |
| Born : | 11/02/1962 | Andrew Elt, singer (Sleeze Beez) |
| Born : | 02/16/1962 | Andy Taylor, rock guitarist (Duran Duran-Hungry Like the Wolf) |
| Born : | 02/28/1962 | Angela Bailey, England, Canadian 4X100m relayer (Olympic-silver-1984) |
| Born : | 07/19/1962 | Anthony Edwards, Santa Barbara Calif, actor (It Takes Two) |
| Born : | 01/19/1962 | Anthony Edwards, US, actor (Mike Monroe-Northern Exposure) |
| Born : | 11/07/1962 | Arend, saxophonist (Bob color) |
| Born : | 06/05/1962 | Astrid, Belgian princess |
| Born : | 04/04/1962 | Ava Fabian, Brewster NY, playmate (Aug, 1986) |
| Born : | 12/27/1962 | Barbara Crampton, Long Island NY, actr (Body Double, Young & Restless) |
| Born : | 12/06/1962 | Ben Watt, rocker (Everything but the Girls-Sir Idlewood) |
| Born : | 12/08/1962 | Berry van Aerle, soccer star (PSV) |
| Born : | 12/19/1962 | Bettina Huebers, Hamburg GFR, illegitimate daughter of Paul McCartney |
| Born : | 02/25/1962 | Birgit Fischer, German DR, 500m kayaker (Olympic-gold-1980) |
| Born : | 11/30/1962 | Bo Jackson, baseball/football player (KC Royals, LA Raiders) |
| Born : | 05/26/1962 | Bob[cat] Goldthwait, comedian (Police Academy) |
| Born : | 04/07/1962 | Bonny Warner, Mount Baldy Calif, lugist |
| Born : | 05/28/1962 | Brandon Cruz, actor (Eddie-Courtship of Eddie's Father) |
| Born : | 03/09/1962 | Brian Green, Columbus Indiana, actor (Sam Fowler-Another World) |
| Born : | 07/15/1962 | Brigitte Nielsen, Eisinore Denmark, actress (Red Sonja, Rocky IV) |
| Born : | 05/14/1962 | C C Deville, rocker (Poison-Talk Dirty to Me) |
| Born : | 04/--/1962 | Calista Carradine, Virginia, actress (Mata Hari) |
| Born : | 11/27/1962 | Calvin Hayes, rocker (Johnny Hates Jazz-Turn Back the Clock) |
| Born : | 08/29/1962 | Carl Banks, NFL line backer (NY Giants) |
| Born : | 10/26/1962 | Cary Elwes, actor (Glory, Princess Bride) |
| Born : | 11/10/1962 | Cathy Boswell, Joliet Ill, basketball player (Olympic-gold-1984) |
| Born : | 11/27/1962 | Charlie Benante, Bronx NY, rock drummer (Anthrax-Protest & Survive) |
| Born : | 03/17/1962 | Clare Grogan, rocker (Altered Images-Happy Birthday) |
| Born : | 11/22/1962 | Cleo Fields, (Rep-D-Louisiana) |
| Born : | 02/04/1962 | Clint Black, country singer/husband of Lisa Hartman |
| Born : | 07/07/1962 | Clive "Doctor" Jackson, rocker (Dr & Medics-Laughing at Pieces) |
| Born : | 05/26/1962 | Colin Vearncombe, rocker (Black-Wonderful Like) |
| Born : | 12/05/1962 | Connie Needham Newton, Anaheim Calif, actress (Elizabeth-8 is Enough) |
| Born : | 08/10/1962 | Dan Donovan, rocker (Bad) |
| Born : | 10/28/1962 | Daphne Zuniga, actress (Gross Anatomy, Fly II, Spaceballs) |
| Born : | 03/12/1962 | Darryl Strawberry, Los Angeles, right fielder (NY Mets, LA Dodgers) |
| Born : | 05/09/1962 | Dave Gahan, rocker (Depeche Mode-Strangelove, Pimf) |
| Born : | 09/30/1962 | Dave Magadan, 1st baseman (NY Mets) |
| Born : | 02/07/1962 | David Bryan, rock keyboardist (Bon Jovi-You Give Love a Bad Name) |
| Born : | 02/17/1962 | David McComb, Australia, singer/songwriter (Triffids) |
| Born : | 12/25/1962 | Dean Cameron, Morrison Ill, actor (Herbie-Spencer) |
| Born : | 11/11/1962 | Demi Moore, [Guynes], Roswell NM, actress (7th Sign, Blame it on Rio) |
| Born : | 10/23/1962 | Doug Flute, WFL/NFL QB (Generals, Bears, Patriots) |
| Born : | 06/10/1962 | Duane Sutter, NHL player (NY Islander) |
| Born : | 09/17/1962 | Dustin Nguyen, actor (Harry-21 Jump Street) |
| Born : | 06/09/1962 | Eddie Lundon, rocker (China Crisis-Christian) |
| Born : | 05/02/1962 | Elizabeth Berridge, Westchester NY, actress (Amadeus, Funhouse) |
| Born : | 09/11/1962 | Elizabeth Daily, actress (Street Music) |
| Born : | 05/11/1962 | Emilio Estevez, NYC, actor (Breakfast Club, Young Guns) |
| Born : | 11/17/1962 | Eric Olson, Santa Monica Calif, actress (Apple's Way) |
| Born : | 10/02/1962 | Esai Morales, actor (Bad Boys, La Bamba) |
| Born : | 10/19/1962 | Evander Holyfield, Atmore Ala, boxer (Oly-bronze-1988)/champ (1990- ) |
| Born : | 09/30/1962 | Frank Rkaard, soccer star (Ajax, AC Milan) |
| Born : | 05/10/1962 | Garry Daley, keyboard (China Crisis-Christian) |
| Born : | 02/07/1962 | Garth Brooks, Tulsa Okla, country singer (No Fences) |
| Born : | 03/10/1962 | Gary Clark, rocker (Danny Wilson-Mary's Prayer) |
| Born : | 02/18/1962 | Gary Reasons, NFL line backer (NY Giants) |
| Born : | 03/28/1962 | Ged Grimes, [Danny Wilson], rocker (Mary's Prayer) |
| Born : | 05/26/1962 | Genie Francis, Englewood NJ, actress (General Hospital, Bare Essence) |
| Born : | 12/14/1962 | Ginger Lynn Allen, Rockford Ill, XXX actress (Vice Academy 2) |
| Born : | 04/26/1962 | Graham "Skin" Skinner, rocker (Hipsway) |
| Born : | 09/21/1962 | Grant Fuhr, Edmonton Alberta, NHL goalie (Oilers) |
| Born : | 02/27/1962 | Grant Show, Detroit Mich, actor (Jack Hanson-Melrose Place) |
| Born : | 07/12/1962 | Grecia Colmenares, Venezuala, actress |
| Born : | 02/19/1962 | Hana Mandlikova, Prague Czechoslovakia, tennis player (1985 US Open) |
| Born : | 08/09/1962 | Hermann Hesse, German/Swiss poet/author |
| Born : | 03/03/1962 | Herschel Walker, WFL/NFL running back (NJ Generals, Dallas Cowboys) |
| Born : | 12/12/1962 | Holly Gagnier, LA, actress (One Life to Live) |
| Born : | 05/14/1962 | Ian Astbury, rocker (Cult-Fire Woman) |
| Born : | 04/16/1962 | Ian MacKaye, rocker |
| Born : | 07/21/1962 | Ike Eisenmann, Houston Tx, actor (Scott-Fantastic Journey) |
| Born : | 04/08/1962 | Izzy Stradin, rocker (Guns 'n' Roses-Welcome to the Jungle) |
| Born : | 10/05/1962 | J C Estrada, jockey |
| Born : | 03/03/1962 | Jackie Joyner-Kersee, E St Louis IL, heptathele (Olympic-gold-88, 92) |
| Born : | 02/13/1962 | Jackie Silva, Rio de Janeiro Brazil, volleyballer (Pan Am-Bronze) |
| Born : | 03/17/1962 | Janet Patricia Gardner, Juneau Alaska, rocker (Vixen-Rev It Up) |
| Born : | 06/07/1962 | Janice Lawrence, Lucedale Miss, basketball player (Olympic-gold-1984) |
| Born : | 06/18/1962 | Janice Merrill, track star (US record long distance holder 1979) |
| Born : | 12/06/1962 | Janine Turner, Lincoln Neb, actress (Maggie-Northern Exposure) |
| Born : | 07/17/1962 | Jay Barrs, Jacksonville Fla, US archer (Olympic-gold-88, 92) |
| Born : | 01/17/1962 | Jim Carrey, Ontario Canada, actor (Living Color, Skip-Duck Factory) |
| Born : | 10/11/1962 | Joan Cusack, Evanston Ill, comedienne (SNL) |
| Born : | 11/19/1962 | Jodie Foster, Bronx NYC, actress (Taxi Driver, Accused) |
| Born : | 08/01/1962 | Joetta Clark, East Orange NJ, 800m runner (Olympic-1992) |
| Born : | 04/03/1962 | John Gruffith, rocker (Red Rockers) |
| Born : | 01/16/1962 | John Koster, drummer (Sleeze Beez) |
| Born : | 03/26/1962 | John Stocton, Spokane Wa, basketball player (Ut Jazz/Olympic-gold-92) |
| Born : | 03/02/1962 | Jon Bon Jovi, Sayreville NJ, rocker (Bon Jovi-Give Love a Bad Name) |
| Born : | 09/24/1962 | Joseph Kennedy II, (Rep-D-Mass) |
| Born : | 06/30/1962 | Julianne Regan, rocker (All About Eve-All About Scarlet) |
| Born : | 05/23/1962 | Karen Duffy, [Duff], NYC, MTV veejay |
| Born : | 12/13/1962 | Karen Witter, actress (Tina-One Life to Live)/playmate (Mar, 1982) |
| Born : | 10/13/1962 | Kelly Preston, Hawaii, actress (Mischief, Twins, A Tigers Tale) |
