Today in History for August 1962

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Historical Events

Events 1 - 53 of 53

1st - Boston Red Sox Bill Monboquette no-hits Chic White Sox, 1-0
1st - Failed assassination on president Nkrumah of Ghana
2nd - NASA civilian test pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 32,600 m
3rd - 29th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Green Bay 42, All-Stars 20 (65,000)
3rd - NY Met Frank Thomas hits his 6th HR in 3 games
4th - Nelson Mandela captured by South African police
5th - 1st quasar located by radio
5th - Marilynn Smith wins LPGA Waterloo Golf Open
5th - Nelson Mandela arrested for incitement & illeagally leaving S Afr
5th - UN command forbids flights to Katangese airports
6th - Jamaica becomes independent after 300 years of British rule
7th - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
10th - USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
11th - Andrian G Nikolayev, becomes 3rd Russian in space aboard Vostok 3
11th - Beach Boys release "Surfin' Safari"
11th - Bolotnikov runs world record 10km (28:18.2)
11th - Dodgers protest wetting down of Candlestick to slow Maury Wills down
12th - 1st time 2 people in space
12th - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Heart of America Golf Tournament
Anti-apartheid activist/South African President Nelson Mandela 12th - Russia launches Vostok 4, Pavel Popovich, who lands safely Aug 15
13th - Bert Campaneris of Daytona Beach (FSL) pitches ambidextrously
14th - French & Italian workers break through at Mount Blanc Vehicular Tunnel
14th - NASA civilian test pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 60,000 m
14th - US mail truck in Plymouth, Mass robbed of more than $1.5 million
15th - Netherlands & Indonesia signs accord about New Guinea
15th - Shady Grove Baptist Church burned in Leesburg Georgia
16th - Ringo Starr replaces Pete Best as Beatle drummer
17th - Beatles replaces Pete Best with Ringo Starr
17th - E German border guards shot & kill Peter Fechter, 18, attempting to cross Berlin Wall into western sector
18th - Peter, Paul & Mary release their 1st hit "If I Had a Hammer"
19th - Homer Blancos plays finest round in golf, shooting a 55
19th - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Albuquerque Swing Parade Golf Tournament
20th - USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
21st - Verne Gagne beats Mister M (doctor X) in Minn, to become NWA champ
Beatles Drummer Ringo Starr 22nd - Failed assassination on president De Gaulle
22nd - USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
22nd - Savannah, world's 1st nuclear-powered ship, completes maiden voyage from Yorktown, Va, to Savannah, Ga
23rd - 1st Europe-US live TV program (via Telstar)
24th - Dodger coach Leo Durocher suffers a near-fatal allergic reaction to a penicillin injection while in the clubhouse at the Polo Grounds
24th - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
25th - USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
25th - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
26th - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Salt Lake City Golf Open
26th - Minnesota Twins Jack Kralick no-hits KC A's, 1-0
27th - Mariner 2 launched; 1st probe to fly by Venus
27th - USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
28th - 55.9 cm rainfall at Hackberry, Louisiana (state record)
28th - Dr Geza DeKaplany tortures wife with acid
28th - Tony Sheridan & Beat Brothers record "Ya Ya (Parts 1 + 2)"
29th - Some provisions of Kuwaiti constitution are suspended
29th - US U-2 flight sees SAM launch pads in Cuba
30th - Japan conducts a test of the NAMC YS-11, its first aircraft since the war and its only successful commercial aircraft from before or after the war.
31st - Trinidad & Tobago gain independence from Britain (National Day)

