May 1962 calendar

Events

• 01 May 1962 JFK authorizes Area Redevelopment Act (ARA)
• 02 May 1962 OAS strikes in Algeria
• 03 May 1962 Express train crashes into wreckage of a commuter train and a freight, killing 163, injuring 400 (Tokyo, Japan).
• 04 May 1962 US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island.
• 05 May 1962 West Side Story soundtrack album goes to #1 and stays #1 for 54 weeks which is more than 20 weeks longer than any other album
• 06 May 1962 Pathet Lao breaks cease fire / conquerors Nam Tha Laos
• 07 May 1962 Pulitzer prize awarded to Theodore H White (Making of President 1960)
• 08 May 1962 Funny Thing Happened opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 965 performances
• 09 May 1962 Beatles sign their 1st contract with EMI Pstlophone
• 11 May 1962 US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island.
• 12 May 1962 Grevelingendam closes
• 13 May 1962 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Western Golf Open.
• 14 May 1962 Ex-pres Milovan Djilas sentenced to 5 years
• 15 May 1962 US marines arrive in Laos.
• 17 May 1962 Marin County withdraws from BART district
• 19 May 1962 Bravo, Giovanni opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 76 performances
• 20 May 1962 Patty Berg wins LPGA Muskogee Civitan Golf Open.
• 21 May 1962 3 more Cleveland HR set AL record for most HR (26) over 8 games
• 22 May 1962 14th Emmy Awards: Bob Newhart Show, E G Marshall and Shirley Booth
• 23 May 1962 Scott Carpenter orbits Earth 3 times in US Aurora 7
• 24 May 1962 M Scott Carpenter aboard Aurora 7 launched into earth orbit.
• 25 May 1962 Isley Brothers release Twist & Shout
• 26 May 1962 All American closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 80 performances
• 27 May 1962 Ruth Jessen wins LPGA Dallas Civitan Golf Open.
• 28 May 1962 Wide World of Sports with Chris Schenkel premieres on CBS radio
• 29 May 1962 Barbra Streisand appears on Garry Moore Show
• 30 May 1962 69 killed in bus crash (Ahmedabad, India).
• 31 May 1962 Tell It To Groucho last airs on CBS-TV

Famous Birthday

• Dave Gahan

  British musician, a member of the rock group Depeche Mode and their lead singer.

• Craig Ferguson

  Scottish-American comedian and late-night television host, writer and director.

• Sandra Cretu
• Fiona Gélin
• Emilio Estevez

  Movie Actor.

• François-Henri Pinault
• Bobcat Goldthwait

  American actor seen in the "Police Academy" series 2, 3 and 4. Goldthwait lends his unique voice to a.

• Luiza Brunet

  Brazilian model with part Indian heritage, extremely beautiful.

• Genie Francis

  American actress and soap's most famous teenage star.

• Wolfgang Priklopil

  An Austrian communications technician who in 1998 kidnapped 10-year-old Natascha Kampusch and held her for eight years, committing suicide...

• Ferran Adrià
• Mayara Magri

  Brazilian actress in films and TV.

• Ariel Wizman
• Sebastian Koch

  German actor.

• Deborah Houlding

  British astrologer, editor of "The Traditional Astrologer," a subscription based magazine from 1993, publisher of rare and out-of-print...

• Nicolas Vanier

  French adventurist, writer, and moviemaker; his first film was titled "The Last Trapper" (2004).

• Samuel Labarthe
• Gilles Bouleau

  French TV presenter (anchor) of the daily news on TF1, TV private channel, he replaced Laurence Ferrari in June 2012, just aged 50.

• Gene Anthony Ray

  American actor (d. 2003).

• Mitzi Kapture

  American actress.

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Famous Deaths

• Adolf Eichmann

  German Lieutenant Colonel in the SS who drew up a "doomsday book" of 11 million Jews scheduled for extermination.

• Frank Jenks

  Actor (Colonel Flack), dies of cancer at 60.

• Eduardo Toldra

  Composer, dies at 67.

• Henry Trendley Dean

  American dental researcher (Born 1893).

• H Trendley Dean

  doctor (introduced fluoridation into water).

• Franz Jozef Kline

  US expressionist painter, dies at age 51.

• Henry Fountain Ashurst

  American politician (Born 1874).

• Florence Auer

  American actress and screenwriter (d. 1962).

• Dick Calkins

  Co-author (Buck Rogers), dies at 67.

• Jimmy Conlin

  American actor and singer (d. 1962).

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. The Shirelles - Soldier Boy
2. Mr. Acker Bilk - Stranger On The Shore
3. Ray Charles - I Can't Stop Loving You
4. Dee Dee Sharp - Mashed Potato Time
5. Shelley Fabares - Johnny Angel

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. B Bumble & The Stingers - Nut Rocker
2. Elvis Presley - Good Luck Charm
3. The Shadows - Wonderful Land
4. Cliff Richard - Do You Want To Dance / I'm Looking Out The Window
5. Mike Sarne With Wendy Richard - Come Outside