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What Happened In February 1962 In History

Historical Events for February, 1962

  • 5th » President of the French Republic named French President Charles de Gaulle calls for Algeria to be granted independence.
  • 7th » The United States United States embargo against Cuba named bans all Cuban imports and exports.
  • 8th » Paris massacre of 1961 8 February 1962 Charonne massacre e.g Charonne massacre. Nine trade unionists are killed by French police at the instigation of Nazi collaborator Maurice Papon, then chief of the Paris Prefecture of Police.
  • 10th » Captured United States American Lockheed U-2 U2 spy-plane pilot Gary Powers is exchanged for captured Soviet Union Soviet spy Rudolf Abel.
  • 14th » First Lady of the United States known as First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy takes television viewers on a tour of the White House.
  • 16th » North Sea flood of 1962 or Flooding in the coastal areas of West Germany kills 315 and destroys the homes of about 60,000 people.
  • 20th » Mercury program: While aboard Mercury Atlas 6 called Friendship 7, John Glenn becomes the first American to orbit the earth, making three orbits in 4 hours, 55 minutes.
  • 27th » Two dissident Vietnam Air Force pilots 1962 South Vietnamese Independence Palace bombing named bomb the Independence Palace in Saigon in a failed attempt to assassinate South Vietnam President Ngo Dinh Diem.

Famous Birthdays on February in 1962

  • 1st » José Luis Cuciuffo, Argentinian footballer (d. 2004)
  • 1st » Tomoyasu Hotei, Japanese singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor (Boøwy and Complex (band) or Complex)
  • 2nd » Philippe Claudel, French director
  • 2nd » Andy Fordham, English darts player
  • 2nd » Luke Johnson (businessman) called Luke Johnson, English businessman
  • 2nd » Paul Kilgus, American baseball player
  • 2nd » Michael T. Weiss, American actor
  • 3rd » Michele Greene, American actress and singer
  • 4th » Clint Black, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
  • 4th » Stephen Hammond, English politician
  • 4th » Michael Riley, Canadian actor
  • 4th » Alfred Twardecki, Polish historian
  • 5th » Jacqui Dankworth, English singer
  • 5th » Jennifer Jason Leigh, American actress
  • 5th » Martin Nievera, Filipino-American singer-songwriter and actor
  • 6th » Stavros Lambrinidis, Greek politician, Minister for Foreign Affairs (Greece) or Minister of Foreign Affairs for Greece
  • 7th » Garth Brooks, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 7th » David Bryan, American keyboard player and songwriter (Bon Jovi)
  • 7th » Eddie Izzard, Yemeni-English comedian, actor, and producer
  • 8th » Misty Blue Simmes, American wrestler
  • 8th » Daniel Levy (businessman) e.g Daniel Levy, English businessman
  • 9th » Anik Bissonnette, Canadian ballet dancer
  • 9th » Csaba Kesjár, Hungarian race car driver (d. 1988)
  • 10th » Cliff Burton, American bass player and songwriter (Metallica, Trauma (band) e.g Trauma, and EZ-Street) (d. 1986)
  • 10th » Bobby Czyz, American boxer
  • 10th » Piero Pelù, Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist (Litfiba)
  • 10th » Randy Velischek, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 11th » Tammy Baldwin, American politician
  • 11th » Sheryl Crow, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress
  • 11th » Bestia Salvaje, Mexican wrestler (d. 2008)
  • 11th » Eric Vanderaerden, Belgian cyclist
  • 12th » Jimmy Kirkwood, Irish cricketer and field hockey player
  • 13th » Aníbal Acevedo Vilá, American politician, 8th Governor of Puerto Rico
  • 13th » Hugh Dennis, English comedian and actor
  • 13th » May Sweet, Burmese singer and actress
  • 13th » Nickla Roberts, American wrestler
  • 14th » Kevyn Aucoin, American make up artist and photographer (d. 2002)
  • 14th » Michael Higgs, English actor
  • 14th » Sakina Jaffrey, American-Indian actress
  • 14th » Philippe Sella, French rugby player
  • 14th » Porsche Lynn, American porn actress
  • 15th » Milo Đukanović, Montenegrin politician
  • 16th » John Balance, English singer-songwriter (Coil (band) named Coil) (d. 2004)
  • 16th » Doug Chiang, American film designer and artist
  • 17th » David McComb, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Triffids and The Blackeyed Susans) (d. 1999)
  • 17th » Lou Diamond Phillips, American actor and director
  • 17th » Sarah Wollaston, English politician
  • 18th » Moe Lemay, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 18th » Julie Strain, American actress and model
  • 19th » John Laroche, American horticulturalist
  • 19th » Hana Mandlíková, Czech tennis player
  • 20th » Atul Chitnis, German-Indian technologist (d. 2013)
  • 20th » Kenn Nesbitt, American author
  • 20th » Dwayne McDuffie, American author, screenwriter, and producer, co-founded Milestone Media (d. 2011)
  • 21st » Vanessa Feltz, English journalist
  • 21st » Chuck Palahniuk, American journalist and author
  • 21st » David Foster Wallace, American author (d. 2008)
  • 22nd » Steve Irwin, Australian zoologist and television host (d. 2006)
  • 22nd » Lenda Murray, American bodybuilder
  • 22nd » Les Wallace, Scottish darts player
  • 23rd » Michael Wilton, American guitarist (Queensrÿche and Soulbender)
  • 23rd » Ahn Byeong-Keun, South Korean martial artist
  • 23rd » Louise Wilson, English designer and academic
  • 24th » Outi Mäenpää, Finnish actress
  • 24th » Michelle Shocked, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 24th » Teri Weigel, American porn actress
  • 25th » Birgit Fischer, German canoe racer
  • 25th » John Lanchester, German-English journalist and author
  • 25th » Faron Moller, Canadian-English computer scientist and academic
  • 25th » Andres Siim, Estonian architect
  • 25th » Foster Sylvers, American singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (The Sylvers)
  • 26th » Ahn Cheol-soo, South Korean physician, academic, and politician
  • 26th » Kelly Gruber, American baseball player
  • 26th » Atiq Rahimi, Afghan-French journalist and director
  • 27th » Adam Baldwin, American actor
  • 27th » Grant Show, American actor
  • 27th » Robert Spencer (author) or Robert Spencer, American author and blogger

Famous Deaths for February 1962

  • 2nd » Shlomo Hestrin, Canadian-Israeli biochemist (b. 1914)
  • 5th » Jacques Ibert, French composer (b. 1890)
  • 7th » Clara Nordström, German author and translator (b. 1886)
  • 17th » Joseph Kearns, American actor (b. 1907)
  • 17th » Bruno Walter, German-American conductor (b. 1876)
  • 19th » Georgios Papanikolaou, Greek-American pathologist, invented the Pap smear (b. 1883)

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