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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 15, 1962 – The Derveni papyrus, Europe’s oldest surviving manuscript dating to 340 BC, is found in northern Greece.
• February 5, 1962 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Water Tiger in Chinese astrology.
• February 10, 1962 – Captured American U2 spy-plane pilot Gary Powers is exchanged for captured Soviet spy Rudolf Abel.
• March 18, 1962 – The Évian Accords end the Algerian War of Independence, which had begun in 1954.
• July 8, 1962 – Ne Win besieges and dynamites the Rangoon University Student Union building to crush the Student Movement.
• 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 7, 1962 – Canadian-born American pharmacologist Frances Oldham Kelsey awarded the U.S. President’s Award for Distinguished Federal Civilian Service for her refusal to authorize thalidomide.
• September 25, 1962 – The North Yemen Civil War begins when Abdullah al-Sallal dethrones the newly crowned Imam al-Badr and declares Yemen a republic under his presidency.
• October 13, 1962 – The Pacific Northwest experiences a cyclone the equal of a Cat 3 hurricane. Winds measured above 150 mph at several locations; 46 people died.
• October 25, 1962 – Cuban Missile Crisis: Adlai Stevenson shows photos at a meeting of the United Nations Security Council proving that Soviet missiles are installed in Cuba.

Who Were Born On 1962?

• March 26, 1962 – John Stockton, American basketball player and coach
• April 5, 1962 – Prince Carl Christian of Hohenzollern
• June 22, 1962 – Ain Evard, Estonian high jumper
• June 23, 1962 – Steve Shelley, American drummer and producer (The Crucifucks, Sonic Youth, Dim Stars, and Disappears)
• July 13, 1962 – Rhonda Vincent, American singer-songwriter and mandolin player
• August 18, 1962 – Felipe Calderón, Mexican lawyer and politician, 56th President of Mexico
• September 5, 1962 – John McGrath, Welsh businessman
• October 24, 1962 – Kristen Hall, American singer-songwriter (Sugarland)
• November 2, 1962 – Mireille Delunsch, French soprano and actress
• December 5, 1962 – Pablo Morales, American swimmer and coach