Today in History for July 1962

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Historical Events

Events 1 - 69 of 69

1st - Algeria votes for independence
1st - Burundi & Rwanda gain independence from Belgium (National Days)
2nd - Cubans minister of Foreign affairs RaulCastro arrives in Moscow
2nd - Fidel Castro visits Moscow
3rd - Algerian Revolution against French ends (Algeria gains ind on 7/5)
4th - Island Records begins
4th - KIKU (now KHNL) TV channel 13 in Honolulu, HI (IND) 1st broadcast
5th - 96 murder at massacre in Oran, Algeria
5th - Algeria gains independence after 132 years of French rule
5th - Mantle hits 2 homers en route to 4 consecutive homers
6th - 76th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Rod Laver beats Martin Mulligan (62 62 61)
6th - Emir Said al-Djazairi takes van Algerian throne in Syria
6th - Mantle hits his 3rd & 4th consecutive homer
6th - Nuclear test shot Sedan; part of Operation Plowshare.
7th - 69th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Karen Susman beats Vera Sukova (64 64)
7th - Bill Hartack becomes 8th jockey to win 3,000 horse races
7th - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
8th - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Kelly Girls Golf Open
9th - US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Johnston Island
Dictator Fidel Castro 10th - 32nd All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 3-1 at D.C. Stadium, Washington
10th - All star MVP: Maury Wills (LA Dodgers)
10th - Martin Luther King Jr arrested during demonstration in Georgia
10th - Telstar, 1st geosynchronous communications satellite, launched
10th - US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island
11th - 1st transatlantic TV transmission via satellite (Telstar I)
11th - Brothers Hank & Tommie Aaron homer in same inning
11th - Cosmonaut Micolaev set then record longest space flight - 4 days
11th - Fred Baldasare is 1st to swim English Channel underwater (scuba)
11th - US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island
11th - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
12th - 1st time 2 manned crafts in space (USSR)
12th - Rolling Stones 1st performance (Marquee Club, London)
13th - 500 Indonesian parachutist land on New-Guinea
13th - 91st British Golf Open: Arnold Palmer shoots a 276 at Royal Troon
13th - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
14th - Borehole for Mont Blanc-tunnel finished
14th - US performs nuclear Test at Nevada Test Site
15th - Algeria becomes member of Arab League
15th - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Milwaukee Golf Open
15th - Neth & Indonesia accord over New-Guinea
16th - NASA civilian Test pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 32,600 m
17th - East Berliner Peter Fechter flees over Berlin Wall
17th - Robert White in X-15 sets altitude record of 108 km (354,300 ft)
17th - Senate rejects medicare for aged
17th - US performs nuclear Test at Nevada Test Site
18th - Minnesota Twins Bob Allison & Harmon Killebrew hit grand slams in 1st inn & Harmon Killebrew connect in a club-record, 11-run 1st inning
18th - Minn is 1st AL team to hit 2 grand slams in an inning as Bob Allison
19th - Hungarian communist party expels Rákosi & Gero
20th - Dmitri Shostakovitch completes his 13th Symphony
20th - France & Tunisia recover diplomatic relations
21st - 160 civil right activists jailed after demonstration in Albany Ga
21st - Battles on Chinese & Indies boundary
22nd - 1st US Venus probe, Mariner 1, fails at lift-off
22nd - 44th PGA Championship: Gary Player shoots a 278 at Aronimink GC PA
22nd - Chic White Sox Floyd Robinson goes 6 for 6 (all singles)
22nd - Shirley Englehorn wins LPGA Lady Carling Golf Tournament
23rd - The International Agreement on the Neutrality of Laos is signed.
25th - House passes bill requiring equal pay for equal work regardless of sex
26th - Maria Oeljanov, 1st airship with nuclear missiles, arrives in Cuba
26th - Milwaukee Brave Warren Spahn sets HR record of 31 by a pitcher
27th - Mariner 2 launched to Venus; flyby mission
27th - Martin Luther King Jr jailed in Albany Georgia
27th - USSR performs nuclear Test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
28th - 19 die in a train crash in Steelton Pa
28th - Mariner I launched to Mars falls into Atlantic Ocean
30th - 33rd All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 9-4 at Wrigley Field, Chicago
30th - All star MVP: Leon Wagner (LA Angels)
31st - Federation of Malaysia forms
31st - Statham is Test crickets' leading wkt-taker (229), beating Lindwall