| Born : | 10/05/1962 | Ken Noda, NYC, pianist (Rivalry) |
| Born : | 06/19/1962 | Ken Tohill, jockey |
| Born : | 12/11/1962 | Kim Linehan, swimmer (1979 1500m World record) |
| Born : | 11/03/1962 | Kimberly Evenson, Bremerhaven Germany, playmate (September, 1984) |
| Born : | 09/16/1962 | Kimberly McArthur, Fort Worth Texas, playmate (January, 1982) |
| Born : | 09/11/1962 | Kristy McNichol, LA Calif, actress (Buddy-Family, Barbara-Empty Nest) |
| Born : | 07/31/1962 | Kym Malin, Dallas Tx, playmate (May, 1982) |
| Born : | 11/24/1962 | Lesa Ann Pedriana, Milwaukee Wisc, playmate (April, 1984) |
| Born : | 10/11/1962 | Leslie Landon, LA Calif, actress (Etta Plum-Little House on Prairie) |
| Born : | 11/06/1962 | Lori Singer, Corpus Christi Texas, actress (Fame, V, Footloose) |
| Born : | 05/05/1962 | Lori Singer, actress (Footloose, Summer Heat) |
| Born : | 02/17/1962 | Lou Diamond Phillips, actor (La Bamba, Stand & Deliver) |
| Born : | 09/28/1962 | Luis Enrique, spanish singer (Luces del Alma) |
| Born : | 05/20/1962 | Lydia Cheng, NYC, Ms Big Apple bodybuilder (1982) (Pumping Iron 2) |
| Born : | 10/16/1962 | Manute Bol, NBA center (Golden State Warriors) |
| Born : | 06/21/1962 | Marc Copage, LA Calif, actor (Corey Baker-Julia) |
| Born : | 08/22/1962 | Marie Laurie Mahabir, Guadeloupe, N Amer Bodybuilding Champ (1985-87) |
| Born : | 11/03/1962 | Marilyn, rocker (You Don't Love Me) |
| Born : | 01/04/1962 | Martin McAloon, rocker (Prefab Sprout-2 Wheels Good) |
| Born : | 12/16/1962 | Maruschka Detmers, Schoonebeek Holland, actress (Devil in the Flesh) |
| Born : | 08/24/1962 | Mary E Weber, Cleveland Ohio, PhD/astronaut |
| Born : | 03/21/1962 | Matthew Broderick, NYC, actor (WarGames, Biloxi Blues) |
| Born : | 08/21/1962 | Matthew Broderick, actor (Ferris Buehler, Biloxi Blues) |
| Born : | 08/25/1962 | Mazzi Rawd, heavy metal rocker |
| Born : | 12/16/1962 | Melanie Smith, Scranton Pa, actress (Emily-As the World Turns) |
| Born : | 02/23/1962 | Melinda Mays, Augusta Ga, playmate (Feb, 1983) |
| Born : | 09/26/1962 | Melissa Sue Anderson, Cal, actress (Little House on the Prairies) |
| Born : | 10/05/1962 | Michael Andretti, Indy-car racer/Auto Hall of Fame (elected 1986) |
| Born : | 08/09/1962 | Michael Colnroy, Modern English, rocker |
| Born : | 04/26/1962 | Michael Damian, San Diego, singer (Rock on)/actor (Young & Restless) |
| Born : | 06/12/1962 | Michael Link, Provo Utah, actor (Earl-Julia) |
| Born : | 02/03/1962 | Michele Greene, Las Vegas Nevada, actress (Abby Perkins-LA Law) |
| Born : | 04/18/1962 | Mick Sweda, heavy metal (Bulletboys, King Kobra-Ready to Strike) |
| Born : | 10/05/1962 | Mike Conley, Chic Ill, triple jumper (Olympic-silver-1984) |
| Born : | 06/--/1962 | Nadia Bengala, Sicily Italy, Miss Italy (1988) |
| Born : | 04/17/1962 | Nancy Hogshead, Iowa City, swimmer (Olympic-gold-1984)/model (jockey) |
| Born : | 05/06/1962 | Neil Foster, cricketer |
| Born : | 06/08/1962 | Nick Rhodes, rocker (Duran Duran-Hungry Like the Wolf) |
| Born : | 06/07/1962 | Paddy McAloon, rocker (Prefab Sprout-2 Wheels Good) |
| Born : | 07/04/1962 | Pam Shriver, Balt Md, tennis player (US Open's Doubles 1983,4,6,7) |
| Born : | 01/14/1962 | Patrica Morrison, rocker (Sisters of Mercy-Walk Away, Black Planet) |
| Born : | 08/05/1962 | Patrick Ewing, Jamaica, basketball center (NY Knicks/Olympic-gold-92) |
| Born : | 12/30/1962 | Paul Crowder, rocker (The Adventures-Sea of Love) |
| Born : | 05/09/1962 | Paul Heaton, rocker (Housemartins-Happy Hour, Over There) |
| Born : | 06/23/1962 | Paul LaGreca, Bronx NY, actor |
| Born : | 08/04/1962 | Paul Williams, rocker (Flock of Seagulls) |
| Born : | 06/19/1962 | Paula Julie Abdul, Van Nuys Calif, singer/choreographer (Straight Up) |
| Born : | 01/09/1962 | Phil Lewis, London England, rock vocalist (LA Guns-It's Over Now) |
| Born : | 01/06/1962 | Philip Brown, Birmingham Engl, 4x400m runner (Olympic-silver-1984) |
| Born : | 04/01/1962 | Phillip Schofield, TV personality |
| Born : | 02/28/1962 | Rae Dawn Chong, Edmonton Alberta, actress (Quest for Fire) |
| Born : | 05/27/1962 | Ravi Shastri, cricketer |
| Born : | 08/29/1962 | Rebecca De Mornay, actress (And God Created Women) |
| Born : | 03/26/1962 | Richard Coles, rocker (Communards-Don't Leave Me This Way) |
| Born : | 09/22/1962 | Rob Stone, Chicago Ill, actor (Kevin-Mr Belvedere) |
| Born : | 05/07/1962 | Robbie Knievel, daredevil, son of Evel |
| Born : | 01/22/1962 | Robert Mailhouse, New Haven Ct, actor (Brian-Days of our Life) |
| Born : | 08/04/1962 | Roger Clemens, Dayton Ohio, Boston Red Sox pitcher (Cy Young, MVP) |
| Born : | 10/26/1962 | Roger Kingdom, Vienna Ga, 110m hurdler (Olympic-gold-1984, 88) |
| Born : | 05/28/1962 | Roland Gift, rocker (Fine Young Cannibals-She Drives Me Crazy) |
| Born : | 03/21/1962 | Rosie O'Donnell, comedienne (Legue of Their Own) |
| Born : | 03/17/1962 | Roxy Dora Petrucci, Rochester Minn, rock drummer (Vixen-Rev It Up) |
| Born : | 06/22/1962 | Ruby Turner, rocker (No Where to Run) |
| Born : | 09/01/1962 | Ruud Gullit, Suriname/Dutch soccer star (Feyenoord, PSV, AC Milan) |
| Born : | 07/31/1962 | Sandra "Sweetness" Hodge, basketball player (Harlem Globetrotters) |
| Born : | 02/11/1962 | Scott Kolden, Torrance Calif, actor (Scott-Me & the Champ) |
| Born : | 01/06/1962 | Sean Landeta, NFL place kicker (NY Giants) |
| Born : | 04/21/1962 | Sergei Viktorovich Zalyotin, Russia, major/cosmonaut |
| Born : | 07/07/1962 | Shawn Paddock, rocker (Red Rockers) |
| Born : | 06/01/1962 | Sherri Howard, Sherman Tx, 4X400m hurdler (Olympic-gold-1984) |
| Born : | 04/18/1962 | Shirlie Hollman, rocker (Pepsi & Shirley-All Right Now) |
| Born : | 06/19/1962 | Sid Fenech, jockey |
| Born : | 10/12/1962 | Sid Fernandez, Hawaii, pitcher (NY Mets) |
| Born : | 12/01/1962 | Stan Albers, Pleasant Beach NJ, actor (Curtis-Loving) |
| Born : | 04/06/1962 | Stan Cullimore, bassist (Housemartins-Happy Hour, Over There) |
| Born : | 11/20/1962 | Steve Alexander, rocker (Brother Beyond-Can You Keep a Secret) |
| Born : | 03/15/1962 | Steve Coy, rocker (Dead or Alive-Spin Me Round) |
| Born : | 01/17/1962 | Susanna Hoffs, actress/rocker (Bangles-Walk Like an Egyptian) |
| Born : | 08/08/1962 | Suzee Pai, Toledo Ohio, actress (Big Trouble in Little China) |
| Born : | 05/20/1962 | Sylvie Rauch, Munich German FR, nude model |
| Born : | 10/16/1962 | Tamara McKinney, Lexington KY, slalom skier (Olympic-4th-1984) |
| Born : | 03/07/1962 | Taylor Dane, Long Island NY, rocker (I'll Always Love You) |
| Born : | 03/15/1962 | Terence Trent D'Arby, rock vocalist (Wishing Well) |
| Born : | 02/24/1962 | Teri Weigel, Ft Lauderdale Fla, porn star/playmate (Apr, 1986) |
| Born : | 08/06/1962 | Thomas Jefferson, Cleve Ohio, 200m runner (Olympic-bronze-1984) |
| Born : | 08/03/1962 | Tina Lehtola, Finland, women's ski jumper (world's record holder) |
| Born : | 07/03/1962 | Tom Cruise, Syracuse, actor (Risky Business, Color of Money, Rainman) |
| Born : | 10/03/1962 | Tommy Lee, Greece, rock drummer (Motley Cre), wed Heather Locklear |
| Born : | 09/19/1962 | Tonja Walker, actress (Capitol, General Hospital) |
