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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 26, 1962 – Ranger program: Ranger 3 is launched to study the Moon. The space probe later misses the moon by 22,000 miles (35,400 km).
• February 5, 1962 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Water Tiger in Chinese astrology.
• February 20, 1962 – Mercury program: While aboard Friendship 7, John Glenn becomes the first American to orbit the earth, making three orbits in four hours, 55 minutes.
• March 19, 1962 – Highly influential artist, Bob Dylan releases his first album, Bob Dylan, on Columbia Records label.
• May 25, 1962 – The Old Bay Line, the last overnight steamboat service in the United States, goes out of business.
• July 22, 1962 – Mariner program: Mariner 1 spacecraft flies erratically several minutes after launch and has to be destroyed.
• July 23, 1962 – The International Agreement on the Neutrality of Laos is signed.
• August 22, 1962 – An attempt to assassinate French president Charles de Gaulle fails.
• September 15, 1962 – The Soviet ship Poltava heads toward Cuba, one of the events that sets into motion the Cuban Missile Crisis.
• October 28, 1962 – End of Cuban Missile Crisis: Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev orders the removal of Soviet missiles from Cuba.

Who Were Born On 1962?

• February 10, 1962 – Cliff Burton, American bass player and songwriter (Metallica, Trauma, and EZ-Street) (d. 1986)
• March 6, 1962 – Luis Raúl, Puerto Rican comedian and actor (d. 2014)
• March 12, 1962 – Darryl Strawberry, American baseball player
• March 30, 1962 – Adrianna Biedrzyńska, Polish actress
• April 12, 1962 – Carlos Sainz, Spanish race car driver
• May 2, 1962 – Jimmy White, English snooker player and actor
• August 10, 1962 – Julia Fordham, English singer-songwriter
• September 6, 1962 – Elizabeth Vargas, American journalist
• November 2, 1962 – Mireille Delunsch, French soprano and actress
• November 10, 1962 – Daniel Waters, American screenwriter and film director