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September 12, 1962

On September 12, 1962, uS President John F. Kennedy delivers his "We choose to go to the Moon" speech at Rice University. The year's #1 song was "Stranger on the Shore" by Acker Bilk. Jeff Dunham, Sanjaasürengiin Zorig, Jeff Minter would arrive in the same year.

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1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1962nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 962nd year of the 2nd millennium, the 62nd year of the 20th century, and the 3rd year of the 1960s decade.

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On September 12, 1962

  1. 1962 US President John F. Kennedy delivers his "We choose to go to the Moon" speech at Rice University.

    President of the United States from 1961 to 1963

    John Fitzgerald Kennedy, also known as JFK, was the 35th president of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in 1963. He was the youngest person elected president, at 43 years. Kennedy served at the height of the Cold War, and the majority of his foreign policy concerned relations with the Soviet Union and Cuba.

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Jeff Dunham 1962– American ventriloquist and comedian
Sanjaasürengiin Zorig 1962– Mongolian Politician, (died 1998)
Jeff Minter 1962– British video game designer and programmer
Danièle Sauvageau 1962– Canadian ice hockey player and coach
Michelle Yeoh 1962– Malaysian-Hong Kong actress and producer
Rex Ryan 1962– American football coach and analyst

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