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- Dec 2 CFL Grey Cup, CNE Stadium, Toronto: A 6th title for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers; beat Hamilton Tiger-Cats, 21-14
- Dec 3 Dutchman Anton Geesink becomes 1st non-Japanese judo world champion
- Dec 3 George Blanda of Houston Oilers kicks 55-yard field goal
- Dec 3 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
Boxing Title Fight
Dec 4 Floyd Patterson KOs Tom McNeeley in 4 for heavyweight boxing title
Historic Event
Dec 4 The female contraceptive 'pill' becomes available on the National Health Service in Britain
- Dec 4 1962 NFL Draft: Ernie Davis from University of Syracuse first pick by Washington Redskins
- Dec 6 27th Heisman Trophy Award: Ernie Davis, Syracuse (HB) (1st African American to win)
- Dec 8 Antwerp Belgium diocese forms
- Dec 8 Larry Costello scores 32 consecutive pts without a miss (NBA rec)
- Dec 8 South Africa v NZ, Durban debuts for Eddie Barlow & Peter Pollock
NBA Record
Dec 8 Philadelphia Warriors center Wilt Chamberlain scores 78 points in 151-147 3OT defeat to LA Lakers at Philadelphia Civic Center; 2nd highest game total in the NBA history
Sports History
Dec 10 Houston Oilers utility back Billy Cannon gains AFL record 373 yards combined rushing/receiving in 48-21 win over NY Titans at the Polo Grounds, NYC
Nobel Prize
Dec 10 Robert Hofstadter and Rudolf Ludwig Mössbauer win the Nobel Prize in Physics for their pioneering studies of electron scattering in atomic nuclei and discoveries concerning the structure of the nucleon
- Dec 11 "Please, Mr. Postman" by Marvelettes released
#1 in the Charts
Dec 11 Elvis Presley's "Blue Hawaii" album goes #1 & stays #1 for 20 wks
'The Banality of Evil'
Dec 12 Nazi German army officer Adolf Eichmann is found guilty of war crimes in Israel
- Dec 12 Amateur radio satellite Oscar 1 launched with military Discoverer 36
Football Awards
Dec 12 Ballon d'Or: Juventus' Argentine forward Omar Sívori wins award for best football player in Europe ahead of Spanish midfielder Luis Suárez and English forward Johnny Haynes
Agreement of Interest
Dec 13 The Beatles sign a formal agreement to be managed by Brian Epstein
Historic Event
Dec 13 Gideon Hausner in Jerusalem demands death penalty for Adolf Eichmann
Film Premiere
Dec 13 "The Young Ones" directed by Sidney J. Furie, starring Cliff Richard, Robert Morley and Carole Gray premieres in London
- Dec 14 Jimmy Dean's "Big Bad John" is 1st country song to get a gold record
- Dec 15 Adolf Eichmann is sentenced to death for war crimes in Israel
- Dec 15 Equal access rule, political parties get TV broadcasting time
- Dec 15 JFK visits Puerto Rico
- Dec 15 L. J. Suenens appointed archbishop of Mechelen-Brussels
- Dec 16 "Evening with Yves Montand" closes at John Golden Theatre, NYC after 55 performances
- Dec 17 India seizes Goa & 2 other Portuguese colonies
- Dec 17 Niteroi Circus in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil catches fire; 323 die after disgruntled employee sets fire to the tent
- Dec 18 For 2nd consecutive year, AP names Wilma Rudolph female athlete of year
- Dec 18 India annexes Portuguese colonies of Goa, Damao & Diu
- Dec 18 KAIL TV channel 53 in Fresno, CA (IND) begins broadcasting
- Dec 21 Beatles record "Sweet Georgia Brown" & "Ready Teddy"
Meeting of Interest
Dec 21 US President John F. Kennedy and British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan meet in Bermuda
Historic Event
Dec 23 Fidel Castro announces Cuba will release 1,113 prisoners from failed 1961 Bay of Pigs Invasion for $62M worth of food & medical supplies
- Dec 24 AFL Championship, Balboa Stadium, San Diego: Houston Oilers beat San Diego Chargers 10-3; Billy Cannon scores game's only TD
- Dec 27 Belgium & Congo resume diplomatic relations
- Dec 27 Jule Styne, Betty Comden and Adolph Green's musical "Subways Are For Sleeping" premieres at St James Theater, NYC; runs for 205 performances
Historic Event
Dec 28 Tennessee Williams' "Night of the Iguana" premieres in NYC
- Dec 28 50th Davis Cup: Australia beats Italy in Melbourne (5-0)
Music Premiere
Dec 30 Premiere of Dmitri Shostakovich's 4th Symphony in Moscow (completed 1936)
NFL Championship
Dec 31 National Football League Championship, City Stadium, Green Bay: Green Bay Packers shutout NY Giants 37-0; first of 5 NFL titles won in 7-season span by Packers and head coach, Vince Lombardi