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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
- January 12, 1962 – Vietnam War: Operation Chopper, the first American combat mission in the war, takes place.
- February 5, 1962 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Water Tiger in Chinese astrology.
- March 29, 1962 – Arturo Frondizi, the president of Argentina, is overthrown in a military coup by Argentina’s armed forces, ending an 11½ day constitutional crisis.
- June 14, 1962 – The European Space Research Organisation is established in Paris – later becoming the European Space Agency.
- July 13, 1962 – In an unprecedented action, British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan dismisses seven members of his Cabinet, marking the effective end of the National Liberals as a distinct force within British politics.
- August 11, 1962 – Vostok 3 launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome and cosmonaut Andrian Nikolayev becomes the first person to float in microgravity.
- 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 30, 1962 – James Meredith enters the University of Mississippi, defying segregation.
- October 3, 1962 – Project Mercury: Sigma 7 is launched from Cape Canaveral, with astronaut Wally Schirra aboard, for a six-orbit, nine-hour flight.
- October 27, 1962 – A plane carrying Enrico Mattei, post-war Italian administrator, crashes in mysterious circumstances.
Who Were Born On 1962?
- January 6, 1962 – Michael Houser, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Widespread Panic and Brute) (d. 2002)
- February 17, 1962 – David McComb, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Triffids and The Blackeyed Susans) (d. 1999)
- March 15, 1962 – Jimmy Baio, American actor
- June 8, 1962 – Kristine W, American singer-songwriter and producer
- July 12, 1962 – Joanna Shields, American-English businesswoman
- July 27, 1962 – Karl Mueller, American bass player (Soul Asylum) (d. 2005)
- August 11, 1962 – Charles Cecil, English video game designer and co-founded Revolution Software
- October 2, 1962 – Sigtryggur Baldursson, Icelandic singer and drummer (The Sugarcubes, Þeyr, KUKL, Reptile Palace Orchestra)
- October 5, 1962 – Michael Andretti, American race car driver
- November 21, 1962 – Steven Curtis Chapman, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor