Saturday 27 October 1962
It was Saturday, under the sign of Scorpio. The US president was John F. Kennedy (Democratic).
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 Ship Of Fools by Katherine Anne Porter 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
Which were the important events of 27 October 1962 ?
Holidays:
- St. Namatius
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - Independence Day (from Britain, 1979)
- Turkmenistan - Independence Day (from USSR, 1991)
- St. Desiderius
- R.C. saints - October 27th is the feast day of the following Roman Catholic Saints: St. Abraham the Poor
- St. Vincent, Sabina, & Christeta
- St. Capitolina
- St. Odhran
- St. Elesbaan
- St. Florentius
- St. Frumentius, the saint who introduced Christianity into Ethiopia.
- St. Gaudiosus
- St. Abban of Murnevin
Famous Birthdays:
See famous people born on 27 OctoberFamous Deaths:
- Fatso Marco: Comedian (Milton Berle Show), dies at 56.
- Rudolph Anderson: U-2 pilot, shot down over Cuba.
- Rudolf Anderson: American pilot and officer (Born 1927).
- Enrico Mattei: Italian industrialist who was one of the most powerful oil men in the world.
Facts:
- Beyond the Fringe opens at John Golden Theater NYC for 673 performances
- Black Saturday - Russian nuclear missile crisis in Cuba
- Soviet Union leasder Nikita Khrushchev publicly calls for the dismantling of U.S. missile bases in Turkey. US President Kennedy agrees to remove the sites at a later date.
- Major Rudolf Anderson of the United States Air Force becomes the only direct human casualty of the Cuban Missile Crisis when his U-2 reconnaissance airplane is shot down in Cuba by a Soviet-supplied SA-2 Guideline surface-to-air missile.
- A plane carrying Enrico Mattei, post-war Italian administrator, crashes in mysterious circumstances.
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Music Charts
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Magazine Covers
What news were making the headlines those days in October 1962?
- Life: Marvel of motion The human body
- Time: TIME Magazine Cover: John M. Kemper -- Oct. 26, 1962
- SportsIllustrated: Sports Illustrated: no.7791
Books
Which were the most popular books released in the last weeks ?
Dearly Beloved
A June wedding sets the scene for Anne Morrow Lindbergh’s bestselling novel, Dearly Beloved. The ceremony is a great moment during which the “gathered together” survey not just this couple, this occasion, but their own lives, hopes, and fears.
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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!