| Born : | 02/16/1962 | Tony Kiley, rocker (Blow Monkeys-Wicked Ways) |
| Born : | 05/30/1962 | Tonya Pinkins, Chicago Ill, actress (Livia Frye-All My Children) |
| Born : | 05/17/1962 | Tracey Bryn, rocker (Voice of Beehive-Let it Bee) |
| Born : | 09/26/1962 | Tracey Thorn, rocker (Everything But the Girls) |
| Born : | 11/17/1962 | Traci Lords, fictious birth date to do porn movies (actual 5/7/68) |
| Born : | 12/02/1962 | Tracy Austin, Rolling Hills Calif, tennis pro (US Open 1979, 81) |
| Born : | 05/04/1962 | Tracy Vaccaro, Glendale Calif, playmate (October, 1983) |
| Born : | 10/01/1962 | Trevor Baxter, record holder for high jumping with a skateboard |
| Born : | 08/19/1962 | Valerie Kaprisky, Paris France, actress (Breathless, Public Woman) |
| Born : | 10/18/1962 | Vincent Spano, Brooklyn NY, actor (Alphabet City, Maria's Lovers) |
| Born : | 08/25/1962 | Vivian Campbell, heavy metal rocker (White Snake-Here I Go Again) |
| Born : | 07/30/1962 | Vladimir Nikolayevich Dezhurov, Russia, lt-colonel/cosmonaut |
| Born : | 11/18/1962 | Vladimir Vladimirovich Karashtin, Russia, cosmonaut |
| Born : | 09/15/1962 | Wendie Jo Sperber, Glendale Calif, actress (Amy-Bossom Buddies) |
| Born : | 12/16/1962 | William "The Refrigerator" Perry, NFL defensive back (Chicago Bears) |
| Born : | 11/12/1962 | Wim Kieft, soccer star (Ajax/Gir de Bordeaux/PSV) |
| Born : | 03/26/1962 | Yuri Pavlovich Gidzenko, Russia, lt-colonel/cosmonaut |
| Died : | 05/31/1962 | Adolf Eichmann, war criminal, hanged at Ramie Prison in Israel at 56 |
| Died : | 06/15/1962 | Alfred Cortot, French pianist, dies at 84 |
| Died : | 03/20/1962 | Andrew E Douglass, Dendrochronologer (Study of Tree Rings) dies |
| Died : | 07/20/1962 | Andr Renard, Belgium worker's union leader (MSU), dies at 51 |
| Died : | 06/14/1962 | Anna Sleasers, first Boston Strangler victim |
| Died : | 09/03/1962 | Anton Mauve, painter, dies at 63 |
| Died : | 11/17/1962 | Arthur Vining Davis, CEO (Alcoa-1910-57), dies at 92 in Miami |
| Died : | 03/25/1962 | Auguste Piccard, Swiss explorer/balloonist dies at 78 |
| Died : | 04/03/1962 | Benny "Kid" Paret, US welterweight boxer, dies after fight, at 24 |
| Died : | 02/17/1962 | Bruno Walter, symphony conductor (NY Philharmonic), dies at 85 |
| Died : | 03/20/1962 | C Wright Mills, US Sociologist (Power Elite), dies at 45 |
| Died : | 03/04/1962 | Cairine R Wilson, 1st Canadian female senator (appointed) dies at 77 |
| Died : | 01/26/1962 | Charles "Lucky" Luciano, NYC Mafia gangster, dies at 65 |
| Died : | 12/15/1962 | Charles Laughton, English actor (Hunchback of Notre Dame), dies |
| Died : | 05/12/1962 | Dick Calkins, co-author (Buck Rogers), dies at 67 |
| Died : | 07/27/1962 | Edward Godfrey Richard Aldington, novelist/biographer, dies |
| Died : | 11/07/1962 | Eleanor Roosevelt, 1st Lady (1933-1945), dies at 78 in NYC |
| Died : | 10/27/1962 | Enrico Mattei, Italian oil magnate, dies at 58 |
| Died : | 01/13/1962 | Ernie Kovacs, comedian, dies in a car crash in West LA, at 42 |
| Died : | 06/13/1962 | Eugene Goossens, British composer (Perseus), dies at 69 |
| Died : | 10/27/1962 | Fatso Marco, comedian (Milton Berle Show), dies at 56 |
| Died : | 06/02/1962 | Franc S Finzgar, Slovic writer (Service Girls), dies |
| Died : | 09/27/1962 | Francisco Brochado da Rocha, PM of Brazil (1962), dies at 52 |
| Died : | 06/19/1962 | Frank Borzage, US, director (7th Heaven, Strange Cargo), dies at 69 |
| Died : | 05/13/1962 | Frank Jenks, actor (Colonel Flack), dies at 60 |
| Died : | 10/02/1962 | Frank Lovejoy, actor (Man Against Crime, Meet McGraw), dies at 48 |
| Died : | 03/17/1962 | Frank Orth, actor (Boston Blackie, The Brothers), dies at 82 |
| Died : | 05/13/1962 | Franz Jozef Kline, US expressionist painter, dies at 51 |
| Died : | 04/21/1962 | Frederick Handley Page, designer of 1st big airplane (40 seats), dies |
| Died : | 01/29/1962 | Fritz Kreisler, Austria/US violinist/composer, dies at 86 |
| Died : | 07/20/1962 | George MacAulay Trevelyan, English royal historian, dies at 86 |
| Died : | 01/17/1962 | Gerrit Achterberg, poet (Autodroom), dies |
| Died : | 11/23/1962 | Gloria Gordon, actress (My Friend Irma), dies at 81 |
| Died : | 06/06/1962 | Guinn Williams, actor (Big Boy-Circus Boy), dies at 63 |
| Died : | 05/13/1962 | H Trendley Dean, doctor (introduced fluoridation into water) |
| Died : | 09/06/1962 | Hanns Eisler, composer (N Vietnam/E German Natl Anthem), dies at 64 |
| Died : | 11/03/1962 | Harlow H Curtice, pres of General Motors (1953-8), dies at 69 |
| Died : | 02/28/1962 | Harold Ogden "Chic" Johnson, comedian (Olsen & Johnson), dies at 70 |
| Died : | 11/23/1962 | Herman J Friedericy, author (Last General), dies |
| Died : | 08/23/1962 | Hoot Gibson, silent screen cowboy actor (Last Outlaw), dies at 70 |
| Died : | 03/09/1962 | Howard Engstrom, Boston, a designer of Univac computer dies at 59 |
| Died : | 08/23/1962 | Irving Fine, composer, dies |
| Died : | 04/06/1962 | JC Heldring, businessman, dies at 74 |
| Died : | 01/06/1962 | Jacob "Cut" Nanninga, painter (France, North-Africa), dies at 57 |
| Died : | 11/24/1962 | James J Kilroy, tank inspector (Kilroy was here), dies at 60 |
| Died : | 07/16/1962 | Jan M Romein, historian (Breaking of Two Ages), dies |
| Died : | 11/20/1962 | Jasper McLevy, socialist mayor of Bridgeport Ct, dies |
| Died : | 04/20/1962 | Jesse G Vincent, engineer designed 1st V-12 engine, dies at 82 |
| Died : | 10/04/1962 | John Lowry, Mount Vernon NY, NYC builder, dies at 79 |
| Died : | 06/12/1962 | John N Ireland, English composer/pianist (Epic march), dies |
| Died : | 02/17/1962 | Joseph Kearns, actor (George-Dennis the Menace), dies at 55 |
| Died : | 04/09/1962 | Juan Belmonte, famed bullfighter, dies at 70 |
| Died : | 08/19/1962 | Kerstin Hesselgren, 1st woman in Swedish parliament, dies at 90 |
| Died : | 12/07/1962 | Kirsten Flagstead, Norwegian soprano (Wagner), dies |
| Died : | 10/26/1962 | Louise Beavers, actress (Beulah-Beulah), die at 64 |
| Died : | 10/09/1962 | Lulu McConnell, comediene (It Pays to be Ignorant), dies at 80 |
| Died : | 08/05/1962 | Marilyn Monroe, found dead of apparent self-inflicted drug overdose |
| Died : | 03/26/1962 | Marjorie Colton, inventor of wax paper, dies at 64 |
| Died : | 06/28/1962 | Mickey Cochrane, baseball hall of fame catcher, dies at 59 |
| Died : | 11/18/1962 | Niels Bohr, Danish physicist (atom, Nobel 1922), dies at 77 |
| Died : | 09/09/1962 | Pat Rooney, vaudevillian (Night club), dies at 82 |
| Died : | 09/29/1962 | Patrick Corry, developed self-rotating rock drill, dies in the Bronx |
| Died : | 11/29/1962 | Rav Aaron Kotler, Orthodox Talmudic scholar, dies in Lakewood NJ |
| Died : | 11/11/1962 | Ren Coty, pres of France, dies at 80 |
| Died : | 07/04/1962 | Rex Bell, cowboy (Cowboys & Injuns), dies at 56 |
| Died : | 01/20/1962 | Robinson Jeffers, poet/playwright (Dear Judas) dies at 75 |
| Died : | 03/01/1962 | Roscoe Ates, actor (Dep Roscoe-Marshal of Gunsight Pass), dies at 70 |
| Died : | 10/27/1962 | Rudolph Anderson, U-2 pilot/shot down above Cuba |
| Died : | 03/15/1962 | Sam Wren, actor (Wren's Nest), dies at 64 |
| Died : | 12/12/1962 | Sid Saylor, actor (Wally-Waterfront), dies at 67 |
