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October 9, 1962

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Notable Births

Jorge Burruchaga

1962Jorge Burruchaga, Argentinian footballer and manager[†]

Jorge Luis Burruchaga, nicknamed Burru, is an Argentine association football coach and former professional football player. He played both as an attacking midfielder and forward and scored the winning goal in the final of the 1986 FIFA World Cup.

Paul Radisich

1962Paul Radisich, New Zealand race car driver[†]

Paul Francis Wade Radisich is a retired New Zealand racing driver and businessman of Croat origin. He has competed in saloon cars for many years — both European-style tourers and the V8 Supercars of Australia and New Zealand.

Hugh Robertson (politician)

1962Hugh Robertson, English soldier and politician, Minister for Sport and the Olympics[†]

Sir Hugh Michael Robertson is a British businessman and former politician who is the current Chair of the British Olympic Association and of Birmingham Airport. He was Chair of Camelot Group, operator of the National Lottery, between 2018 and 2023.

Ōnokuni Yasushi

1962Ōnokuni Yasushi, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 62nd Yokozuna[†]

Ōnokuni Yasushi is a Japanese former professional sumo wrestler from Hokkaidō. Making his professional debut in 1978, he reached the top division in 1983. In 1987 he won his first yūshō or tournament championship with a perfect record and became the sport's 62nd yokozuna. However, he was only able to win one more championship before his retirement in 1991. He has remained in sumo as a coach and in 1999 became the head of Shibatayama stable. He was elected to the Japan Sumo Association's board of directors in 2018.

Notable Deaths

Milan Vidmar

1962Milan Vidmar, Slovenian chess player and engineer (born 1885)[†]

Milan Vidmar was a Slovenian electrical engineer, chess player, chess theorist, and writer. He was among the top dozen chess players in the world from 1910 to 1930 and in 1950, was among the inaugural recipients of the title International Grandmaster from FIDE. Vidmar was a specialist in power transformers and transmission of electric current.

Historical Events

Uganda

1962Uganda becomes an independent Commonwealth realm.[†]

Uganda, officially the Republic of Uganda, is a landlocked country in East Africa. It is bordered to the east by Kenya, to the north by South Sudan, to the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to the south-west by Rwanda, and to the south by Tanzania. The southern part includes a substantial portion of Lake Victoria, shared with Kenya and Tanzania. Uganda is in the African Great Lakes region, lies within the Nile basin, and has a varied equatorial climate. As of 2024, it has a population of 49.3 million, of whom 8.5 million live in the capital and largest city, Kampala.

Historical Context for October 9, 1962

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