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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.
• March 18, 1962 – The Évian Accords end the Algerian War of Independence, which had begun in 1954.
• September 23, 1962 – The Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts opens in New York City.
• September 27, 1962 – The Yemen Arab Republic is established.
• October 9, 1962 – Uganda becomes an independent Commonwealth realm.
• October 11, 1962 – Second Vatican Council: Pope John XXIII convenes the first ecumenical council of the Roman Catholic Church in 92 years.
• October 27, 1962 – A plane carrying Enrico Mattei, post-war Italian administrator, crashes in mysterious circumstances.
• November 17, 1962 – President John F. Kennedy dedicates Washington Dulles International Airport, serving the Washington, D.C., region.
• November 24, 1962 – The influential British satirical television programme That Was the Week That Was is first broadcast.

Who Were Born On 1962?

• January 14, 1962 – Patricia Morrison, American bassist (The Sisters Of Mercy)
• March 3, 1962 – Glen E. Friedman, American photographer
• March 17, 1962 – Roxy Petrucci, American drummer (Madam X and Vixen)
• March 18, 1962 – Thomas Ian Griffith, American actor and martial artist
• June 18, 1962 – Lisa Randall, American physicist and academic
• June 22, 1962 – Ain Evard, Estonian high jumper
• September 2, 1962 – Keir Starmer, English lawyer and politician
• October 12, 1962 – Branko Crvenkovski, Macedonian engineer and politician, 3rd President of the Republic of Macedonia
• December 8, 1962 – Marty Friedman, American-Japanese guitarist, songwriter, and television host (Megadeth, Cacophony, and Hawaii)
• December 11, 1962 – Nele Karajlić, Serbian singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and actor (Zabranjeno Pušenje)