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January 12, 1962

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Headlines from January 12, 1962

ELECTRIC STRIKE HAS MILD IMPACT; Other Crafts Keep Working as Power Is Maintained ELECTRIC STRIKE HAS MILD IMPACT Institutions Get Power Union's Position Industry Rebuttal

By Stanley Levey

strike begins; 9,000 out; initial impact slight; no pickets posted; power supplied to key pub and private insts and at construction sites; other crafts keep working; special team to provide emergency service; indus spokesmen warn strike effects will be cumulative; talks show no progress

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Notable Births

Joe Quesada

1962Joe Quesada, American author and illustrator[†]

Joseph Quesada is an American comic book artist, writer, editor, and television producer. He became known in the 1990s for his work on various Valiant Comics books, such as Ninjak and Solar, Man of the Atom. He later worked on numerous books for DC Comics and Marvel Comics, such as Batman: Sword of Azrael and X-Factor, before forming his own company, Event Comics, where he published his creator-owned character, Ash.

Richie Richardson

1962Richie Richardson, Antiguan cricketer[†]

Sir Richard Benjamin Richardson, KCN GCM is a former West Indies international cricketer and a former captain of the West Indian cricket team. He was a flamboyant batsman and superb player of fast bowling. He was named, in 1992, one of Wisden's Cricketers of the Year. Richardson was famous for his wide-brimmed maroon hat which he wore against even the fastest bowlers, though in his later career, he started wearing a helmet instead.

Luna Vachon

1962Luna Vachon, American-Canadian wrestler and manager (died 2010)[†]

Gertrude Elizabeth Vachon was an American-Canadian professional wrestler, better known as Luna Vachon. Over the course of her 22-year career, she wrestled for promotions such as the World Wrestling Federation, Extreme Championship Wrestling, the American Wrestling Association, and World Championship Wrestling. She was posthumously inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame, Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame, and Women's Wrestling Hall of Fame.

Notable Deaths

Ariadna Tyrkova-Williams

1962Ariadna Tyrkova-Williams, Russian journalist and activist (born 1869)[†]

Ariadna Vladimirovna Tyrkova-Williams was a liberal politician, journalist, writer and feminist in Russia during the revolutionary period until 1920. Afterwards, she lived as a writer in Britain (1920–1951) and the United States (1951–1962).

Historical Events

Vietnam War

1962Vietnam War: Operation Chopper, the first American combat mission and first American helicopter assault in the war, takes place.[†]

The Vietnam War was an armed conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia fought between North Vietnam and South Vietnam and their allies. North Vietnam was supported by the Soviet Union and China, while South Vietnam was supported by the United States and other anti-communist nations. The conflict was the second of the Indochina wars and a proxy war of the Cold War between the Soviet Union and US. The Vietnam War was one of the postcolonial wars of national liberation, a theater in the Cold War, and a civil war, with civil warfare a defining feature from the outset. Direct US military involvement escalated from 1965 until its withdrawal in 1973. The fighting spilled into the Laotian and Cambodian Civil Wars, which ended with all three countries becoming communist in 1975.

Historical Context for January 12, 1962

In 1962, the world population was approximately 3,123,374,315 people[†]