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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

Historical Events Of 1962

• January 11, 1962 – An avalanche on Huascarán in Peru causes 4,000 deaths.
• February 5, 1962 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Water Tiger in Chinese astrology.
• March 16, 1962 – A Flying Tiger Line Super Constellation disappears in the western Pacific Ocean, with all 107 aboard missing and presumed dead.
• March 19, 1962 – The Algerian War of Independence against the French ends.
• July 11, 1962 – Project Apollo: At a press conference, NASA announces lunar orbit rendezvous as the means to land astronauts on the Moon, and return them to Earth.
• July 17, 1962 – Nuclear weapons testing: The “Small Boy” test shot Little Feller I becomes the last atmospheric test detonation at the Nevada National Security Site.
• August 31, 1962 – Trinidad and Tobago becomes independent.
• September 29, 1962 – Alouette 1, the first Canadian satellite, is launched.
• October 9, 1962 – Uganda becomes an independent Commonwealth realm.

Who Were Born On 1962?

• February 10, 1962 – Randy Velischek, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• March 21, 1962 – Mark Waid, American author
• April 5, 1962 – Gord Donnelly, Canadian ice hockey player and scout
• April 26, 1962 – Colin Anderson, English footballer
• June 29, 1962 – George D. Zamka, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut
• July 6, 1962 – Peter Hedges, American author, screenwriter, and director
• August 2, 1962 – Billy Kilson, American drummer
• August 27, 1962 – Vic Mignogna, American voice actor, singer, and director
• September 6, 1962 – Elizabeth Vargas, American journalist
• November 2, 1962 – Mireille Delunsch, French soprano and actress