| Died : | 11/12/1962 | Sid Tomack, actor (Jim Gillis-Life of Riley, My Friend Irma) |
| Died : | 04/23/1962 | Stirling Moss, auto racer, killed while racing |
| Died : | 04/10/1962 | Stu Stutcliffe, original Beatle bassist, dies |
| Died : | 08/10/1962 | Ted Husing, sportscaster (Monday Night Fights), dies at 60 |
| Died : | 12/17/1962 | Thomas Mitchell, US, actor (Outlaw), dies at 70 |
| Died : | 01/24/1962 | Tom Shirley, actor/TV announcer (They're Off), dies at 62 |
| Died : | 02/25/1962 | Wilhelm Pessler, German sociologist, dies at 81 |
| Died : | 11/28/1962 | Wilhelmina HPM, queen of the Netherlands (1898-1948), dies at 82 |
| Died : | 02/10/1962 | Willem Paerels, Neth/Belgian painter/graphic artist, dies at 83 |
| Died : | 06/04/1962 | William Beebe, US biologist/explorer, dies at 84 |
| Died : | 07/06/1962 | William [Harrison] Faulkner, US writer (Nobel 1949), dies at 64 |
| Died : | 02/27/1962 | Willie Best, actor (Charlie-My Little Margie), dies at 45 |
| Died : | 09/03/1962 | e e [Edward E] cummings, US poet (Tulips & Chimneys), dies at 67) |
| Special : | 05/08/1962 | "Funny Thing Happened on Way to the Forum" opens on Broadway |
| Special : | 12/09/1962 | "I Can Get It For You Wholesale" closes on Broadway |
| Special : | 03/22/1962 | "I Can Get It For You Wholesale" opens on Broadway |
| Special : | 10/13/1962 | "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" opens on Broadway, with Uta Hagen |
| Special : | 09/01/1962 | 10,000 die in an earthquake in western Iran |
| Special : | 10/25/1962 | 110th member of UN admitted (Uganda) |
| Special : | 12/08/1962 | 114-day newspaper strike begins in NYC |
| Special : | 07/21/1962 | 160 civil right activists jailed after demonstration in Albany Ga |
| Special : | 07/28/1962 | 19 die in a train crash in Steelton Pa |
| Special : | 10/25/1962 | 1st Belgian nuclear reactor begins operation |
| Special : | 05/01/1962 | 1st French underground nuclear experiment in the Sahara |
| Special : | 04/26/1962 | 1st Lockheed A-12 flies |
| Special : | 04/24/1962 | 1st Lockheed A-12 is taxi tested |
| Special : | 07/22/1962 | 1st US Venus probe, Mariner 1, fails at lift-off |
| Special : | 10/11/1962 | 1st appearance of a Gabor sister on Merv Griffin Show |
| Special : | 01/04/1962 | 1st automated (unmanned) subway train (NYC) |
| Special : | 04/10/1962 | 1st baseball game at LA's Dodger Stadium |
| Special : | 06/29/1962 | 1st flight Vickers (British Aerospace) VC-10 long-range airliner |
| Special : | 02/14/1962 | 1st lady Jacqueline Kennedy conducts White House tour on TV |
| Special : | 03/16/1962 | 1st launching of Titan 2-rocket |
| Special : | 04/10/1962 | 1st major league game in Houston, Colt .45s beat Chicago Cubs, 11-2 |
| Special : | 05/06/1962 | 1st nuclear warhead fired from Polaris submarine (Ethan Allen) |
| Special : | 02/02/1962 | 1st pole vault over 16' (4.88 m) (John Uelses-16¬', Milrose Games) |
| Special : | 08/05/1962 | 1st quasar located by radio |
| Special : | 11/26/1962 | 1st recording session under the name "Beatles" |
| Special : | 06/22/1962 | 1st test flight of Hoovercraft |
| Special : | 07/12/1962 | 1st time 2 manned crafts in space (USSR) |
| Special : | 09/26/1962 | 1st to steal 100 bases in a season (Maury Wills goes on to 104) |
| Special : | 07/11/1962 | 1st transatlantic TV transmission via satellite (Telstar I) |
| Special : | 06/16/1962 | 2 US army officers killed in Saigon |
| Special : | 01/24/1962 | 28 refugees escape from East to West Germany |
| Special : | 10/11/1962 | 2nd Vatican Council (21st ecumenical) convened by Pope John XXIII |
| Special : | 01/10/1962 | 4,000 die in avalanche, Ranrahirca, Per£ |
| Special : | 03/15/1962 | 5 research groups announce simultaneously discovery of anti-matter |
| Special : | 07/13/1962 | 500 Indonesian parachutist land in New-Guinea |
| Special : | 08/28/1962 | 55.9 cm rainfall at Hackberry, Louisiana (state record) |
| Special : | 05/30/1962 | 69 killed in bus crash (Ahmedabad India) |
| Special : | 02/02/1962 | 8 of 9 planets align for 1st time in 400 years |
| Special : | 07/05/1962 | 96 murder at massacre in Oran, Algeria |
| Special : | 03/21/1962 | A bear becomes the 1st creature to be ejected at supersonic speeds |
| Special : | 09/25/1962 | A black church is destroyed by fire in Macon Georgia |
| Special : | 06/10/1962 | A record 54 home runs hit in baseball |
| Special : | 09/23/1962 | ABC's 1st color TV series-Jetsons |
| Special : | 07/30/1962 | AL beats NL 9-4 in 33rd All Star Game (Wrigley Field Chicago) |
| Special : | 01/17/1962 | ANASA civilian pilot Neil A Armstrong takes X-15 to 40,690 m |
| Special : | 04/08/1962 | Accords of Evian (Algeria) accepted by referendum in France |
| Special : | 06/03/1962 | Air France Boeing 707 crashes on takeoff from Paris, kills 130 |
| Special : | 10/08/1962 | Algeria admitted as 109th member of UN |
| Special : | 07/01/1962 | Algeria agrees to independence |
| Special : | 07/15/1962 | Algeria becomes member of Arab League |
| Special : | 07/05/1962 | Algeria gains independence after 132 years of French rule |
| Special : | 07/03/1962 | Algerian Revolution against French ends (Algeria gains ind on 7/5) |
| Special : | 03/18/1962 | Algerian War ends after 7« years of fighting (250,000 killed) |
| Special : | 09/29/1962 | Algerian cabinet of Ben Bella forms |
| Special : | 03/18/1962 | Algerians politician Ben Bella flees |
| Special : | 03/01/1962 | American Airlines 707 plunges nose 1st into Jamaica Bay NY killing 95 |
| Special : | 12/31/1962 | American Basketball League announces suspension of operation |
| Special : | 10/25/1962 | American author John Steinbeck awarded Nobel Prize in literature |
| Special : | 08/11/1962 | Andrian G Nikolayev, becomes 3rd Russian in space aboard Vostok 3 |
| Special : | 12/21/1962 | Angolin leaves Comecon |
| Special : | 05/11/1962 | Antonio Segni becomes president of Italy |
| Special : | 05/06/1962 | Antonio Segni elected president of Italy |
| Special : | 03/27/1962 | Archbishop Rummel ends race segregation in New Orlean Catholic school |
| Special : | 03/19/1962 | Archbishop Suenens of Mechelen-Brussels appointed cardinal |
| Special : | 03/29/1962 | Argentine Pres Frondizi flees from the army |
| Special : | 04/09/1962 | Arnold Palmer wins his 3rd Masters golf tournament |
| Special : | 01/07/1962 | Assassination attempt on Indonesian president Sukarno, fails |
| Special : | 03/31/1962 | Asteroid #3179 discovered |
| Special : | 09/15/1962 | Australia's 1st entry in America's Cup yacht race (US wins) |
| Special : | 11/06/1962 | BART bond issue just gets by with a 66.9% favorable vote |
| Special : | 05/29/1962 | Barbra Striesand appears on "Garry Moore Show" |
| Special : | 10/01/1962 | Barbra Striesand signs her 1st recording contract (with Columbia) |
| Special : | 11/29/1962 | Baseball decides to revert back to 1 all star game per year |
| Special : | 07/21/1962 | Battles on Chinese & Indies boundary |
| Special : | 10/09/1962 | Battles to decide Algeria-Morocco boundary kills 130 |
| Special : | 08/11/1962 | Beach Boys release "Surfin' Safari" |
| Special : | 09/11/1962 | Beatles cut "Love Me Do" & "PS I Love You" |
