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The following events occurred in January 1962: ==January 1, 1962 (Monday)== *Western Samoa (now called Samoa) became independent from New Zealand.〔(NZhistory.net )〕 The two ''fautua'' (advisers), Malietoa Tanumafili II and Tupua Tamasese Mea'ole were named as the two heads of state.〔Robert D. Craig, ''Historical Dictionary of Polynesia'' (Scarecrow Press, 2002) pp72-73〕 *The People's Revolutionary Party was founded as a Marxist–Leninist political party in South Vietnam, and its leaders receiving instruction directly from the Lao Dong Party of North Vietnam.〔Honey, P. J.. "North Vietnam's Workers' Party and South Vietnam's People's Revolutionary Party", ''Pacific Affairs'', (Winter, 1962-1963), pp. 375-383〕 *The Beatles auditioned unsuccessfully for Decca Records with John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and, at that time, drummer Pete Best. The first song of 15 performed between 11:00 am and noon was "Like Dreamers Do". The audition tape was officially released in 1982.〔(JPGR.co.uk )〕 Decca opted instead to sign the other group that auditioned that day-- Brian Poole and the Tremeloes. Both groups would have a hit recording of the song ''Twist and Shout'', with the Tremeloes hitting #1 in the U.K. and the Beatles #4 in the U.S.〔James E. Perone, ''Mods, Rockers, and the Music of the British Invasion'' (ABC-CLIO, 2009) p66〕 *The Anglican Church of Australia became autocephalous, separate from the Church of England, and was headed by its own primate, the Archbishop of Brisbane, Sir Reginald Halse.〔("A History of Anglicanism - Part 2: The Anglican Church in Australia" )〕 *The far-right National Fellowship Party was founded in the UK. *The University of New Zealand was broken up into four universities (Otago, Canterbury, Auckland and Victoria University) and two agricultural colleges at Canterbury and Massey.〔Tim Beaglehole, ''A Life of J.C. Beaglehole: New Zealand Scholar'' (Victoria University Press, 2006) pp462-463〕 *1961 college football season: #1 ranked Alabama defeated #9 Arkansas in the Sugar Bowl, 10-3, in New Orleans.〔"Alabama Proves Right To No. 1", ''Miami News'', January 2, 1962, p6C〕 *Died: Diego Martínez Barrio, 78, former President of the Second Spanish Republic (in 1936); and Hans von Salmuth, 73, German World War II general later convicted of war crimes at Nuremberg 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「January 1962」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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