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Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened in April 1962.
The US president was John F. Kennedy (Democrat), the UK Prime Minister was Harold Macmillan (Conservative), Pope John XXIII was leading the Catholic Church.

But much more happened on April 1962: find out below

Historical Events

Which were the important events of April 1962?

Events

02 Apr 1962 The first official Panda crossing is opened outside Waterloo station, London.
03 Apr 1962 Jockey Eddie Arcaro retires after 31 years (24,092 races).
05 Apr 1962 NASA civilian pilot Neil A Armstrong takes X-15 to 54,600 m
06 Apr 1962 Leonard Bernstein causes controversy with his remarks from the podium during a New York Philharmonic concert featuring Glenn Gould performing Brahms' First Piano Concerto.
07 Apr 1962 Yugoslav ex-president Milovan Djilas returns to jail.
08 Apr 1962 Accords of Evian (Algeria) accepted by referendum in France.
09 Apr 1962 34th Academy Awards - West Side Story, Sophia Loren and Max Schell win.
10 Apr 1962 New York Yankees' Mickey Mantle hits his 375th homerun.
11 Apr 1962 New York Mets make a losing debut.
12 Apr 1962 San Mateo County withdraws from BART district
13 Apr 1962 US steel industry forced to give up price increases.
14 Apr 1962 Demonstration for sovereign status of New-Guinea in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
15 Apr 1962 US national debt above US$300,000,000,000.
16 Apr 1962 Walter Cronkite takes over as the lead news anchor of the CBS Evening News, during which time he would become ''the most trusted man in America''.
18 Apr 1962 16th NBA Championship: Boston Celtics beat Los Angeles Lakers, 4 games to 3.
19 Apr 1962 NASA civilian pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 46,900m
20 Apr 1962 NASA civilian pilot Neil A Armstrong takes X-15 to 63,250 m
21 Apr 1962 The Seattle World's Fair (Century 21 Exposition) opens. It is the first World's Fair in the United States since World War II.
22 Apr 1962 Marilynn Smith wins LPGA Sunshine Golf Open.
23 Apr 1962 1st US satellite to reach the moon launched
24 Apr 1962 MIT sends TV signal by satellite for first time: California to Massachusetts.
25 Apr 1962 June 15 the Mets send Chiti back to Cleveland
26 Apr 1962 Ariel 1 Launch
27 Apr 1962 US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island.
29 Apr 1962 16th Tony Awards: Man For All Seasons and How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying win.
30 Apr 1962 Willie Mays hits 4 HRs

Famous Birthday

Nick Kamen
Debra Wilson
American actress and screenwriter.
Izzy Stradlin
Guitarist.
Sophie Moressée-Pichot
Phillip Schofield
British radio and TV host.
Lana Clarkson
American actress and model (Born 1962).
John Hannah
Scottish actor seen in "Four Weddings and a Funeral" as well as the lead in the TV series "McCallum.
Michael Scott Dill
Jessica Martin
Clark Gregg
American actor, best known for his roles in Marvel Comics movie adaptations of "Iron Man", "Thor" and "The Avengers".
James Legros
Schae Harrison
Carlos Sainz
Spanish race car driver.
Michael Damian
American actor on the TV series "The Young and the Restless" from 1981 in the role of Danny Romalotti.
Ian MacKaye
American musician, (Fugazi and Minor Threat).
Jennifer Rubin
American actress.
Didier Raboutou
French mountaineer, who started climbing in 1977.
Mike Ness
American punk rock musician, founder of the group Social Distortion in 1978.
Hillel Slovak
Israeli-born American guitarist (Anthym, What Is This?, Red Hot Chili Peppers) (Born 1962).
Andrew Hampsten
American cyclist.
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Famous Deaths

Stuart Sutcliffe
original Beatles bassist, dies of brain hemorrhage at age 21.
Michael Curtiz
Hungarian-American actor director and producer (d. 1962).
Stirling Moss
auto racer, killed while racing at age 32.
Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya
Indian politician and engineer (Born 1861).
Benny "Kid" Paret
US welterweight boxer, dies after fight, at age 24.
Jesse G Vincent
engineer who designed first V-12 engine, dies at age 82.
Frederick Handley Page
designer of first big airplane (40 seats), dies.
Ukichiro Nakaya
Japanese physicist (Born 1900).
A K Fazlul Huq
Bengali statesman (Born 1873).
James Hanratty
British homicide; a petty criminal, he was illiterate and feeble minded.
Clara Blandick
Hong Kong-American actress (d. 1962).
Ron Flockhart
Scottish race car driver (d. 1962).
Milt Franklyn
American musician (Born 1897).
Jussi Kekkonen
Finnish captain (d. 1962).
Manolis Kalomiris
Greek opera composer, dies at age 78.
Arsenio Lacson
Filipino journalist and politician Mayor of Manila (d. 1962).
Vera Reynolds
Actress (Dragnet Patrol, Lawless Woman), dies at 62.
Louise Fazenda
American actress, a leading lady of the Mack Sennett era.
Juan Belmonte
Spanish bullfighter, considered by many to have been the greatest matador of all time.
Arthur Harmat
Composer, dies at 76.
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