What Happened In April 1962 In History

Historical Events for April, 1962

• 2nd » The first official panda crossing is opened outside London Waterloo station.
• 16th » Walter Cronkite takes over as the lead news anchor of the 'CBS Evening News', during which time he would become "the most trusted man in America".

Famous Birthdays on April in 1962

• 1st » Mark Shulman (author) named Mark Shulman, American author
• 1st » Chris Grayling, English politician, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain
• 1st » Samboy Lim, Filipino basketball player
• 1st » Phillip Schofield, English television host
• 2nd » Pierre Carles, French director and producer
• 2nd » Billy Dean, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 2nd » Clark Gregg, American actor, director, and screenwriter
• 3rd » Dave Miley, American baseball player and manager
• 3rd » Mike Ness, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Social Distortion)
• 3rd » Jaya Prada, Indian actress and politician
• 3rd » Jennifer Rubin (actress) e.g Jennifer Rubin, American actress
• 4th » Craig Adams (musician) Craig Adams, English bass player and songwriter (The Sisters of Mercy, The Mission (band) The Mission, The Alarm, Spear of Destiny (band) Spear of Destiny, and Theatre of Hate)
• 4th » Kailasho Devi, Indian social worker and politician
• 4th » Ava Fabian, American model and actress
• 4th » Marco Giovannetti, Italian cyclist
• 4th » Anita Renfroe, American comedian
• 5th » Charlie Adam (footballer born 1962) known as Charlie Adam, Scottish footballer (d. 2012)
• 5th » Prince Carl Christian of Hohenzollern
• 5th » Lana Clarkson, American actress (d. 2003)
• 5th » Gord Donnelly, Canadian ice hockey player
• 5th » Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, Kalmyk businessman and politician, 1st Head of Kalmykia named President of Kalmykia
• 6th » Iris Häussler, German sculptor
• 6th » Marco Schällibaum, Swiss footballer, coach, and manager
• 7th » Jon Cruddas, English politician
• 7th » Andrew Hampsten, American cyclist
• 8th » Evan Davis, English journalist and economist
• 8th » Paddy Lowe, English engineer
• 9th » John Eaves, American production designer and illustrator
• 9th » Ihor Podolchak, Ukrainian director, producer, and screenwriter
• 9th » Imran Sherwani, English field hockey player
• 9th » Jeff Turner, American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster
• 10th » Steve Tasker, American football player and sportscaster
• 10th » Viktor Zuikov, Estonian fencer
• 11th » Mark Lawson, English journalist and author
• 12th » Art Alexakis, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (Everclear (band) called Everclear, Colorfinger, and The Easy Hoes)
• 12th » Carlos Sainz, Spanish race car driver
• 12th » Nobuhiko Takada, Japanese mixed martial artist and wrestler
• 13th » Hillel Slovak, Israeli-American guitarist (Red Hot Chili Peppers and What Is This?) (d. 1988)
• 14th » Scott Boman, American politician
• 14th » Guillaume LeBlanc, Canadian race walker
• 15th » Surjit Bindrakhia, Indian singer (d. 2003)
• 15th » Nawal El Moutawakel, Moroccan hurdler
• 15th » Tom Kane, American voice actor
• 16th » Anna Dello Russo, Italian journalist
• 16th » Ian MacKaye, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Fugazi (band) named Fugazi, Minor Threat, The Teen Idles, The Evens, and Embrace (American band) e.g Embrace)
• 17th » Marianna Efstratiou, Greek singer
• 17th » Paul Nicholls (horse racing) or Paul Nicholls, English jockey and trainer
• 18th » Poonam Dhillon, Indian actress
• 18th » Jeff Dunham, American comedian and ventriloquist
• 18th » Nick Farr-Jones, Australian rugby player
• 19th » Al Unser, Jr., American race car driver
• 20th » Hank the Angry Drunken Dwarf, American comedian (d. 2001)
• 21st » Les Lancaster, American baseball player and coach
• 21st » Craig Robinson (basketball) called Craig Robinson, American basketball player and coach
• 21st » Aavo Sarap, Estonian footballer and coach
• 22nd » Jeff Minter, English video game designer
• 22nd » Danièle Sauvageau, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 23rd » John Hannah (actor) known as John Hannah, Scottish actor and producer
• 23rd » Shaun Spiers, English businessman and politician
• 24th » Clemens Binninger, German politician
• 24th » Stuart Pearce, English footballer, coach, and manager
• 24th » Steve Roach (rugby league) or Steve Roach, Australian rugby player, coach, and sportscaster
• 25th » Foeke Booy, Dutch footballer and manager
• 26th » Colin Anderson, English footballer
• 26th » Michael Damian, American actor, singer and producer
• 26th » Debra Wilson, American actress
• 27th » Ángel Comizzo, Argentinian footballer and manager
• 27th » James LeGros, American actor
• 27th » Choi Min-sik, South Korean actor
• 27th » Seppo Räty, Finnish javelin thrower
• 27th » Im Sang-soo, South Korean director and screenwriter
• 27th » Andrew Selous, English soldier and politician
• 29th » Bruce Driver, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 29th » Rob Druppers, Dutch runner

Famous Deaths for April 1962

• 1st » Jussi Kekkonen, Finnish captain and businessman (b. 1910)
• 3rd » Manolis Kalomiris, Greek composer (b. 1883)
• 4th » James Hanratty, English murderer (b. 1936)
• 8th » Juan Belmonte, Spanish bullfighter (b. 1892)
• 10th » Michael Curtiz, Hungarian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1886)
• 10th » Stuart Sutcliffe, Scottish bass player (The Beatles) (b. 1940)
• 11th » Ukichiro Nakaya, Japanese physicist and academic (b. 1900)
• 11th » George Poage, American hurdler (b. 1880)
• 12th » Ron Flockhart (auto racing) called Ron Flockhart, Scottish race car driver (b. 1923)
• 13th » Culbert Olson, American lawyer and politician, 29th Governor of California (b. 1876)
• 14th » Visvesvaraya, Indian engineer and scholar (b. 1860)
• 15th » Clara Blandick, American actress (b. 1880)
• 15th » Arsenio Lacson, Filipino journalist and politician, Mayor of Manila (b. 1911)
• 17th » Henricus Tromp, Dutch rower (b. 1878)
• 24th » Milt Franklyn, American composer (b. 1897)
• 27th » A. K. Fazlul Huq, Bangladeshi-Pakistani politician, Ministry of Interior (Pakistan) named Interior Minister of Pakistan (b. 1873)

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