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14 November 1962 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 14 November 1962 was a Wednesday.
- Irish Chart Song in 1962
- The Irish chart song for 1962 was “Stranger on the Shore” by Mr. Acker Bilk.
- Top Film of 1962
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1962 was Lawrence of Arabia.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 14 November is Scorpio.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 14 November 1962 fell in the Year of the Tiger.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for November is Topaz.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 14 November 1962 was Waning Gibbous.
On this day: 14 November
- 1957 The "Apalachin meeting" in rural Tioga County in upstate New York is raided by law enforcement; many high-level Mafia figures are arrested while trying to flee.
- 1960 Ruby Bridges becomes the first black child to attend an all-white elementary school in Louisiana.
- 1965 Vietnam War: The Battle of Ia Drang begins. This is the first major engagement between regular American and North Vietnamese forces.
- 1967 American physicist Theodore Maiman is given a patent for his ruby laser systems, the world's first laser.
- 1969 Apollo program: NASA launches Apollo 12, the second crewed mission to the surface of the Moon.
Famous people born on 14 November
- Charles III, King of the United Kingdom and 14 other Commonwealth realms (born 1948)
- Travis Barker, American drummer, songwriter, and producer (born 1975)
- Josh Duhamel, American model and actor (born 1972)
- Jawaharlal Nehru, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of India (1889–1964)
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Events of 1962 in Ireland
A selection from Wikipedia's '1962 in Ireland'. Not a complete list.
- 26 February – The Irish Republican Army officially called off its Border Campaign in Northern Ireland.
- 13 March – Irish artists left Dublin Airport for the Congo to entertain United Nations troops there.
- 17 March – President Éamon de Valera and his wife Sinéad had a private audience with Pope John XXIII in Rome.
Life in Ireland in 1962
Taoiseach
Seán Lemass
Petrol (per litre)
2s 8d/gal
Loaf of Bread
8½d
Average House
£2,600
Weekly Wage
£6
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Famous Faces Born in the 1960s
Well-known people born in the same decade as you, not on your birthday.
Sinéad O'Connor8 December 1966Singer-songwriterView their day →Bono10 May 1960SingerView their day →Enya17 May 1961SingerView their day →Aidan Gillen24 April 1968ActorView their day →Graham Linehan22 May 1968Comedy writerView their day →Graham Norton4 April 1963Comedian & actorView their day →The Edge8 August 1961Rock musician & guitar player of U2View their day →Ali Hewson23 March 1961Activist & businesswomanView their day →Sources: Wikidata and Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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