December 1962 calendar

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

Famous Birthday

• Ralph Fiennes

  English actor.

• Liane Foly

  Blues and jazz singer, actress, and TV presenter.

• Christophe Hondelatte

  French television and radio host who has worked for BFMTV since fall 2014.

• Claude Chirac

  French noted family and the daughter of Bernadette and Jacques Chirac.

• Felicity Huffman

  American actress.

• Maruschka Detmers

  Actress-comedian, famous for her role in "Prénom Carmen", a film directed by Jean-Luc Godard.

• Michel Petrucciani

  French pianist and composer who transcended the physical handicap of being a dwarf to work with established musicians, including...

• Alessandra Mussolini

  Italian noted family and actress, the eldest daughter of Romano Mussolini, the jazz pianist, and Maria Scicolone, Sophia Loren's younger...

• Cendrine Dominguez

  French model, she became a TV presenter, hosting the game "Fort Boyard" with Patrice Laffont (France 2 national channel).

• Janine Turner

  American actress.

• Tracy Austin

  American National Jr.

• Bruno Todeschini
• Jean-Marc Généreux
• Antonella Clerici

  Italian television host and journalist, who debuted in 1985 on "Telereporter" as a TV announcer.

• André-Philippe Gagnon
• Marty Friedman

  American-Japanese guitarist songwriter and television host (Megadeth Cacophony and Hawaii).

• Fabienne Babe
• Craig Robinson
• Don Diamont

  American actor.

• Claude Askolovitch
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Famous Deaths

• Charles Laughton

  British-American actor, onscreen from 1927, one of the most powerful and versatile character actors in film and theater.

• Erik William Gustav Leidzen

  Composer, dies at 68.

• Luis Abraham Delgadillo

  Composer, dies at 75.

• George Saiko

  Writer, dies at 70.

• Sid Saylor

  Actor (Wally-Waterfront), dies at 67.

• Harry Barris

  American popular singer (Born 1905).

• Kathleen Clifford

  American actress (Born 1887).

• Luis Alberni

  Spanish-American actor and singer (d. 1962).

• Kirsten Flagstead

  Norwegian soprano (Wagner), dies at age 67.

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. The 4 Seasons - Big Girls Don't Cry
2. The Tornadoes - Telstar
3. Elvis Presley - Return To Sender
4. Chubby Checker - Limbo Rock
5. Marcie Blane - Bobby's Girl

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. Elvis Presley - Return To Sender
2. Frank Ifield - Lovesick Blues
3. Cliff Richard - The Next Time / Bachelor Boy
4. Duane Eddy - Dance With The Guitar Man
5. Rolf Harris - Sun Arise