| Special : | 09/04/1962 | Beatles record "How Do You Do It" |
| Special : | 02/11/1962 | Beatles record "Please, Please Me" |
| Special : | 10/05/1962 | Beatles release their 1st record "Love Me Do" |
| Special : | 08/17/1962 | Beatles replaces Pete Best with Ringo Starr |
| Special : | 05/09/1962 | Beatles sign their 1st contract with EMI Pstlophone |
| Special : | 10/26/1962 | Beatles tape "Please Please Me" & "Ask Me Why" |
| Special : | 01/01/1962 | Beatles' Decca audition |
| Special : | 03/21/1962 | Bekkers of Bosch makes TV speech in Neth for birth control |
| Special : | 09/20/1962 | Ben Bella wins election in Algeria |
| Special : | 03/24/1962 | Benny Paret, KOs in a welterweight title, he dies 10 days later |
| Special : | 07/07/1962 | Bill Hartack becomes 8th jockey to win 3,000 horse races |
| Special : | 10/27/1962 | Black Saturday - Russian nuclear missile crisis in Cuba |
| Special : | 06/26/1962 | Blacks begin passive resistance in Cairo Ill |
| Special : | 05/01/1962 | Bo Belinsky pitches a no-hitter, in his 4th start |
| Special : | 01/07/1962 | Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to John Hall Wheelock |
| Special : | 07/14/1962 | Borehole for Mont Blanc-tunnel finished |
| Special : | 08/01/1962 | Boston Red Sox Bill Monboquette no-hits Chic White Sox, 1-0 |
| Special : | 06/26/1962 | Boston Red Sox Earl Wilson no-hits LA Angels, 2-0 |
| Special : | 04/18/1962 | Boston beats Los Angeles, 4 games to 3, for NBA championship |
| Special : | 07/14/1962 | Brave's Hank Aaron hits HR #500 |
| Special : | 06/17/1962 | Brazil Beats Czechosolakia in soccer's 7th World Cup at Santiago |
| Special : | 04/16/1962 | Brazil nationalizes US businesses |
| Special : | 10/01/1962 | Brian Epstein signs a contract to manage Beatles through 1977 |
| Special : | 01/24/1962 | Brian Epstein signs management contract with the Beatles |
| Special : | 03/03/1962 | British Antarctic Territory forms |
| Special : | 01/23/1962 | British spy Kim Philby defects to USSR |
| Special : | 07/01/1962 | Burundi & Rwanda gain independence from Belgium (National Days) |
| Special : | 02/12/1962 | Bus boycott starts in Macon, Georgia |
| Special : | 10/15/1962 | Byron R White appointed to Supreme Court |
| Special : | 10/16/1962 | Byron R White becomes a Supreme Court Justice |
| Special : | 06/25/1962 | Cabinet-Inn forms in Turkey |
| Special : | 06/16/1962 | Caspar Weinberger (Sec of Def 1981-87), indicted on Iran-contra charge |
| Special : | 04/21/1962 | Century 21 Exposition opens in Seattle, Washington |
| Special : | 07/22/1962 | Chic White Sox Floyd Robinson goes 6 for 6 (all singles) |
| Special : | 10/20/1962 | Chinese army lands in India |
| Special : | 09/08/1962 | Chinese troops exceed Mac-Mahon-line (Tibet-Indiaboundary) |
| Special : | 12/16/1962 | Constitutional Monarchical Hindu State of Nep l adopts new constit |
| Special : | 07/11/1962 | Cosmonaut Micolaev set then record longest space flight - 4 days |
| Special : | 12/23/1962 | Cuba starts returning US prisoners from Bay of Pigs invasion |
| Special : | 10/16/1962 | Cuban missile crisis began as JFK becomes aware of missiles in Cuba |
| Special : | 12/17/1962 | Current constitution of Monaco promulgated |
| Special : | 12/23/1962 | Dallas Texans beat Houston Oilers 20-17 in AFL championship game |
| Special : | 04/14/1962 | Demonstration for sovereign status of New-Guinea in Amsterdam |
| Special : | 03/14/1962 | Disarmament conference opens in Geneva without France |
| Special : | 03/15/1962 | Donald Jackson of Canada, is 1st to land a triple lutz ice skate jump |
| Special : | 08/28/1962 | Dr Geza DeKaplany tortures wife with acid |
| Special : | 01/15/1962 | Dutch & Indonesian navy encounter in Etna Bay New Guinea |
| Special : | 03/12/1962 | Dutch Premier De Quay has secret talks with Indonesia |
| Special : | 01/08/1962 | Dutch express train crashes into slow commuter train, 93 die (Neth) |
| Special : | 12/31/1962 | Dutch flag flies in Dutch, New-Guinea |
| Special : | 07/17/1962 | East Berliner Peter Fechter flees over Berlin Wall |
| Special : | 11/06/1962 | Edward M Kennedy 1st elected (Sen-D-Mass) |
| Special : | 11/06/1962 | Edward W Brooke (R) elected attorney general of Massachusetts |
| Special : | 03/09/1962 | Egyptian Pres Nasser declares Gaza belongs to Palestinians |
| Special : | 04/19/1962 | Eino Oksanen wins his 3rd Boston Marathon |
| Special : | 01/10/1962 | Eruptions on Mount Huascaran in Peru destroy 7 villages & kill 3,500 |
| Special : | 05/14/1962 | Ex-pres Milovan Djilas sentenced to 5 years |
| Special : | 08/22/1962 | Failed assassination on president De Gaulle |
| Special : | 08/01/1962 | Failed attack on president Nkrumah of Ghana |
| Special : | 12/08/1962 | Failed coup in Brunei |
| Special : | 07/31/1962 | Federation of Malaysia formed |
| Special : | 11/19/1962 | Fidel Castro accepts removal of Soviet weapons |
| Special : | 07/02/1962 | Fidel Castro visits Moscow |
| Special : | 03/18/1962 | France & Algeria reach accord before battle, but after 1 million die |
| Special : | 02/18/1962 | France & Algerian Moslems negotiate truce to end 7 year war |
| Special : | 07/20/1962 | France & Tunisia recover diplomatic relations |
| Special : | 07/11/1962 | Fred Baldasare is 1st to swim English Channel underwater (scuba) |
| Special : | 08/14/1962 | French & Italian workers break through at Mount Blanc Vehicular Tunnel |
| Special : | 06/30/1962 | French Foreign Legion leaves Algeria |
| Special : | 03/25/1962 | French OAS-leader ex-general Jouhaud arrested |
| Special : | 02/05/1962 | French President de Gaulle calls for Algeria's independence |
| Special : | 09/04/1962 | French president De Gaulle visits German FR |
| Special : | 12/08/1962 | Funeral for Queen Wilhelmina of Holland (New Kerk, Delft) |
| Special : | 07/22/1962 | Gary Player wins PGA golf tournament |
| Special : | 02/07/1962 | Gas explosion in Luisanthal coal mine Voelklingen Germany kills 298 |
| Special : | 02/24/1962 | General mobilization in Indonesia over New-Guinea |
| Special : | 04/14/1962 | Georges Pompidou becomes president of France |
| Special : | 09/16/1962 | Gerda Crown runs 800 m in 2:02.8 |
| Special : | 11/07/1962 | Glenn Hall set NHL record of 503 consecutive games as goalie |
| Special : | 04/27/1962 | Goethe Link Observatory discovers asteroids #2334 Cuffey & #3474 |
| Special : | 03/14/1962 | Gordie Howe (Det Red Wings) is 2nd NHLer to score 500 goals |
| Special : | 09/20/1962 | Gov R Barnett refuses to admit a black to Miss Univ (James Meredith) |
| Special : | 11/29/1962 | Great-Britain & France decide to jointly build the Concorde |
| Special : | 11/01/1962 | Greece enters European Common Market |
| Special : | 12/30/1962 | Green Bay Packers beat NY Giants 16-7 in NFL championship game |
| Special : | 05/12/1962 | Grevelingendam closes |
| Special : | 12/01/1962 | Grey Cup halted by fog, resumed next day (Winnipeg 28, Hamilton 27) |
| Special : | 08/19/1962 | Homer Blancos plays finest round in golf, shooting a 55 |
| Special : | 10/14/1962 | Houston Oiler George Blanda throws for 6 TD passes vs NY Titans 56-17 |
| Special : | 07/19/1962 | Hungarian communist party expells R kosi & Ger |
