1962 in Romania
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Events from the year 1962 in Romania. The year saw the end of the
de-satellization of Communist Romania as the country last publicly supported the Soviet Union against China and took part is Warsaw Pact
army exercises.
Incumbents
- President of the General Secretary of the Romanian Communist Party: Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej.[1]
- Prime Minister: Ion Gheorghe Maurer.[2]
Events
- 3 March – As part of the de-satellization of Communist Romania, the country declares official and public support support for the Soviet Union against the People's Republic of China for the last time in a letter.[3]
- April 28 – At a session of the Great National Assembly, Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej declares that the collectivization of agriculture is complete.[4]
- 19 September – The last joint exercise between the Romanian Land Forces and the armies of other Warsaw Pact members ends.[5]
Cinema and theatre
- Allo Allo, directed by Ion Popescu-Gopo, debuts in Romania.[6]
- A Bomb Was Stolen (Romanian: S-a furat o bombă), directed by Popescu-Gopo, is nominated for the Palme d'Or at the 1962 Cannes Film Festival.[7]
Births
- 2 January – Cristieana Cojocaru, winner of bronze in the hurdles at the 1984 Summer Olympics.[8]
- 7 January – Florica Lavric, rower, gold medal winner at the 1984 Summer Olympics (died 2014).[9]
- 26 February – Viorica Ioja, rower, gold medal winner at the 1984 Summer Olympics.[10]
- 5 May – Rodica Arba, rower, winner of seven medals including gold at the 1984 and 1988 Summer Olympics.[11]
- 28 June – Anișoara Cușmir-Stanciu, long jumper, gold medal winner at the 1984 Summer Olympics.[12]
- 10 August – Horia Gârbea, playwright, poet and novelist.[13]
- 28 October – Liviu Dragnea, engineer and politician, leader of the Social Democratic Party between 2016 and 2019.[14]
- 9 November – Marioara Popescu, rower gold medal winner at the 1984 and 1996 Summer Olympics.[15]
- 11 November – Ildikó Raimondi, soprano.[16]
Deaths
- 6 May – Virginia Andreescu Haret, architect (born 1894).[17]
- 29 May – Gheorghe Arsenescu, officer who led a group of anti-communist resistance fighters, executed at Jilava Prison (born 1907).[18]
- 2 September – Natalia Negru, poet and writer (born 1882).[19]
- 17 November – Sandu Tudor, poet, journalist, theologian, and Orthodox monk, who died in Aiud Prison (born 1896).[20]
- 12 December – Felix Aderca, modernist writer (born 1891).[21]
References
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- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Christeana Cojocaru". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 21 November 2015.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Florica Lavric". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 25 September 2015.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Viorica Ioja". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 12 September 2015.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Rodica Arba-Puşcatu". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Anișoara Stanciu-Cușmir". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 25 September 2015.
- ISBN 978-9-73943-364-8.
- ISBN 978-3-03032-025-6.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Marioara Popescu-Ciobanu". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 November 2015.
- ISBN 978-0-94887-553-3.
- ISBN 978-6-06830-446-5.
- ^ Dobrincu, Dorin (February 2016). "1 februarie 1960 – arestarea col. Gheorghe Arsenescu, lider al grupului de rezistență din Făgăraș" (in Romanian). Memorial of the Victims of Communism and of the Resistance. Retrieved August 16, 2022.
- ISBN 978-9-73463-854-3.
- ^ Vasileanu, Marius (December 2, 2011). "Adevăratul Sandu Tudor". Ziarul Financiar (in Romanian). Retrieved August 24, 2022.
- ISBN 978-9-73949-017-7.
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| Kingdom of Romania | Years of the Kingdom of Romania and the short-lived National Legionary State (1940–1941).
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| Romania | Years since the December 1989 Romanian Revolution .
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