Thursday 25 October 1962
It was Thursday, under the sign of Scorpio (see planets position on October 25, 1962). The US president was John F. Kennedy (Democratic).
Famous people born on this day include Valérie Vogt and David Furnish.
In that special week of October people in US were listening to Monster Mash by Bobby (Boris) Pickett.
In UK Telstar by The Tornados was in the top 5 hits.
Gypsy, directed by Mervyn LeRoy, was one of the most viewed movies released in 1962
while The Blue Nile by Alan Moorehead was one of the best selling books.
On TV people were watching Geboren unter schwarzen Himmeln.
If you liked videogames you were probably playing Spacewar! or Spacewar!.
But much more happened that day: find out below..
You can also have a look at the whole 1962 or at October 25 across the years.
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Historical Events
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Holidays:
- Day of the Romanian Army
- Virgin Islands - Thanksgiving Day : end of the hurricane season
- Republic of China - Taiwan Retrocession Day (1945)
- Also see October 25 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- R.C. Saints - Feast day of Saints Crispin and Crispian; Six Welsh martyrs and companions; forty martyrs of England and Wales
- Kazakhstan - Republic Day
Famous Birthdays:
- Valérie Vogt
- David Furnish
- Nick Hancock: English actor and screenwriter.
- Steve Hodge: English footballer and manager.
- Ted Dekker: Author.
- Roy Stuart: American photographer and director.
- Darlene Vogel: American actress.
- Chad Smith: American musician, drummer with The Red Hot Chili Peppers since 1989.
Facts:
- 1st Belgian nuclear reactor begins operation
- Stevenson demands USSR ambassador Zorin answer regarding Cuban missile bases saying "I am prepared to wait for my answer until hell freezes over".
- American author John Steinbeck is awarded Nobel Prize in literature.
- 110th member of the United Nations is admitted (Uganda).
- Cuban missile crisis: Adlai Stevenson shows photos at the UN proving Soviet missiles are installed in Cuba.
- Nelson Mandela is sentenced to five years in prison.
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Magazine Covers
What news were making the headlines those days in October 1962?
- LIFE: Yosemite at dusk California
- Time: Pennsylvania Governor William Scranton.
- SportsIllustrated: Sports Illustrated: no.7791
- Beano: Your personalised Beano Book from 1962
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Music Charts
Which were the top hits in that special week of October 1962 ?
Top #10 songs in the USA
Top #10 R&B songs
- Booker T. & The MG's - Green Onions
- The Contours - Do You Love Me
- Brook Benton - Lie To Me
- The 4 Seasons - Sherry
- Mary Wells - You Beat Me To The Punch
- Bobby Bland - Stormy Monday Blues
- The Crystals - He's A Rebel
- Sam Cooke - Nothing Can Change This Love
- Earl Grant - Sweet Sixteen Bars
- Bobby "Boris" Pickett And The Crypt-Kickers - Monster Mash
Books
Which were the most popular books released in the last weeks ?
The Blue Nile
In the first half of the nineteenth century, only a small handful of Westerners had ventured into the regions watered by the Nile River on its long journey from Lake Tana
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Ship of Fools
The story takes place in the summer of 1931, on board a cruise ship bound for Germany. Passengers include a Spanish noblewoman, a drunken German lawyer, an American divorcee, a pair of Mexican Catholic priests.
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Videogames
What videogames would you be playing back in the days ?
Spacewar!