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1962
1962 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar).
Events
January
February-April
May-June
July-September
October
November
December
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Year in topic
Births
January-February
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January 5 - Joe Monzo, microtonal composer and tuning-theorist
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January 14 - Michael McCaul, American politician
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January 17 - Jim Carrey, actor, comedian
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January 21 - Marie Trintignant, French actress (d. 2003)
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February 1 - Tomoyasu Hotei, Japanese rock guitarist
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February 4 - Clint Black, country musician
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February 5 - Jennifer Jason Leigh, actress
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February 6 - Axl Rose, singer ("Guns N'Roses")
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February 7 - Garth Brooks, country music musician
- February 7 - Eddie Izzard, British actor and comedian
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February 10 - Bobby Czyz, boxer
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February 10 - Cliff Burton, bassist for Metallica (d. 1986)
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February 11 - Sheryl Crow, American singer
- February 11 - Scott Kolden, actor
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February 17 - Lou Diamond Phillips, actor
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February 21 - Vanessa Feltz, British TV presenter
- February 21 - Chuck Palahniuk, author
- February 21 - David Foster Wallace, American writer
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February 22 - Steve Irwin, Australian herpetologist and TV personality (The Crocodile Hunter)
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February 24 - Michelle Shocked, musician
March-April
March 3 - Herschel Walker, American football player March 7 - Brenda Hill , Greatest Mother in the World
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March 12 - Darryl Strawberry, baseball player
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March 15 - Terence Trent D'Arby, singer
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March 17 - Clare Grogan, Scottish actress and singer
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March 20 - Stephen Sommers, film director
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March 21 - Matthew Broderick, actor (WarGames, Ferris Bueller's Day Off)
- March 21 - Rosie O'Donnell, comedian, actress, talk show host, publisher (A League of Their Own, Harriet the Spy)
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March 23 - Steve Redgrave, five times Olympic gold-medallist
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March 26 - John Stockton, former basketball player, all-time NBA leader in assists and steals
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March 30 - MC Hammer, rapper
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April 2 - Mark Shulman, children's author
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April 7 - Alain Robert, world famous builderer
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April 10 - Steve Tasker, American football player
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April 11 - Vincent Gallo, actor
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April 15 - Nawal El Moutawakel, Moroccan hurdler
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April 16 - Ian MacKaye, musician
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April 19 - Al Unser, Jr., automobile racer, two-time Indianapolis 500 winner
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April 23 - John Hannah, Scottish actor
May-June
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May 3 - Anders Graneheim, Swedish bodybuilder
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May 9 - David Gahan, singer in Depeche Mode
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May 10 - David Fincher, film director
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May 12 - Emilio Estevez, actor
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May 17 - Lise Lyng Falkenberg, Danish writer
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May 20 - Mike Jeffries, American soccer coach
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May 24 - Gene Anthony Ray, actor (d. 2003)
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May 26 - Bobcat Goldthwait, actor, comedian
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May 27 - Ravi Shastri, Indian cricketer
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June 2 - Clyde Drexler, basketball player
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June 8 - Nick Rhodes, musician, Duran Duran
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June 10 - Gina Gershon, actress
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June 13 - Ally Sheedy, actress
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June 19 - Paula Abdul, dancer, choreographer and singer; American Idol judge
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June 29 - Amanda Donohoe, actress
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June 30 - Tony Fernandez, baseball player
July-August
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July 3 - Tom Cruise, actor
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July 8 - Rob Burnett , former head writer for David Letterman
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July 19 - Anthony Edwards, actor
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July 31 - Wesley Snipes, actor
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August 4 - Roger Clemens, baseball pitcher, six-time Cy Young Award winner
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August 5 - Patrick Ewing, former NBA star
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August 6 - Michelle Yeoh, actress
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August 9 - Kevin Mack, American football player
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August 24 - Craig Kilborn, talk show host
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August 29 - Rebecca De Mornay, actress
September-October
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September 1 - Ruud Gullit, Dutch footballer
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September 11 - Elizabeth Daily, actress