| Special : | 12/10/1962 | Hunters Point (SF) jitney ends service after 50 years |
| Special : | 06/10/1962 | Igor Ter-Ovanesyan of USSR, sets then long jump record at 27' 3¬" |
| Special : | 02/25/1962 | Indies Congress Party wins elections |
| Special : | 05/19/1962 | Indonesian parachutist land in New Guinea |
| Special : | 07/04/1962 | Island Records begins |
| Special : | 05/25/1962 | Isley Brother relase "Twist & Shout" |
| Special : | 11/02/1962 | JFK announces Cuban missile bases were being dismantled |
| Special : | 09/29/1962 | JFK authorized use of federal troops to integrate U of Mississippi |
| Special : | 05/01/1962 | JFK authorizes Area Redevelopment Act (ARA) |
| Special : | 10/22/1962 | JFK imposes naval blockade on Cuba, beginning missile crisis |
| Special : | 09/30/1962 | JFK routes 3,000 federal troops to Mississippi |
| Special : | 04/09/1962 | JFK throws out 1st ball at Washington's new DC Stadium |
| Special : | 03/23/1962 | JFK visits SF |
| Special : | 06/17/1962 | Jack Nicklaus wins US Open golf tournament |
| Special : | 03/29/1962 | Jack Paar's final appearance on the "Tonight Show" |
| Special : | 06/24/1962 | Jack Reed's 22nd inn HR leads Yanks over Tigers 9-7 |
| Special : | 01/24/1962 | Jackie Robinson is 1st Black elected to Baseball Hall of Fame |
| Special : | 03/27/1962 | Jacques Plante ties record winning 6th NHL Vezina trophy |
| Special : | 08/08/1962 | Jamaica declares independence from UK |
| Special : | 08/06/1962 | Jamaica gains independence from Britain |
| Special : | 07/06/1962 | Jamaica gains independence from Great-Britain |
| Special : | 02/09/1962 | Jamaica signs agreement to become independent |
| Special : | 10/01/1962 | James Meredith became 1st black at U of Mississippi |
| Special : | 09/30/1962 | James Meredith registers for classes at University of Mississippi |
| Special : | 06/08/1962 | Jim Beatty runs world record 2 mile (8:29.8) |
| Special : | 02/10/1962 | Jim Beatty sets American indoor mile record (3:58.9) in LA |
| Special : | 04/03/1962 | Jockey Eddie Arcaro retires after 31 years (24,092 races) |
| Special : | 05/23/1962 | Joe Pepitone 2nd Yankee to hit 2 HRs in 1 inning (Joe DiMaggio) |
| Special : | 01/28/1962 | Johanne Relleke gets stung by bees 2,443 times in Rhodesia & survives |
| Special : | 02/20/1962 | John Glenn is 1st American to orbit Earth (Friendship 7) |
| Special : | 02/02/1962 | John Uelses pole vaults 488 cm |
| Special : | 02/03/1962 | John Uelses pole vaults record 489 cm |
| Special : | 10/01/1962 | Johnny Carson hosts his 1st Tonight Show, Joan Crawford guests |
| Special : | 02/08/1962 | KACB TV channel 3 in San Angelo, TX (NBC) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 09/01/1962 | KATC TV channel 3 in Lafayette, LA (ABC) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 03/15/1962 | KATU TV channel 2 in Portland, OR (ABC) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 09/15/1962 | KC A's Bill Fischer sets record of 69 1/3 innings without a walk |
| Special : | 09/30/1962 | KCRL TV channel 4 in Reno, NV (NBC) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 12/01/1962 | KGMB TV channel 9 in Honolulu, HI (CBS) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 07/04/1962 | KIKU (now KHNL) TV channel 13 in Honolulu, HI (IND) 1st broadcast |
| Special : | 09/10/1962 | KLRN TV channel 9 in San Antonio, TX (PBS) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 09/30/1962 | KMEX TV channel 34 in Los Angeles, CA (IND) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 11/19/1962 | KOET (now KULC) TV channel 9 in Ogden, UT (PBS) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 10/16/1962 | KTXT TV channel 5 in Lubbock, TX (PBS) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 09/11/1962 | KVCR TV channel 24 in San Bernardino, CA (PBS) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 09/24/1962 | KWSU TV channel 10 in Pullman, WA (PBS) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 11/01/1962 | KYVE TV channel 47 in Yakima, WA (PBS) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 07/07/1962 | Karen Hantze Susman wins Wimbledon |
| Special : | 12/31/1962 | Katanga becomes part of Democratic Republic of Congo |
| Special : | 10/28/1962 | Khrushchev orders withdrawal of missiles from Cuba, ending crisis |
| Special : | 12/22/1962 | Kinderman Place in the Bronx named |
| Special : | 11/16/1962 | Kuwait adopts constitution |
| Special : | 05/05/1962 | LA Angel Bo Belinsky no-hits Balt Orioles, 2-0 |
| Special : | 09/26/1962 | LA Dodger Maury Wills becomes 1st ball player to steal 100 bases |
| Special : | 09/23/1962 | LA Dodger Maury Wills steals record setting #97 on his way to 104 |
| Special : | 06/30/1962 | LA Dodger Sandy Koufax no-hits NY Mets, 5-0 |
| Special : | 06/23/1962 | Laos Suvanna Phuma forms cabinet |
| Special : | 05/09/1962 | Laser beam successfully bounced off Moon for 1st time |
| Special : | 11/24/1962 | Last of Dutch militia leave New-Guinea |
| Special : | 09/29/1962 | Launch of Alouette 1, 1st Canadian satellite (on US Delta rocket) |
| Special : | 03/07/1962 | Launch of OSO 1, 1st astronomy satellite (solar flare data) |
| Special : | 01/23/1962 | Libya, Morocco, Algeria & Tunisia plan to form United Arab Maghreb |
| Special : | 10/01/1962 | Lucy Show premiers |
| Special : | 05/24/1962 | M Scott Carpenter aboard Aurora 7 launched into Earth orbit |
| Special : | 04/24/1962 | MIT sends TV signal by satellite for 1st time: CA to MA |
| Special : | 01/11/1962 | Mandela leaves South Africa, travels to Ethiopia, Algeria & England |
| Special : | 07/05/1962 | Mantle hits 2 homers en route to 4 consecutive homers |
| Special : | 07/06/1962 | Mantle hits his 3rd & 4th consecutive homer |
| Special : | 07/26/1962 | Maria Oeljanov, 1st airship with nuclear missiles, arrives in Cuba |
| Special : | 05/17/1962 | Marin County withdraws from BART district |
| Special : | 07/27/1962 | Mariner 2 launched to Venus; flyby mission |
| Special : | 12/14/1962 | Mariner 2 launched, makes 1st US visit to another planet (Venus) |
| Special : | 08/27/1962 | Mariner 2 launched; 1st probe to fly by Venus |
| Special : | 07/28/1962 | Mariner I launched to Mars falls into Atlantic Ocean |
| Special : | 07/10/1962 | Martin Luther King Jr arrested during demonstration in Georgia |
| Special : | 07/27/1962 | Martin Luther King Jr jailed in Albany Georgia |
| Special : | 09/10/1962 | Maryland Campaign (Antietam Campaign) |
| Special : | 04/05/1962 | Mgr J Daems appointed bishop of Antwerp |
| Special : | 03/24/1962 | Mick Jagger & Keith Richards perform as Little Boy Blue & Blue Boys |
| Special : | 02/25/1962 | Mike O'Hara completes a record 97th marathon |
| Special : | 09/27/1962 | Military uprising under Col Abdullah as-Sallal North-Yemen |
| Special : | 02/07/1962 | Mine cave in near Vlklingen West Germany, kills 298 |
| Special : | 02/21/1962 | Minister De Pous confirms natural gas reserves in Groningen Neth |
| Special : | 08/26/1962 | Minn Twins Jack Kralick no-hits KC A's, 1-0 |
| Special : | 06/25/1962 | Mozambique Liberation Front (FRELIMO) forms |
| Special : | 06/30/1962 | Murie Lindstrom wins US Women's Golf Open |
