June 1962

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The following events occurred in June, 1962

June 1, 1962 (Friday)

• Air France charter flight Chateau de Sully, a Boeing 707, over-runs the runway at Orly Airport in Paris; 130 of 132 passengers are killed, 2 flight attendants survive. Most victims are cultural and civic leaders of Atlanta, Georgia.
• Died: Josef Ospelt, 81, first Prime Minister of Liechtenstein

June 2, 1962 (Saturday)

• St Andrew's Methodist Church, Swindon, UK, is officially opened in the presence of local dignitaries. The new building, designed by W H Cripps of Oxford and built by W Beard of Swindon at a cost of £30,000, replaces three local chapels.
• Born: Carolyn Hennesy, American actress, in Los Angeles
• Died: Vita Sackville-West, 70, English writer and landscape gardener; Sandra Tewkesbury, 20, Canadian figure skater, in a car accident at Guelph, Ontario

June 3, 1962 (Sunday)

• The 1962 Monaco Grand Prix is won by Bruce McLaren.
• The Albanian parliamentary election is won by the Democratic Front.
• Lincoln rail crash: The 22:15 sleeping car express train from King's Cross (London, UK) to Edinburgh derails on a sharp curve at Lincoln Central railway station. Two passengers and a sleeping car attendant are killed and 7 other people are seriously injured.
• The 1962 Six Hour Le Mans is run at the Caversham Airfield circuit in Western Australia and is won by Derek Jolly and John Roxburgh.
• Born: Sarika, Indian actress, in New Delhi

June 4, 1962 (Monday)

• In the Bolivian legislative election, a new President of the Republic and a new National Congress are elected. The Authentic Nationalist Revolutionary Movement gains one deputy.
• The 1962 Isle of Man TT races are held at the Snaefell Mountain Course.
• Born: Hakainde Hichilema, Zambian politician, in Monze West
• Died: Clem McCarthy, 79, American sportscaster

June 5, 1962 (Tuesday)

• The Honda S360 is unveiled at the 11th National Honda Meeting General Assembly, held at Suzuka Circuit.
• William Philbin is appointed Bishop of Down and Connor in Ireland.
• Born: Princess Astrid of Belgium, Archduchess of Austria-Este, in Laeken; Tõnis Lukas, Estonian politician, in Tallinn
• Died: Jacques Gréber, 79, French architect

June 6, 1962 (Wednesday)

• France's Colonial Medal (Médaille Coloniale) becomes the Médaille d'Outre-Mer.
• US President John F. Kennedy gives the commencement address at the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York.
• Born: Albita Rodríguez, Cuban singer, producer and composer, in Havana
• Died: Abba Ahimeir, 64, Jewish journalist, historian and political activist; Yves Klein, 34, French artist (heart attack)

June 7, 1962 (Thursday)

• Helicopter pilot Ron Boyd discovers the wreckage of the single-engine plane that had disappeared in August 1951, carrying Canadian ice hockey star Bill Barilko; the wreckage is found about 100 kilometres (62 mi) north of Cochrane, Ontario, about 35 miles off course.
• US President John F. Kennedy presents a Congressional gold medal to the mother of Thomas Anthony Dooley III at a White House ceremony.
• Born: Thierry Hazard, French singer, in Compiègne (as Thierry Gesteau)
• Died: Albert Dovecar, 24, Croatian soldier, and Claude Piegts, 28, Algerian pied-noir, both executed by firing squad at the Fort du Trou d'Enfer for their part in the assassination of French National Police Divisional Commissaire Roger Gavoury during the Algerian War; Andrés Ignacio Menéndez, 83, President of El Salvador 1934-1935 and 1944

June 8, 1962 (Friday)

• The Soviet authorities give the go-ahead for the construction of the Ust-Ilimsk Hydroelectric Power Station.
• Bob Hope receives the US Congressional Gold Medal.
• Sir Alfred Dudley Ward becomes Governor of Gibraltar.
• Born: Juan Carlos Osorio, Colombian footballer and football manager, in Santa Rosa de Cabal.

June 9, 1962 (Saturday)

• The 1962 Giro d'Italia cycle race is won by Franco Balmamion.
• The Roman Catholic Diocese of Veracruz is established in Mexico.
• The frigate USS McCloy (FF-1038) is launched at Westwego, Louisiana.

June 10, 1962 (Sunday)

• Soviet athlete Igor Ter-Ovanesyan sets a new world long jump record of 8.31 metres.
• Born: Gina Gershon, American actress, singer and author, in Los Angeles; Maxi Priest, British reggae singer, in Lewisham, London; Wong Ka Kui, Hong Kong composer, songwriter, musician and singer, in Hong Kong (died 1993)
• Died: Trygve Gulbranssen, 68, Norwegian novelist, businessman and journalist

June 11, 1962 (Monday)

• US President John F. Kennedy gives the commencement address at Yale University.
• Frank Morris, John Anglin and Clarence Anglin apparently successful escape from the Alcatraz Island prison. There is evidence that they survived the attempt.
• Innes Ireland wins the 1962 Crystal Palace Trophy motor race.

