Historical Events in December 1962

Dec 8 114-day newspaper strike begins in NYC
Dec 8 Attempted coup in British-controlled Brunei

Historic Event

Dec 8 Funeral for Queen Wilhelmina of Holland (New Kerk, Delft)

Queen of the Netherlands Wilhelmina of the Netherlands

Dec 9 "I Can Get It For You Wholesale" closes on Broadway
Dec 9 Tanganyika becomes a republic within British Commonwealth
Dec 10 Hunters Point (San Francisco) jitney ends service after 50 years
Dec 10 David Lean's film "Lawrence of Arabia", based on life of T. E. Lawrence and starring Peter O'Toole, premieres at Odeon Leicester Square (Academy Awards Best Picture 1963)
Dec 12 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
Dec 13 Relay 1 communication satellite launched
Dec 14 Mariner 2 makes 1st US fly-by of another planet (Venus)
Dec 14 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site

#1 in the Charts

Dec 15 Vaughn Meader's "1st Family" album goes #1 & stays #1 for 12 weeks

Dec 16 NY Giant Y. A. Tittle sets NFL season touchdown pass record at 33 with 6 touchdowns vs Dallas (41-31)
Dec 16 Nepal establishes its constitution and becomes a Constitutional Hindu Monarchy

Film Release

Dec 16 "Lawrence of Arabia" film directed by David Lean and starring Peter O'Toole, is released in the United States

Dec 17 Beatles 1st British TV appearance on "People & Places"
Dec 17 Current constitution of Monaco promulgated

Music Premiere

Dec 18 Dmitri Shostakovich's 13th Symphony premieres in Moscow

Dec 18 USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
Dec 18 WAIQ TV channel 26 in Montgomery, AL (PBS) begins broadcasting
Dec 18 Ballon d'Or: Dukler Prague midfielder Josef Masopust wins award for best European football player; beats Benfica striker Eusébio and FC Köln defender Karl-Heinz Schnellinger
Dec 19 Nyasaland secedes from Rhodesia & Nyasaland
Dec 19 Street signs in Golden Gate Park approved by Park Commission
Dec 19 Transit 5A1, 1st operational navigational satellite, launched

Music History

Dec 20 Osmond brothers debut on Andy Williams Show

Dec 21 Angolin leaves Comecon
Dec 21 US & Cuba accord, releases bay of pigs captive
Dec 22 1,000,000th NBA point scored
Dec 22 Harris County voters approve all-weather stadium for Houston Colt .45s
Dec 22 Kinderman Place in the Bronx named
Dec 22 USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
Dec 23 Cuba starts returning US prisoners from Bay of Pigs invasion
Dec 23 AFL Championship, Jeppesen Stadium, Houston: Dallas Texans beat Houston Oilers, 20-17; Tommy Brooker lands winning 25-yard field goal in overtime
Dec 24 USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
Dec 25 USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR

Film Release

Dec 25 "To Kill a Mockingbird", a film adaptation of the novel by Harper Lee, directed by Robert Mulligan and starring Gregory Peck, is released (Gregory Peck - Best Actor Academy Awards 1963)

Dec 26 Dmitri Shostakovich's opera "Katerina Ismailova" premieres in Moscow
Dec 27 28th Heisman Trophy Award: Terry Baker, Oregon State (QB)
Dec 28 UN troops occupies Elizabethstad Katanga
Dec 28 51st Davis Cup: Australia beats Mexico in Brisbane (5-0)
Dec 29 Australian cricket batting champion Doug Walters makes 1st-class debut for NSW v Queensland in Sydney at just 17 years, 8 days; scores 50 in NSW 2nd innings

Sports History

Dec 29 British driver Graham Hill wins the South African Grand Prix at Prince George Circuit in a BRM; takes out his first F1 World Drivers Championship by 12 points from Scotsman Jim Clark