December 1962 calendar

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Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened in December 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 December 1962: find out below

Historical Events

Which were the important events of December 1962?

Events

01 Dec 1962 Grey Cup halted by fog, resumed next day (Winnipeg 28, Hamilton 27)
02 Dec 1962 50th CFL Grey Cup: Winnipeg beats Hamilton, 28-27 at Toronto [OT]
03 Dec 1962 Edith Spurlock Sampson sworn-in as 1st US black female judge
04 Dec 1962 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
06 Dec 1962 US abandons Skybolt ballistic missile program.
07 Dec 1962 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
08 Dec 1962 I Can Get It For You Wholesale closes at Shubert NYC after 300 performances
09 Dec 1962 I Can Get It For You Wholesale closes on Broadway
10 Dec 1962 Hunters Point (San Francisco) jitney ends service after 50 years
11 Dec 1962 Arthur Lucas, convicted of murder, is the last person to be executed in Canada.
12 Dec 1962 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
13 Dec 1962 Relay 1 communication satellite launched.
14 Dec 1962 Mariner 2 launched; makes first US visit to another planet (Venus).
15 Dec 1962 Storm over North Sea. Belgian pirate radio station Radio Uylenspiegel is knocked off the airwaves, never to operate again.
16 Dec 1962 Nepal gets constitution / becomes Constitutional Hindu Monarchy
17 Dec 1962 Beatles 1st British TV appearance (People & Places)
18 Dec 1962 WAIQ TV channel 26 in Montgomery, AL (PBS) begins broadcasting
19 Dec 1962 Street signs in Golden Gate Park approved by Park Commission
20 Dec 1962 D Sjostakovitz opera Katerina Ismailova, premieres in Moscow
21 Dec 1962 Angolin leaves Comecon
22 Dec 1962 Kinderman Place in the Bronx named
23 Dec 1962 Cuba starts returning US prisoners from the Bay of Pigs invasion.
24 Dec 1962 Cuba releases the last 1,113 participants in the Bay of Pigs Invasion to the U.S., in exchange for food worth $53 million.
27 Dec 1962 28th Heisman Trophy Award: Terry Baker, Oregon State (quarterback).
29 Dec 1962 Doug Walters makes first-class debut for New South Wales 17 years 8 days.
30 Dec 1962 Green Bay Packers beat the New York Giants 16-7 in NFL championship game
31 Dec 1962 Match Game debuts on NBC with host Gene Rayburn
02 Dec 1962 Vietnam War: After a trip to Vietnam at the request of U.S. President John F. Kennedy, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield becomes the first American official to comment adversely on the war's progress.