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1962 Calendar
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1962 Historical Event(s)
- February 5, 1962 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Water Tiger in Chinese astrology.
- March 1, 1962 – American Airlines Flight 1 crashes on take off in New York.
- March 16, 1962 – A Flying Tiger Line Super Constellation disappeared in the western Pacific Ocean, with 107 missing.
- June 2, 1962 – During the 1962 FIFA World Cup, police had to intervene multiple times in fights between Chilean and Italian players in one of the most violent games in football history.
- July 2, 1962 – The first Wal-Mart store opens for business in Rogers, Arkansas.
- July 5, 1962 – The Late Late Show, the world’s longest-running chat show by the same broadcaster, airs on RTÉ One for the first time.
- July 9, 1962 – Andy Warhol’s Campbell’s Soup Cans exhibition opens at the Ferus Gallery in Los Angeles.
- July 12, 1962 – The Rolling Stones perform their first ever concert, at the Marquee Club in London.
- August 17, 1962 – East German border guards kill 18-year-old Peter Fechter as he attempts to cross the Berlin Wall into West Berlin becoming one of the first victims of the wall.
- December 13, 1962 – NASA Relay 1 launch, first active repeater communications satellite in orbit.
Who Were Born On 1962?
- February 4, 1962 – Clint Black, American musician
- May 13, 1962 – Sean McDonough, American sportscaster
- July 4, 1962 – Pam Shriver, American former tennis player
- July 26, 1962 – Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh, Irish fiddler and vocalist (Altan)
- August 17, 1962 – Gilby Clarke, American musician (Guns N' Roses)
- August 20, 1962 – Sophie Aldred, English actress
- September 25, 1962 – Beth Toussaint, American actress
- November 2, 1962 – Derek Mountfield, English football player
- November 5, 1962 – Abédi Pelé, Ghanaian footballer
- December 27, 1962 – Bill Self, American basketball coach