| Special : | 10/08/1962 | N Korea reports 100% election turnout, 100% vote for Workers' Party |
| Special : | 04/19/1962 | NASA civilian pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 46,900 m |
| Special : | 04/30/1962 | NASA civilian pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 75,190 m |
| Special : | 06/27/1962 | NASA civilian pilot Joseph Walker takes X-15 to 6,606 kph, 37,700 m |
| Special : | 04/05/1962 | NASA civilian pilot Neil A Armstrong takes X-15 to 54,600 m |
| Special : | 04/20/1962 | NASA civilian pilot Neil A Armstrong takes X-15 to 63,250 m |
| Special : | 10/09/1962 | NASA civilian test pilot John B McKay takes X-15 to 39,200 m |
| Special : | 06/07/1962 | NASA civilian test pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 31,580 m |
| Special : | 08/02/1962 | NASA civilian test pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 32,600 m |
| Special : | 08/14/1962 | NASA civilian test pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 60,000 m |
| Special : | 01/09/1962 | NFL prohibits grabbing of face masks |
| Special : | 07/10/1962 | NL beats AL 3-1 in 32nd All Star Game (DC Stadium, Wash) |
| Special : | 10/28/1962 | NY Giant YA Tittle passes for 7 touchdowns vs Wash Redskins (49-34) |
| Special : | 08/03/1962 | NY Met Frank Thomas hits his 6th HR in 3 games |
| Special : | 04/23/1962 | NY Mets win their 1st game ever, after going 0-9, beat Pirates 9-1 |
| Special : | 04/10/1962 | NY Yankee Mickey Mantle hits his 375th HR |
| Special : | 08/05/1962 | Nelson Mandela arrested for incitement & illeagally leaving S Afr |
| Special : | 07/15/1962 | Neth & Indonesia accord over New-Guinea |
| Special : | 05/22/1962 | Neth telephone net becomes completely automated |
| Special : | 04/20/1962 | New Orleans Citizens Co gives free 1-way ride to blacks to move North |
| Special : | 04/11/1962 | New York Mets make a losing debut |
| Special : | 01/02/1962 | Nighttime version of "Password" with Allen Ludden premiers on CBS |
| Special : | 11/06/1962 | Nixon tells press he won't be available to kick around any more |
| Special : | 10/25/1962 | Nobel prize for literature awarded to John Steinbeck |
| Special : | 06/13/1962 | Norway named ombudsman |
| Special : | 12/19/1962 | Nyasaland secedes from Rhodesia & Nyasaland |
| Special : | 05/23/1962 | OAS leader general Raoul Salan sentenced to life |
| Special : | 05/02/1962 | OAS strikes in Algeria |
| Special : | 04/20/1962 | OAS-leader ex-general Salan arrested in Algiers |
| Special : | 03/24/1962 | Ohio State beats Cincinatti 71-59 for NCAA championship |
| Special : | 06/01/1962 | Oscar 2 (ham radio satellite) launched into Earth orbit |
| Special : | 12/20/1962 | Osmond brothers debut on Andy Williams Show |
| Special : | 10/22/1962 | Pacific Science Center opens at Seattle Center |
| Special : | 08/18/1962 | Peter, Paul & Mary release their 1st hit "If I Had a Hammer" |
| Special : | 06/15/1962 | Phillies score 10 runs in an inning against Reds en route to 13-8 win |
| Special : | 01/03/1962 | Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro |
| Special : | 12/03/1962 | Pravda criticizes western art |
| Special : | 06/30/1962 | Premier Ben Khedda disbands Algerian liberation fighters |
| Special : | 02/03/1962 | Pres Kennedy bans all trade with Cuba except for food & drugs |
| Special : | 11/17/1962 | Pres Kennedy dedicates Dulles Intl Airport outside Wash DC |
| Special : | 02/07/1962 | President Kennedy begins blockade of Cuba |
| Special : | 05/14/1962 | Princess Sophia of Greece weds Don Juan Carlos of Spain |
| Special : | 09/16/1962 | Public TV channel 13 begins in NYC |
| Special : | 05/07/1962 | Pulitzer prize awarded to Theodore H White (Making of President 1960) |
| Special : | 10/28/1962 | Radio Moscow reports nuclear missiles in Cuba deactivated |
| Special : | 04/26/1962 | Ranger 4 crash lands on Moon |
| Special : | 04/23/1962 | Ranger 4, 1st US satellite to reach Moon launched from Cape Canaveral |
| Special : | 04/26/1962 | Red Sox Bill Monbouquette no-hits White Sox 1-0 |
| Special : | 11/07/1962 | Richard Nixon quits politics-You won't have Nixon to kick around |
| Special : | 05/22/1962 | Robert A Rushworth, USAF major, takes X-15 to 30,600m |
| Special : | 02/25/1962 | Robert Kennedy visits Netherlands |
| Special : | 07/17/1962 | Robert White in X-15 sets altitude record of 108 km (354,300 ft) |
| Special : | 09/10/1962 | Rod Laver wins Grand Slam of tennis |
| Special : | 05/22/1962 | Roger Maris walks 5 times (record 4 intentionally) in a 9 inn game |
| Special : | 07/12/1962 | Rolling Stones 1st performance (Marquee Club, London) |
| Special : | 06/27/1962 | Ross Perot begins Electronic Data Systems |
| Special : | 08/12/1962 | Russia launches Vostok 4, Pavel Popovich, who lands safely Aug 15 |
| Special : | 02/04/1962 | Russian newspaper Izvestia reports baseball is an old Russian game |
| Special : | 06/30/1962 | Rwanda & Burundi become independent |
| Special : | 01/01/1962 | Rwanda granted internal self-government by Belgium |
| Special : | 09/18/1962 | Rwanda, Burundi, Jamaica & Trinidad admitted (105th-108th) to UN |
| Special : | 10/02/1962 | SF & LA play a 4h18m 9 inning game |
| Special : | 01/31/1962 | Samuel Gravely assumes command of destroyer escort "USS Falgout" |
| Special : | 04/12/1962 | San Mateo County withdraws from BART district (SF Bay area) |
| Special : | 04/24/1962 | Sandy Koufax's 2nd 18-strikeout game |
| Special : | 11/06/1962 | Saudi Arabia proclaims abolishing slavery |
| Special : | 02/06/1962 | Schoolman Athletic Field in the Bronx named |
| Special : | 05/23/1962 | Scott Carpenter orbits Earth 3 times in US Aurora 7 |
| Special : | 07/17/1962 | Senate rejects medicare for aged |
| Special : | 08/15/1962 | Shady Grove Baptist Church burned in Leesburg Georgia |
| Special : | 01/16/1962 | Shooting begins on "Dr No" |
| Special : | 01/21/1962 | Snow falls in SF |
| Special : | 08/29/1962 | Some provisions of Kuwaiti constitution are suspended |
| Special : | 09/25/1962 | Sonny Liston KOs Floyd Patterson in 1st round for heavyweight title |
| Special : | 06/15/1962 | South Africa passes a bill setting death penalty for many crimes |
| Special : | 02/27/1962 | South-Vietnam pres Ngo Dinh Diems palace bombed |
| Special : | 01/18/1962 | Southern University closed due to demonstrations |
| Special : | 04/05/1962 | St Bernard Tunnel finished-Swiss/Italians workers shake hands |
| Special : | 10/19/1962 | Stalin-monument removed in Prague |
| Special : | 02/17/1962 | Storm in Hamburg, kills 265 |
| Special : | 12/19/1962 | Street signs in Golden Gate Park approved by Park Commission |
| Special : | 01/16/1962 | Suit accuses NYC Board of Education uses "racial quotas" |
| Special : | 05/28/1962 | Suit alleging de facto school segregation filed in Rochester NY |
| Special : | 02/05/1962 | Suit to bar Englewood NJ from "racical segregated" schools, filed |
| Special : | 02/05/1962 | Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter & Saturn within 16ø |
| Special : | 03/26/1962 | Supreme Court backs 1-man-1-vote apportionment of seats in state leg |
| Special : | 06/25/1962 | Supreme Court rules NY school prayer unconstitutional |
| Special : | 09/26/1962 | TV comedy series "Beverly Hillbillies" premiers on CBS |
