Thursday 25 October 1962
It was Thursday, under the sign of Scorpio. 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 A Study Of Communism by J. Edgar Hoover was one of the best selling books.
On TV people were watching The Scales of Justice.
If you liked videogames you were probably playing Spacewar! or Spacewar!.
But much more happened that day: find out below..
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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
- Steve Hodge: English footballer and manager.
- Darlene Vogel: American actress.
- Roy Stuart: American photographer and director.
- Nick Hancock: English actor and screenwriter.
- 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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What news were making the headlines those days in October 1962?
- SportsIllustrated: Sports Illustrated: no.7791
- Life: Yosemite at dusk California
- Time: Pennsylvania Governor William Scranton.
Books
Which were the most popular books released in the last weeks ?
A Study Of Communism
Written at the height of the Cold War, here is the book review from the Kirkus Review, October 1, 1962: "A sequel to Masters of (1958) again blueprints and briefs the
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Hornblower And The Hotspur
April 1803. The Peace of Amiens is breaking down. Napoleon is building ships and amassing an army just across the Channel.
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The Agony and the Ecstasy
Irving Stone’s classic biographical novel of Michaelangelo—in which both the artist and the man are brought to life in full. A masterpiece in its own right, this novel offers a compelling portrait of Michelangelo’s dangerous, impassioned loves, and the God-driven ...
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Videogames
What videogames would you be playing back in the days ?
Spacewar!