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 79 of 79

1st - Gertjan Verbeek, soccer player (SC Heerenveen)
1st - Joetta Clark, East Orange NJ, 800m runner (Olympic-1992)
1st - Traci Phillips, Honolulu Hawaii, sprint kayak (Olympics-96)
3rd - Alberto Tous, Spain, tennis star
3rd - Lucky Dube, South African reggae singer
3rd - Tina Lehtola, Finland, women's ski jumper (world's record holder)
4th - Paul Williams, rock guitarist (Flock of Seagulls)
4th - Roger Clemens, Dayton OH, pitcher (Red Sox, Blue Jays, Cy Young, MVP)
4th - Paul Reynolds, British musician
5th - Otis Thorpe, NBA forward (Vancouver Grizzlies, Detroit Pistons)
5th - Patrick Ewing, Kingston Jamaica, NBA center (NY Knicks/Olympic-gold-92)
5th - Richard De Groen, cricketer (NZ medium pacer 1993-)
5th - William Roberts, NFL guard (NY Jets, NE Patriots)
6th - Thomas Jefferson, Cleve Ohio, 200m runner (Olympic-bronze-1984)
6th - Michelle Yeoh, Chinese-Malaysian actress
7th - Bruno Pelletier, Québécois singer
8th - Charmaine Crooks, Mandeville JAM, Can 800m runner (Oly-84, 88, 92, 96)
8th - Jim Sweeney, NFL center/guard (Seattle Seahawks, Pittsburgh Steelers)
8th - Suzee Pai, Toledo Ohio, actress (Big Trouble in Little China)
Hall of Fame NBA Centre Patrick Ewing (5th) 9th - Jim Johnson, New Hope, NHL defenseman (Washington Capitals)
9th - John Williams, NBA center/forward (Phoenix Suns)
9th - Michael Colnroy, Modern English, rocker
10th - Dan Donovan, rocker (Bad)
11th - Jonathan Hayes, NFL tight end (Pittsburgh Steelers)
11th - Uvais Karnain, cricketer (Sri Lankan ODI bowler in mid 1980's)
12th - Miss Cleo, American psychic
13th - Adam Kase, Socorro NM, Canadian Tour golfer (1989 Alberta Open-3rd)
14th - Jerry Foltz, Las Vegas NV, Nike golfer (1991 Pensacola Open-2nd)
14th - Mark Gubicza, Philadelphia PA, pitcher (KC Royals)
14th - Mark Robert Isfeld, combat engineer
14th - Rameez Raja, cricketer (prolific Pakistani batsman)
15th - Bubby Brister, NFL quarterback (NY Jets, Denver Broncos-Superbowl 32)
15th - Igor Dorokhin, hockey forward (Team Kazakhstan Oly-1998)
15th - Tom Colicchio, American chef
16th - Steve Carell, American actor and comedian
17th - Gilby Clarke, US pop guitarist (Guns n' Roses-Civil War)
17th - Buddy Landel, American professional wrestler
18th - Sandra Marie Miller Farmer-Patrick, Kingston Jamaica, 400m hurdler
18th - Felipe Calderón, President of Mexico
19th - Eric Lutes, Charlestown RI, actor (Del-Caroline in the City)
19th - Kim Shipman, Athens PA, LPGA golfer (1995 LPGA Corning Classic-25th)
19th - Michael J Massimino, Oceanside NY, PhD/astronaut
19th - Nancy Ramsbottom, Birmingham AL, LPGA golfer (1994 McCall's-2nd)
19th - Valerie Kaprisky, Paris France, actress (Breathless, Public Woman)
19th - Tammy Bruce, American political commentator
20th - Duffy James Joseph Waldorf Jr, LA CA, PGA golfer (1995 LaCantera Tx)
20th - Loretta Alderete, LA CA, LPGA golfer (1992 Oldsmobile-14th)
20th - Robert Meyer, Sacramento Cal, Canadian Tour golfer (1994 Morningstar)
20th - James Marsters, American actor
20th - Dong-Wook Song, South Korean tennis player
21st - Jeff Stryker, American actor
22nd - Gene Craig Sauers, Savannah GA, PGA golfer (1986 Bank of Boston)
22nd - James Debarge, Grand Rapids Mi, rock vocalist/keyboardist (Debarge)
22nd - Marie Laurie Mahabir, Guadeloupe, North American Bodybuilding Champ (1985-87)
23rd - Glenn Healy, Pickering, NHL goalie (NY Rangers)
23rd - Kyle Clifton, NFL linebacker (NY Jets)
23rd - Martin Cauchon, Canadian politician
24th - Mary Ellen Weber, Cleveland Ohio, PhD/astronaut (STS 70)
24th - David Koechner, American actor
25th - Dan Turk, NFL center (Oakland Raiders)
25th - Mazzi Rawd, heavy metal rocker
25th - Ron Heller, NFL tackle (Miami Dolphins)
25th - Shahid Mahboob, cricketer (batted in one Test for Pakistan 1989)
25th - Vivian Campbell, heavy metal rocker (White Snake-Here I Go Again)
25th - David Packer, American actor
26th - Roger Kingdom, US 60m hurdler (world record)
26th - Bob Mionske, American cyclist and attorney
26th - Tariq Ramadan, Geneva, Switzerland, Islamic scholar
27th - Scott Davis, Santa Monica CA, tennis star
27th - Vic Mignogna, American voice actor
28th - Richard Elliott Fehr, Seattle WA, PGA golfer (1986 BC Open)
28th - Paul Allen, English footballer
28th - David Fincher, American music video and film director
29th - Carl Banks, NFL linebacker (Cleveland Browns, NY Giants)
29th - Hiroki Kikuta, Japanese composer
30th - Ricky Sanders, NFL wide receiver (Miami Dolphins)
30th - Alexander Litvinenko, Russian KGB officer (d. 2006)
31st - Wanda Guenette, Winnipeg Manitoba, volleyballer (Olympics-96)
31st - Dee Bradley Baker, American voice actor

Famous Weddings

Weddings 1 - 1 of 1

23rd - Musician and member of the Beatles, John Lennon weds Cynthia Powell

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 14 of 14

1st - Leon Kruczkowski, Polish author (Niemcy), dies at 62
5th - Marilyn Monroe, found dead of apparent self-inflicted drug OD at 36
7th - Morris Louis, US painter (post painterly abstraction), dies at 49
9th - Hermann Hesse, German/Swiss poet/author (Nobel 1946), dies at 85
10th - Ted Husing, sportscaster (Monday Night Fights), dies at 60
15th - Lei Feng, Chinese revolutionary (b. 1940)
17th - Peter Fechter trying to cross the Berlin Wall (b. 1944)
18th - Cleo Ridgely, silent screen actress (I Remember Mama), dies at 68
19th - Kerstin Hesselgren, 1st woman in Swedish parliament, dies at 90
23rd - Hoot Gibson, silent screen cowboy actor (Last Outlaw), dies at 70
23rd - Irving Fine, composer (Toccata), dies at 47
23rd - Walter Anderson, German folklorist (b. 1885)
24th - Henry George Ley, composer, dies at 74
27th - Carlos Lavin, composer, dies at 79