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September 15 - Earnest Byner, American football player
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September 17 - Baz Luhrmann, film director
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September 24 - Jack Dee, comedian
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September 25 - Aida Turturro, actress
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September 26 - Melissa Sue Anderson, actress
- September 26 - Tracey Thorn, singer
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September 28 - Grant Fuhr, hockey goalie
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October 1 - Esai Morales, actor
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October 11 - Joan Cusack, actress and comedienne
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October 13 - Kelly Preston, actress
- October 13 - Jerry Rice, NFL star, holds most league receiving records
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October 16 - Flea, bassist for Red Hot Chili Peppers and actor
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October 19 - Evander Holyfield, heavyweight boxer
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October 23 - Doug Flutie, American and Canadian Football star
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October 25 - Nick Hancock, British actor and television presenter
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October 26 - Cary Elwes, British actor (The Princess Bride)
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October 30 - Courtney Walsh, cricketer
November-December
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November 3 - Marilyn, British pop star and musician
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November 4 - Jeff Probst, American television personality
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November 11 - Demi Moore, actress
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November 19 - Jodie Foster, actress and director
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November 21 - Steven Curtis Chapman, contemporary Christian music star
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November 27 - Samantha Bond, British actress
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November 28 - Jon Stewart, actor, comedian
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November 29 - Andrew McCarthy, actor
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November 30 - Bo Jackson, American football and baseball star
- November 30 - Daniel Keys Moran, science fiction writer
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December 5 - José Cura, Argentine tenor
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December 9 - Felicity Huffman, actress (Magnolia, Sports Night, Desperate Housewives)
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December 12 - Tracy Austin, tennis champion
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December 22 - Ralph Fiennes, actor
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December 28 - Michel Petrucciani, French jazzman (d. 1999)
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December 30 - Alessandra Mussolini, Italian politician
Deaths
January-March
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January 13 - Ernie Kovacs, comedian (b. 1919)
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January 20 - Robinson Jeffers, poet (b. 1887)
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January 24 - André Lhote , French painter (b. 1885)
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January 26 - Lucky Luciano, American mobster (b. 1897)
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January 29 - Fritz Kreisler, Austrian violinist (b. 1875)
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February 10 - Eduard von Steiger, former president of Switzerland (b. 1881)
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February 17 - Bruno Walter, conductor (b. 1876)
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February 19 - Georgios Papanikolaou, inventor of the Pap smear (b. 1883)
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March 24 - Jean Goldkette, jazz musician (b. 1899)
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March 24 - Auguste Piccard, physicist and explorer (b. 1884)
April-June
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April 10 - Michael Curtiz, film director (b. 1886)
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April 13 - Culbert Olson, 29th Governor of California (b. 1876).
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May 27 - Egon Petri, classical pianist (b. 1881)
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May 31 - Adolf Eichmann, Nazi official (executed) (b. 1906)
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June 2 - Vita Sackville-West, landscape gardener (b. 1892)
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June 4 - Charles William Beebe, American oceanic pioneer (b. 1877)
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June 6 - Yves Klein, French painter (b. 1928)
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June 12 - John Ireland, English composer (b. 1879)
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June 13 - Eugène Aynsley Goossens, English composer (b. 1893)
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June 15 - Alfred Cortot, Swiss pianist (b. 1877)
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June 28 - Mickey Cochrane, Baseball Hall of Famer (b. 1903)
July-September
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July 6 - William Faulkner, American novelist (b. 1897)
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July 9 - Georges Bataille, French writer (b. 1897)
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July 12 - Roger Wolfe Kahn, band leader (b. 1907)
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July 20 - George Macaulay Trevelyan, English historian (b. 1876)
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August 5 - Marilyn Monroe, American actress (b. 1926)
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August 9 - Hermann Hesse, author (b. 1877)
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August 15 - Lei Feng, eminent PLA soldier (b. 1940)
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September 3 - E. E. Cummings, poet (b. 1894)
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September 6 - Hanns Eisler, composer (b. 1898)
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September 7 - Kirstin Flagstad, Norwegian soprano, (b. 1895)
- September 7 - Isak Dinesen, Danish writer (b. 1885)
October-December
Heads of state in 1962
Last updated: 10-12-2005 08:38:43
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