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1962Sep, 14

Tom Kurvers

Tom Kurvers, American ice hockey player and sportscaster
Thomas James Kurvers (September 14, 1962 – June 21, 2021) was an American professional ice hockey defenseman in the National Hockey League (NHL). He spent eleven seasons in the NHL between 1984 and 1995. He won the 1984 Hobey Baker award as the best collegiate ice hockey player, and won the Stanley Cup with the Montreal Canadiens in 1986. After his playing career, he was an executive for the Phoenix Coyotes, the Tampa Bay Lightning and then the Minnesota Wild.

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Events on 1962

  • 5Feb

    Charles de Gaulle

    French President Charles de Gaulle calls for Algeria to be granted independence.
  • 5Aug

    Nelson Mandela

    Apartheid in South Africa: Nelson Mandela is jailed. He would not be released until 1990.
  • 15Sep

    Cuban Missile Crisis

    The Soviet ship Poltava heads toward Cuba, one of the events that sets into motion the Cuban Missile Crisis.
  • 18Sep

    Jamaica

    Burundi, Jamaica, Rwanda and Trinidad and Tobago are admitted to the United Nations.
  • 6Nov

    Apartheid

    The United Nations General Assembly passes a resolution condemning South Africa's apartheid policies and calls for all UN member states to cease military and economic relations with the nation.