Historical Events
Venice Film Festival
23rd Venice Film Festival: "Family Diary" directed by Valerio Zurlini and "Ivan's Childhood" directed by Andrei Tarkovsky jointly awarded Golden Lion
- USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
- USSR performs nuclear test at the Semipalatinsk Test Site in northeast Kazakhstan
Famous Birthdays
- David Packer, American actor (Almost Heroes), born in Passaic, New Jersey
- Mazzi Rawd, [Clifford Lewis], American heavy metal guitarist (Femme Fatale), and physicist, born in the USA
- Shahid Mahboob, Pakistani cricketer (batted in one Test for Pakistan 1989), born in Karachi, Pakistan
- Vivian Campbell, Irish heavy metal singer (Def Leppard), born in Belfast, Ireland
- Yuri Korolyov, Russian artistic gymnast (World All-Around Champion 1981, 85; World Cup All-Around Co-Champion 1986), born in Vladimir, Russia (d. 2023)
Famous Weddings
Colin Powell
Future US Army General and Secretary of State Colin Powell (25) weds American audiologist Alma Johnson (24) at the First Congregational Church in Birmingham, Alabama, until his death in 2021
Died in 1962 1962 Highlights
About August 25, 1962
Day of the Week: Saturday
How Long Ago? 61 years, 7 months and 26 days
Leap Year: No
Generation: Baby Boomer
Chinese Zodiac: Tiger
Star Sign: Virgo
Music Charts
#1 Song: The Loco-Motion - Little Eva
#1 Song: I Remember You - Frank Ifield