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 66 of 66

1st - Andre Braugher, Chicago Ill, actor (Frank Pembleton-Homicide)
2nd - Brandel Eugene Chamblee, St Louis MO, PGA golfer (1994 Honda-3rd)
3rd - Taylor Dayne, [Lesley Wunderman], NY, vocalist (Tell it to My Heart)
3rd - Thomas Gibson, actor (Dr Daniel Nyland-Chicago Hope)
3rd - Tom Cruise, Syracuse, actor (Risky Business, Jerry MaGuire, Rainman)
3rd - Hunter Tylo, American actress
4th - Pam Shriver, Balt MD, tennis star (1991 US Open doubles/Oly-gold-88)
4th - Roland Ratzenberger, driver
4th - Neil Morrissey, English actor
7th - Clive "Doctor" Jackson, rocker (Dr & Medics-Laughing at Pieces)
7th - Shawn Paddock, rocker (Red Rockers)
8th - Martin Pavlu, hockey forward (Team Italy 1998)
8th - Rob Burnett, North Caldwell NJ, head writer (David Letterman)
10th - Mike Saxon, NFL punter (Minnesota Vikings)
11th - Dale Hellestrae, NFLer (Dallas Cowboys)
11th - Pauline McLynn, Irish actress
12th - Grecia Colmenares, Venezuela, actress (Esmeralda, Los Crinimales)
12th - Stein Jorgesen, LA California, sprint kayak (Olympics-96)
12th - Julio César Chávez, Mexican boxer
Actor Tom Cruise (3rd) 12th - Dean Wilkins, English football manager
13th - Tom Kenny, American voice actor
13th - Rhonda Vincent, American singer
14th - Diane Ratnik, Toronto Ontario, volleyball setter (Olympics-8-92, 96)
14th - Jeff Olson, American musician
17th - Jay Barrs, Jacksonville Fla, archer (Olympics-gold-1988, 92, 96)
17th - Bill Sage, American actor
18th - Engelbert Linder, hockey defenseman (Team Austria 1998)
18th - Jensen Buchanan, Montgomery AL, actress (Vicky/Marley-Another World)
18th - Lee Arenberg, American actor
18th - Jack Irons, American drummer
18th - Shaun Micallef, Australian comedian
19th - Anthony Edwards, Santa Barbara Ca, actor (It Takes Two, Dr Greene-ER)
19th - Brad Wilson, Pomona California, Canadian Tour golfer (1993 9 Pro-Am)
19th - Campbell Scott, NYC, actor (Singles, Dying Young, Sheltering Sky)
19th - Craig Muni, Toronto, NHL defenseman (Winnipeg Jets)
20th - Carlos Alazraqui, American actor and comedian
20th - Giovanna Amati, Italian racing driver
21st - Ike Eisenmann, Houston Tx, actor (Scott-Fantastic Journey)
22nd - Alvin Robertson, NBA guard (Toronto Raptors)
22nd - Steve Albini, American writer, recording engineer and musician (Big Black, Rapeman, Shellac)
22nd - Martine St. Clair, Canadian singer
23rd - Eriq La Salle, Hartford CT, actor (Dr Peter Benton-ER)
23rd - Terry-Jo Myers, Ft Myers FL, LPGA golfer (1988 Mayflower Classic)
24th - Kevin Butler, NFL kicker (Chic Bears)
25th - Doug Drabek, Victoria TX, pitcher (Houston Astros, NY Yankees)
25th - Mike Buncic, Patterson NJ, discus thrower
26th - Galina Chistyakova, Russian jumper (world record 1988)
26th - Jody Reed, Tampa FL, infielder (San Diego Padres)
27th - Karl Mueller, American bassist (Soul Asylum) (d. 2005)
28th - Rachel Sweet, rocker
29th - Corinne Dibnah, Brisbane Australia, LPGA golfer (1988 Brit Open)
29th - Steve Pelluer, WLAF quarterback (Frankfurt Galaxy)
29th - Vincent Rousseau, Belgian athlete
29th - Scott Steiner, American professional wrestler
30th - Andy Green, UK, 1st to break sound barrier on land
30th - Monique Gabrielle, KC Mo, actress (Flashdance, Night Shift)
30th - Tom Pagnozzi, Tucson AZ, catcher (St Louis Cardinals)
30th - Vladimir Nikolayevich Dezhurov, Rus lt-colonel/cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-21)
30th - Jay Feaster, American National Hockey League executive
31st - Kevin Greene, NFL linebacker (Pittsburgh Steelers)
31st - Kym Malin, Dallas Tx, playmate (May, 1982)
31st - Rhonda Reilly, Indianapolis IN, LPGA golfer (1992 Oldsmobile-48th)
31st - Sandra "Sweetness" Hodge, basketball player (Harlem Globetrotters)
31st - Troy Murray, Calgary, NHL center (Colorado Avalanche)
31st - Wesley Snipes, Orlando Florida, actor (Passenger 57, Money Train, Blade trilogy)
31st - John Chiang, American politician

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 16 of 16

4th - Rex Bell, actor/lt-gov (Nevada), dies of heart attack at 56
6th - William Faulkner, US author (Nobel 1949), dies at 64
6th - Archduke Joseph August of Austria, Austrian field marshal (b. 1872)
6th - Georg, Duke of Mecklenburg, head of the House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (b. 1899)
8th - Georges Bataille, French writer and philosopher (b. 1897)
9th - Louis A van Gasteren, Dutch actor (Willem van Oranje), dies at 74
12th - Roger Wolfe Kahn, American band leader (b. 1907)
16th - Jan M Romein, historian (Breaking of Two Ages), dies
20th - Andre Renard, Belgium worker's union leader (MSU), dies at 51
20th - George MacAulay Trevelyan, English royal historian, dies at 86
24th - Victor Moore, comedian, dies of heart attack at 86
25th - Thibaudeau Rinfret, Canadian jurist and Chief Justice (b. 1879)
27th - Edward Godfrey Richard Aldington, novelist/biographer, dies
27th - Richard Adlington, writer, dies at 70
27th - James H. "Dutch" Kindelberger, American aerospace pioneer (b. 1895)
30th - Myron McCormick, actor (China Girl, Jigsaw), dies of cancer at 54