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1962 Calendar Trivia
The next time you can reuse this calendar will be on year 2029. Both calendars will be exactly the same! This is assuming you are not interested in the dates for Easter and other irregular holidays that are based on a solar cycle.
April 4 (4/4), June 6 (6/6), August 8 (8/8), October 10 (10/10), December 12 (12/12), and the last day of February always fall on the same day of the week in any given year. This is called the ‘Doomsday rule’. Check these dates using the full 12-month calendar below to verify.
1962 Calendar
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Historical Events Of 1962
- February 5, 1962 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Water Tiger in Chinese astrology.
- February 16, 1962 – Flooding in the coastal areas of West Germany kills 315 and destroys the homes of about 60,000 people.
- May 31, 1962 – The West Indies Federation dissolves.
- July 22, 1962 – Mariner program: Mariner 1 spacecraft flies erratically several minutes after launch and has to be destroyed.
- August 17, 1962 – East German border guards kill Peter Fechter, 18, as he attempts to cross the Berlin Wall into West Berlin becoming one of the first victims of the wall.
- September 15, 1962 – The Soviet ship Poltava heads toward Cuba, one of the events that sets into motion the Cuban Missile Crisis.
- October 5, 1962 – The Beatles’ first single, “Love Me Do” backed with “P.S. I Love You”, is released in the United Kingdom.
- October 25, 1962 – Uganda joins the United Nations.
- November 11, 1962 – Kuwait’s National Assembly ratifies the Constitution of Kuwait.
Who Were Born On 1962?
- January 12, 1962 – Joe Quesada, American author and illustrator
- March 5, 1962 – Charlie Reid, Scottish singer-songwriter (The Proclaimers)
- March 26, 1962 – Eric Allan Kramer, American actor
- July 31, 1962 – Kevin Greene, American football player and coach
- August 23, 1962 – Shaun Ryder, English singer-songwriter and actor (Happy Mondays and Black Grape)
- September 11, 1962 – Kristy McNichol, American actress and singer
- November 11, 1962 – Mic Michaeli, Swedish keyboard player (Europe, Brazen Abbot, and Last Autumn’s Dream)
- November 25, 1962 – Hironobu Sakaguchi, Japanese game designer, founded Mistwalker
- December 2, 1962 – Steve Huison, English actor
- December 27, 1962 – Mark Few, American basketball player and coach