September 1962

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The following events occurred in September, 1962

September 1, 1962 (Saturday)

• A referendum in Singapore supports the Malayan Federation.
• Typhoon Wanda strikes Hong Kong, killing at least 130 and wounding more than 600.
• Died: Hans-Jürgen von Arnim, 73, former German military leader

September 2, 1962 (Sunday)

• The Soviet Union agrees to send arms to Cuba.
• The 1962 UCI Road World Championships take place in Salò, Italy.
• Nerskogen Chapel in Rennebu, Norway, is consecrated by Bishop Tord Godal.
• The fourth Taça Brasil football competition begins in Brazil.
• Filming of Sergei Bondarchuk's War and Peace begins; it will continue for another 6 years.
• Born: Prachya Pinkaew, Thai film director, producer and screenwriter, in Nakhon Ratchasima Province

September 3, 1962 (Monday)

• Jens Otto Krag succeeds Viggo Kampmann as Prime Minister of Denmark.
• Round 1 of the 1962–63 Football League Cup begins in the UK.
• Died: E. E. Cummings, 67, American poet and author

September 4, 1962 (Tuesday)

• The closing ceremony of the 1962 Asian Games is held in Jakarta, Indonesia.
• Born: Patrice Lagisquet, French rugby player and coach, in Arcachon; Ulla Tørnæs, Danish politician

September 5, 1962 (Wednesday)

• Gilbert Chandler becomes leader of the Victorian Legislative Council in Australia.
• Died: Sekarmadji Maridjan Kartosuwirjo, 57, Indonesian Islamic mystic and rebel leader, executed by firing squad

September 6, 1962 (Thursday)

• The first of the Blackfriars Ships is discovered by archaeologist Peter Marsden in London.

September 7, 1962 (Friday)

• The Buckfastleigh, Totnes and South Devon Railway, in England, is closed by the Western Region of British Railways.
• Died: Karen Blixen, 77, Danish writer

September 8, 1962 (Saturday)

• Cuban Missile Crisis: The first consignment of Soviet R-12 missiles arrives in Cuba.
• Newly independent Algeria, by referendum, adopts a constitution.

September 9, 1962 (Sunday)

• Born: Liza Marklund, Swedish journalist and crime writer, in Pålmark; Jack Trudeau, American football player and radio presenter, in Forest Lake, Minnesota
• Died: Paavo Aaltonen, 42, Finnish gymnast and a three-time Olympic champion

September 10, 1962 (Monday)

• Waddington railway station, Honington railway station, and several others in Lincolnshire, are closed as a result of the Beeching Axe.
• Born: Co Stompé, Dutch darts player, in Amsterdam

September 11, 1962 (Tuesday)

• Cuban Missile Crisis: The Soviet Union publicly warns that a US attack on Cuba or on Soviet ships carrying supplies to the island will mean war.

September 12, 1962 (Wednesday)

• President John F. Kennedy, at a speech at Rice University, reaffirms that the U.S. will put a man on the moon by the end of the decade.
• The 1962 European Athletics Championships open at the Partizan Stadium in Belgrade.

September 13, 1962 (Thursday)

• Grenadian general election, 1962: Herbert Blaize's Grenada National Party wins six of the ten seats and Blaize is appointed Chief Minister for the second time.

September 14, 1962 (Friday)

• Wales West and North Television (Teledu Cymru) goes on air to the North and West Wales region, extending ITV to the whole of the UK.

September 15, 1962 (Saturday)

• Laurent Eketebi becomes de facto President of Moyen-Congo.
• Died: William Coblentz, 88, US physicist

September 16, 1962 (Sunday)

• The Italian Grand Prix is held at Monza and won by Graham Hill.
• Born: Josephus Thimister, Belgian designer, in Maastricht

September 17, 1962 (Monday)

• Khalid al-Azm becomes Prime Minister of Syria for the sixth time.
• BBC Wales Today is broadcast for the first time; it continues to be shown, making it one of the world's longest-running daily television news programmes.

September 18, 1962 (Tuesday)

• U.S. Marine Corps helicopters fly a combat mission from Da Nang, South Vietnam, for the first time, airlifting South Vietnamese troops into the hills south of Da Nang.

September 19, 1962 (Wednesday)

• Muhammad al-Badr is proclaimed Imam of Yemen, following the death of his father Ahmad bin Yahya, aged 71.

September 20, 1962 (Thursday)

• Died: Robert Colquhoun, 47, Scottish painter, printmaker and theatre set designer; Conrad Emil Lambert Helfrich, 75, Dutch naval commander of World War II

September 21, 1962 (Friday)

• A border conflict between China and India erupts into fighting.
• The British music magazine New Musical Express publishes a story about two 13-year-old schoolgirls, Sue and Mary, releasing a disc on Decca and adds "A Liverpool group, The Beatles, have recorded 'Love Me Do' for Parlophone Records, set for October 5 release."

September 22, 1962 (Saturday)

• Born: Sirous Ghayeghran, Iranian footballer, in Bandar Anzali (died 1998)

September 23, 1962 (Sunday)

• The Philharmonic Hall, later Avery Fisher Hall, opens in New York City. The opening concert features Leonard Bernstein, the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, and a host of operatic stars such as Eileen Farrell and Robert Merrill, and is televised live on CBS.

September 24, 1962 (Monday)

• The closing ceremony of the 1962 Asian Games is held in Jakarta, Indonesia.
• Samuel Barber's Piano Concerto receives its première at the Philharmonic Hall, performed by John Browning.
• Born: Ally McCoist, Scottish footballer, manager and television personality, in Bellshill; Sergey Schepkin, Russian pianist, in St Petersburg

September 25, 1962 (Tuesday)

• Sonny Liston and Floyd Patterson contest the boxing world title in Chicago. Liston makes history by being the first man ever to knock out a reigning heavyweight champion in the first round.
• In Yemen, Abdullah as-Sallal launches a coup d'état aimed at the overthrow of the new Imam, Muhammad al-Badr. Sallal's troops begin shelling the royal palace.
• Ferhat Abbas becomes president of the constitutional assembly of Algeria.

September 26, 1962 (Wednesday)

• North Yemen Civil War: By midday, all areas of San'a are in the hands of the new Yemen government led by Abdullah as-Sallal.
• Born: Dragan Mance, Serbian footballer, in Belgrade (died 1985)

September 27, 1962 (Thursday)

• A flash flood in Barcelona, Spain, kills more than 440 people.
• Rachel Carson's book Silent Spring is released, giving rise to the modern environmentalist movement.
• The 25th Canadian Parliament opens its first and only session.

September 28, 1962 (Friday)

• Prime Minister Ahmed Ben Bella founds the first government of independent Algeria.
• Yemeni radio announces the death of former ruler, Muhammad al-Badr; he has in fact escaped the country and is in Saudi Arabia.

September 29, 1962 (Saturday)

• The Canadian Alouette 1, the first satellite built outside the United States and the Soviet Union, is launched from Vandenberg AFB in California.
• Reconnaissance aircraft indicate the formation of a tropical depression to the east of the Lesser Antilles. It later develops into Hurricane Daisy.

September 30, 1962 (Sunday)

• CBS broadcasts the final episodes of Suspense and Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, marking the end of the Golden Age of Radio.
• Died: Muhammad VIII al-Amin, 81, last Bey of Tunisia