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# 1962

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Years : | 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965
Centuries: | 19th century · 20th century · 21st century
Decades: | 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s
Years: | 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965

## [edit] Events

- March 16 - Walter Cronkite becomes lead anchor on the CBS Evening News.
- August 6 - Jamaica become idependent from the United Kingdom.
- August 16 - The Beatles fire drummer Pete Best and replace him with Ringo Starr
- Johnny Carson becomes host of The Tonight Show.
- Punchy, the Hawaiian Punch mascot makes his debut.
- Cuban Missile Crisis

## [edit] Births

- May 3 - Anders Graneheim, Swedish bodybuilder
- May 9 - David Gahan, singer in Depeche Mode
- May 10 - David Fincher, film director
- May 12 - Emilio Estevez, actor
- May 17 - Lise Lyng Falkenberg, Danish writer
- May 20 - Mike Jeffries, American soccer coach
- May 24 - Gene Anthony Ray, actor (d. 2003)
- May 26 - Bobcat Goldthwait, actor, comedian
- May 27 - Ravi Shastri, Indian cricketer
- June 2 - Clyde Drexler, basketball player
- June 8 - Nick Rhodes, musician, Duran Duran
- June 10 - Gina Gershon, actress
- June 13 - Ally Sheedy, actress
- June 19 - Paula Abdul, dancer, choreographer and singer; American Idol judge
- June 29 - Amanda Donohoe, actress
- June 30 - Tony Fernandez, baseball player
- October 17- Mike Judge, animator; producer

## [edit] Deaths

- August 5 - Marilyn Monroe
- August 9 - Hermann Hesse, German author (b. 1877)
- August 15 - Lei Feng, Chinese soldier (b. 1940)
- September 3 - E. E. Cummings, American poet (b. 1894)
- September 6 - Hanns Eisler, composer (b. 1898)
- September 7 - Kirstin Flagstad, Norwegian soprano, (b. 1895)
- September 7 - Isak Dinesen, Danish writer (b. 1885)

## [edit] Films released

- Advise & Consent
- Hatari!
- How the West Was Won
- To Kill a Mockingbird
- Lawrence of Arabia
- The Longest Day
- The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
- The Music Man

## [edit] Hit songs

- "Peppermint Twist" - Joey Dee & the Starlighters
- "The Twist" - Chubby Checker
- "Soldier Boy" - The Shirelles
- "V-A-C-A-T-I-O-N" - Connie Francis
- "Hey Baby" - Bruce Channel
- "The Loco-Motion" - Little Eva
- "Sherry" - Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons
- "Only Love Can Break a Heart" - Gene Pitney
- "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance" - Gene Pitney
- "Break It To Me Gently" - Brenda Lee
- "All Alone Am I" - Brenda Lee
- "He's A Rebel" - The Crystals
- "Breaking Up Is Hard To Do" - Neil Sedaka
- "Any Day Now" - Chuck Jackson
- "Leah" - Roy Orbison
- "Dream Baby" - Roy Orbison
- "Fortune Teller" - Bobby Curtola
- "Duke Of Earl" - Gene Chandler
- "Telstar" - The Tornadoes
- "Johnny Angel" - Shelley Fabares
- "Go Away Little Girl" - Steve Lawrence
- "Don't Make Me Over" - Dionne Warwick
- "Big Girls Don't Cry" - Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons
- "Love Me Do" - The Beatles
- "Adios Amigo" - Jim Reeves
- "I'm Gonna Change Everything" - Jim Reeves
- "Wolverton Mountain" - Claude King
- "The Burning Of Atlanta" - Claude King
- "I Can't Stop Loving You" - Ray Charles
- "Let's Twist Again" - Chubby Checker

## [edit] New books

- Wise Blood by Flannery O'Connor
- Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein
- One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey

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