Historical Events in February 1962

Feb 3 US President John F. Kennedy bans all trade with Cuba except for food & drugs

Feb 4 "Gay Life" closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 113 performances
Feb 4 Russian newspaper Izvestia reports baseball is an old Russian game
Feb 4 US female Figure Skating championship won by Barbara Roles
Feb 4 US male Figure Skating championship won by Monty Hoyt
Feb 5 French President de Gaulle calls for Algeria's independence
Feb 5 Suit to bar Englewood NJ from "racial segregated" schools, filed
Feb 5 Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn all within 16 degrees
Feb 6 Schoolman Athletic Field in the Bronx named
Feb 7 Gas explosion in Luisanthal coal mine Voelklingen Germany kills 298
Feb 7 US President JFK begins blockade of Cuba by banning all Cuban imports and exports.
Feb 7 Sam Snead wins LPGA Royal Poinciano Plaza Golf Invitational
Feb 8 KACB TV channel 3 in San Angelo, TX (NBC) begins broadcasting
Feb 8 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
Feb 8 In Paris, 8 people killed at a protest against independence for the French colony Algeria
Feb 9 Jamaica signs agreement to become independent
Feb 9 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
Feb 10 Jim Beatty sets American indoor mile record (3:58.9) in LA
Feb 10 USSR swaps spy Francis Gary Power to US for Rudolph Abel
Feb 11 Beatles record "Please, Please Me"

Feb 14 US 1st lady Jacqueline Kennedy conducts White House tour on TV

Feb 15 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
Feb 16 Darius Milhaud's 12th Symphony premieres
Feb 16 "La Jetée", French film directed by Chris Marker, starring Hélène Chatelain, Davos Hanich and Jacques Ledoux, is released
Feb 17 Beach Boys introduced a new musical style with their hit "Surfin"
Feb 17 Storm in Hamburg kills 265

Feb 17 Wilt Chamberlain of NBA Philadelphia Warriors scores 67 points vs St Louis Hawks

Feb 20 John Glenn become 1st American to orbit the Earth, aboard Friendship 7

Feb 21 Minister De Pous confirms natural gas reserves in Groningen, Netherlands
Feb 22 Wilt Chamberlain sets NBA record with 34 free throw attempts
Feb 23 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
Feb 24 "New Faces of '62" closes at Alvin Theater NYC after 28 performances
Feb 24 "Sail Away" closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 167 performances
Feb 24 General mobilization in Indonesia over New-Guinea
Feb 24 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
Feb 25 India Congress Party wins elections
Feb 25 Mike O'Hara completes record 97th marathon

Feb 25 Wilt Chamberlain of NBA Philadelphia Warriors scores 67 points vs NY Knicks for the second year in a row
Feb 26 Arthur Kopit's "Oh, Dad, Poor Dad . . ." premieres in NYC
Feb 26 US Supreme court disallows race separation on public transportation

Feb 27 South Vietnam President Ngô Đình Diệm's palace bombed by dissident air pilots in a failed assassination attempt