July 6, 1962

1962Todd Bennett, English runner and coach (died 2013)^[†]

Todd Anthony Bennett was a British athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres. He competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics and the 1988 Summer Olympics.

1962Peter Hedges, American author, screenwriter, and director^[†]

Peter Simpson Hedges is an American novelist, playwright, screenwriter, film director and film producer.

1962Paul Boffa, Maltese soldier and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Malta (born 1890)^[†]

Sir Paul Boffa, OBE, was a Maltese politician and medical doctor who served as prime minister in the Colony of Malta after self-rule was reinstated by the British colonial authorities, following the end of the Second World War. He was created a Knight Bachelor by Queen Elizabeth II in 1956.

1962William Faulkner, American novelist and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1897)^[†]

William Cuthbert Faulkner was an American writer. He is best known for his novels and short stories set in the fictional Yoknapatawpha County, Mississippi, a stand-in for Lafayette County where he spent most of his life. A Nobel laureate, Faulkner is one of the most celebrated writers of American literature, often considered the greatest writer of Southern literature and regarded as one of the most influential and important writers of the 20th century.

1962As a part of Operation Plowshare, the Sedan nuclear test takes place.^[†]

Project Plowshare was the overall United States program for the development of techniques to use nuclear explosives for peaceful construction purposes. The program was organized in June 1957 as part of the worldwide Atoms for Peace efforts. As part of the program, 35 nuclear warheads were detonated in 27 separate tests. A similar program was carried out in the Soviet Union under the name Nuclear Explosions for the National Economy, although the Soviet program consisted of 124 tests.

1962The Late Late Show, the world's longest-running chat show by the same broadcaster, airs on RTÉ One for the first time.^[†]

The Late Late Show, with its title often shortened to The Late Late, is an Irish chat show. It is the world's second longest-running late-night talk show, after the American The Tonight Show, and is the longest-running live talk show. Perceived as the official flagship television programme of RTÉ, it is regarded as an Irish television institution, and is broadcast live across normally two hours in front of a studio audience on Friday nights at 9:30 pm between September and May. Certain segments are sometimes pre-recorded and aired within the live parts of the show.