| Special : | 12/09/1962 | Tanganyika becomes a republic within British Commonwealth |
| Special : | 11/28/1962 | Telegraph between Netherlands & Indonesia restored |
| Special : | 07/10/1962 | Telstar, 1st geosynchronous communications satellite, launched |
| Special : | 11/19/1962 | Todor Zjivkov becomes premier of Bulgaria |
| Special : | 08/28/1962 | Tony Sheridan & Beat Brothers record "Ya Ya (Parts 1 + 2)" |
| Special : | 01/05/1962 | Tony Sheridan & Beatles produce "My Bonnie" & "The Saints" |
| Special : | 04/22/1962 | Tor Maple Leafs beat Black Hawks 4 games to 2 for Stanley Cup |
| Special : | 12/19/1962 | Transit 5A1, 1st operational navigational satellite, launched |
| Special : | 08/31/1962 | Trinidad & Tobago gain independence from Britain (National Day) |
| Special : | 11/30/1962 | U Thant of Burma elected 3rd Secretary-General of UN unanimously |
| Special : | 01/30/1962 | UN General Assembly censures Portugal (because of Angola) |
| Special : | 09/01/1962 | UN announces Earth population has hit 3 billion |
| Special : | 08/05/1962 | UN command forbids flights to Katangese airports |
| Special : | 10/01/1962 | UN gives Netherlands control of New-Guinea |
| Special : | 12/28/1962 | UN troops occupies Elizabethstad Katanga |
| Special : | 09/24/1962 | US Circuit Court of Appeals orders Meredith admitted to U of Miss |
| Special : | 10/01/1962 | US National Radio Astronomy Obs gets a 300' (91m) radio telescope |
| Special : | 04/25/1962 | US Ranger spacecraft crash lands on Moon |
| Special : | 02/26/1962 | US Supreme court disallows race separation on public transportation |
| Special : | 12/06/1962 | US abandons Skybolt balastic missile program |
| Special : | 03/09/1962 | US advisors in South-Vietnam join the fight |
| Special : | 01/26/1962 | US launches Ranger 3, misses Moon by 22,000-mi (37,000-km) |
| Special : | 11/20/1962 | US lifts blockade of Cuba |
| Special : | 08/14/1962 | US mail truck in Plymouth, Mass robbed of more than $1.5 million |
| Special : | 04/15/1962 | US national debt above $300,000,000,000 |
| Special : | 03/06/1962 | US promise Thailand assistance against communist aggression |
| Special : | 04/25/1962 | US resumes above ground nuclear testing, at Christmas Island |
| Special : | 09/27/1962 | US sells Israel, Hawk anti-aircraft missiles |
| Special : | 05/11/1962 | US sends troops to Thailand |
| Special : | 09/17/1962 | US space officials announce selection of 9 new astronauts |
| Special : | 04/13/1962 | US steel industry forces price increases |
| Special : | 05/28/1962 | US stock market drops $20.8 B in 1 day |
| Special : | 05/25/1962 | US unions AFL-CIO begins campaign for 35-hour work week |
| Special : | 03/01/1962 | US/British nuclear experiment in Nevada |
| Special : | 04/26/1962 | US/UK launch Ariel; 1st international payload |
| Special : | 10/12/1962 | US/USSR sign joint space effort in telecommunications & meteorology |
| Special : | 10/04/1962 | USAF Maj Robert A Rushworth takes X-15 to 32,300 m |
| Special : | 06/01/1962 | USAF Maj Robert M White takes X-15 to 40,420 m |
| Special : | 06/12/1962 | USAF Maj Robert M White takes X-15 to 56,270 m |
| Special : | 06/21/1962 | USAF Maj Robert M White takes X-15 to 75,190 m |
| Special : | 10/23/1962 | USAF Major Robert A Rushworth takes X-15 to 40,800 m |
| Special : | 03/16/1962 | USSR launch 1st Cosmos-satellite |
| Special : | 11/01/1962 | USSR launches Mars 1; radio contact lost before arrival at Mars |
| Special : | 02/10/1962 | USSR swaps spy Francis Gary Power to US for Rudolph Abel |
| Special : | 12/15/1962 | Vaughn Meader's "1st Family," album goes #1 & stays #1 for 12 wks |
| Special : | 01/11/1962 | Volcano Huascaran in Peru, erupts; 4,000 die |
| Special : | 12/18/1962 | WAIQ TV channel 26 in Montgomery, AL (PBS) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 11/25/1962 | WBJA (now WMGC) TV channel 34 in Binghamton, NY (ABC) 1st broadcast |
| Special : | 06/03/1962 | WBKO TV channel 13 in Bowling Green, KY (ABC) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 10/23/1962 | WCIV TV channel 4 in Charleston, SC (NBC) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 09/10/1962 | WDCN TV channel 8 in Nashville, TN (PBS) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 10/01/1962 | WEDH TV channel 24 in Hartford, CT (PBS) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 10/15/1962 | WLOX TV channel 13 in Biloxi-Gulfport, MS (ABC) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 02/28/1962 | WMGM-AM in New York City changes call letters to WHN |
| Special : | 05/02/1962 | WMHT TV channel 17 in Schenectady-Alby-Tro, NY (PBS) 1st broadcast |
| Special : | 07/--/1962 | WMIN radio in Minneapolis is 1st US all-news radio (ends in Sept) |
| Special : | 11/01/1962 | WNYC TV channel 31 in New York, NY (PBS) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 09/09/1962 | WNYS (now WIXT) TV channel 9 in Syracuse, NY (ABC) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 09/15/1962 | WOKR TV channel 13 in Rochester, NY (ABC) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 06/26/1962 | WSEC (now WLRN) TV channel 17 in Miami, FL (PBS) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 06/15/1962 | WWUP TV channel 10 in Sault Ste. Marie, MI (CBS) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 11/01/1962 | WZZM TV channel 13 in Grand Rapids, MI (ABC) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 10/03/1962 | Wally Schirra in Sigma 7 launched into Earth orbit |
| Special : | 04/16/1962 | Walter Cronkite begins anchoring CBS Evening News |
| Special : | 09/12/1962 | Wash Senator Tom Cheney strikesout record 21 Orioles in 16 inn game |
| Special : | 09/25/1962 | Weatherly (US) beats Gretel (Aust) in 19th running of America's Cup |
| Special : | 10/04/1962 | Whitey Ford's world series 33 2/3 scoreless inning streak ends |
| Special : | 05/28/1962 | Wide World of Sports with Chris Schenkel premiers on CBS radio |
| Special : | 04/30/1962 | Willie Mays hits 4 HRs |
| Special : | 03/15/1962 | Wilt Chamberlain is 1st to score 4000 pts in an NBA season |
| Special : | 02/17/1962 | Wilt Chamberlain of NBA Phila Warriors scores 67 points vs St Louis |
| Special : | 11/03/1962 | Wilt Chamberlain of NBA SF Warriors scores 72 points vs LA Lakers |
| Special : | 11/16/1962 | Wilt Chamberlain of NBA SF Warriors scores 73 points vs NY |
| Special : | 01/13/1962 | Wilt Chamberlain of Phila Warriors scores NBA-record 73 pts vs Chicago |
| Special : | 03/02/1962 | Wilt Chamberlain scores incredible 100 points in an NBA game |
| Special : | 02/22/1962 | Wilt Chamberlain sets NBA record with 34 free throw attempts |
| Special : | 06/25/1962 | Yankee Jack Reed's 22nd inning HR wins a 7 hour game |
| Special : | 10/17/1962 | Yanks beat Giants for 20th world championship |
| Special : | 09/26/1962 | Yemen Arab Republic proclaimed (National Day) |
| Special : | 04/07/1962 | Yugoslav ex-president Milovan Djilas returns to jail |
| Special : | 03/13/1962 | Yugoslavia grants 1,000 prisoners amnesty |
| Special : | 05/19/1962 | 99øF highest temperature for May in NYC |
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