June 12, 1962 (Tuesday)

• The Canaima National Park is established in Venezuela.
• Sir Dawda Jawara becomes the first prime minister of The Gambia.
• Khan Habibullah Khan becomes Interior Minister of Pakistan.
• Born: Michael Aondoakaa, Nigerian lawyer and politician, in Benue
• Born: Ally Sheedy, [Alexandria], NYC, actress (Wargames, Breakfast Club)
• Died: John Ireland, 82, English composer

June 13, 1962 (Wednesday)

• Baseball star Bo Belinsky, having spent the previous night partying with celebrities including Eddie Fisher, Dean Martin, Keely Smith and Henry Fonda, is accused of assaulting a nightclub attendant.
• Born: Ally Sheedy, American actress, in New York City

June 14, 1962 (Thursday)

• The West Lothian by-election in the UK, brought about by the death of the sitting MP, results in the election of Tam Dalyell.
• Following a successful pilot episode shown in January, the classic British sitcom Steptoe and Son begins its 12-year run on BBC.
• Died: Count Otto von Czernin, 86, Austro-Hungarian diplomat

June 15, 1962 (Friday)

• Students for a Democratic Society complete the Port Huron Statement.
• Official start of the 1962 Atlantic hurricane season; no storms will form for another two months.
• On the death of his father, Viscount Hinchingbrooke succeeds to the earldom of Sandwich, obliging him to give up his seat in the British House of Commons.

June 16, 1962 (Saturday)

• Park Chung-hee replaces Song Yo-chan as Chief Minister of South Korea.
• Born: Femi Kuti, Nigerian musician, in London, England, to musician Fela Kuti; Arnold Vosloo, South African actor, in Pretoria
• Died: Aleksei Antonov, 65, Soviet World War II general

June 17, 1962 (Sunday)

• The OAS signs a truce with the FLN in Algeria, but a day later announces that it will continue the fight on behalf of French Algerians.
• The Brazil national football team beats Czechoslovakia 3–1 to win the 1962 FIFA World Cup.
• In the UK, the South Eastern Railway closes its motive power depot at Bricklayers' Arms in London, after 118 years in operation.
• Jack Nicklaus wins the U.S. Open golf tournament at Oakmont Country Club in Oakmont, Pennsylvania.

June 18, 1962 (Monday)

• The Canadian federal election, 1962, results in the re-election of John Diefenbaker's Progressive Conservative Party of Canada.

June 19, 1962 (Tuesday)

• Eric Gairy is dismissed as Chief Minister of Grenada.
• Born: Ashish Vidyarthi, Indian actor, in Tellicherry, Kerala

June 20, 1962 (Wednesday)

• John Coltrane records the jazz standard Impressions

June 21, 1962 (Thursday)

• The Tacuara Nationalist Movement of Argentina abduct a 19-year-old Jewish girl, Graciela Sirota, tortured her and scarred her with Swastika signs.

June 22, 1962 (Friday)

• An Air France Boeing 707 jet crashes into terrain during bad weather in Guadeloupe, West Indies, killing all 113 on board. It is the airline's second fatal accident in 3 weeks, and the third fatal 707 crash of the year.
• The 12th Berlin International Film Festival opens.

June 23, 1962 (Saturday)

• Born: Shriti Vadera, Baroness Vadera, British investment banker and politician, in Uganda

June 24, 1962 (Sunday)

• The 1962 Tour de France cycle race begins at Nancy.
• Malcolm Arnold's Concerto for Two Violins and String Orchestra is premièred at the Bath International Music Festival, with Yehudi Menuhin and his pupil Alberto Lysy as soloists.
• American TV director Lawrence Dobkin marries actress Joanna Barnes.
• Died Lucile Watson, 83, Canadian actress

June 25, 1962 (Monday)

• İsmet İnönü of CHP forms the new government of Turkey (27th government, coalition partners; YTP and CKMP).
• Engel v. Vitale: The United States Supreme Court rules that mandatory prayers in public schools are unconstitutional.
• MANual Enterprises v. Day: The United States Supreme Court rules that photographs of nude men are not obscene, decriminalizing nude male pornographic magazines.

June 26, 1962 (Tuesday)

• A 2-day steel strike begins in Italy, in support of increased wages and a 5-day working week.

June 27, 1962 (Wednesday)

• Born: Michael Ball, Welsh singer and actor, in Bromsgrove, England; Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, Hong Kong film star, in Hong Kong
• Died: Maria Dermoût, 74, Indo novelist

June 28, 1962 (Thursday)

• The United Lutheran Church in America, Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Church of America, American Evangelical Lutheran Church, and Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church merge to form the Lutheran Church in America.

June 29, 1962 (Friday)

• In the 1962 FIBA European Champions Cup Final basketball match, Dynamo Tbilisi defeat Real Madrid 90-83.
• US President John F. Kennedy and his wife Jackie begin an official visit to Mexico.
• Born: Amanda Donohoe, English actress, in London

June 30, 1962 (Saturday)

• The last soldiers of the French Foreign Legion leave Algeria.
• The Holy Office issues a monitum (warning) regarding the writings of Father Pierre Teilhard de Chardin.