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1962 Calendar

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•  January 11, 1962 – An avalanche on Huascaran in Peru causes 4,000 deaths.
•  January 22, 1962 – The Organization of American States suspends Cuba’s membership.
•  January 26, 1962 – Ranger program: Ranger 3 is launched to study the moon. The space probe later misses the moon by 22,000 miles (35,400 km).
•  February 5, 1962 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Water Tiger in Chinese astrology.
•  March 2, 1962 – Wilt Chamberlain sets the single-game scoring record in the National Basketball Association by scoring 100 points.
•  July 8, 1962 – Ne Win besieges and dynamites the Rangoon University Student Union building to crash the Student Movement.
•  August 5, 1962 – Nelson Mandela is jailed. He would not be released until 1990.
•  September 27, 1962 – The Yemen Arab Republic is established.
•  October 5, 1962 – Dr. No, the first in the James Bond film series, is released.
•  December 21, 1962 – Rondane National Park is established as Norway’s first national park.

•  January 17, 1962 – Jim Carrey, Canadian actor and comedian
•  June 4, 1962 – John P. Kee, American gospel singer
•  June 8, 1962 – Nick Rhodes, English musician (Duran Duran)
•  July 22, 1962 – Martine St. Clair, Canadian singer
•  August 6, 1962 – Marc Lavoine, French singer and actor
•  October 5, 1962 – Thomas Herbst, German footballer
•  November 12, 1962 – Neal Shusterman, American writer
•  November 28, 1962 – Paul Dinello, American comedian and actor
•  December 11, 1962 – Nele Karajlić, Bosnian singer
•  December 23, 1962 – Keiji Mutoh, Japanese professional wrestler