1962 in Romania explained

Events from the year 1962 in Romania. The year saw the end of the collectivization of agriculture and increasing 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 State Council and 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; Moldavian; Moldovan: 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]

Notes and References

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2. Book: Tucker, Spencer . The Cold War: The Definitive Encyclopedia and Document Collection . Santa Barbara . ABC-CLIO . 2020 . 978-1-44086-076-8 . 669.
3. Book: Dragomir, Elena . Cold War Perceptions: Romania's Policy Change Towards the Soviet Union, 1960-1964 . Newcastle upon Tyne . Cambridge Scholars Publishing . 2015 . 136 . 9781443873031.
4. Book: Constantin . Iordachi . Arnd . Bauerkamper . The Collectivization of Agriculture in Communist Eastern Europe: Comparison and Entanglements . Budapest . Central European University Press . 269 . 978-6-15522-563-5.
5. Book: Volgyes, Ivan . The Political Reliability of the Warsaw Pact Armies: The Southern Tier . Durham . Duke University Press . 1982 . 196 . 978-0-82230-509-5.
6. Book: Căliman, Călin . Istoria filmului românesc 1897 - 2000 . The history of the Romanian film 1897—2000 . Bucharest . Editura Contemporanul . 2017 . 195 . 978-6-06884-306-3.
7. Book: Virginás, Andrea . Film Genres in Hungarian and Romanian Cinema: History, Theory, and Reception . Lanham . . 2021 . 52 . 978-1-79361-344-8.
8. Christeana Cojocaru . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20151121121250/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/co/christeana-cojocaru-1.html . 21 November 2015.
9. Web site: Hilary . Evans . Arild . Gjerde . Jeroen . Heijmans . Bill . Mallon . etal . Florica Lavric . https://web.archive.org/web/20150925103113/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/la/florica-lavric-1.html . dead . 25 September 2015 . Sports Reference LLC . Olympics at Sports-Reference.com.
10. Web site: Hilary . Evans . Arild . Gjerde . Jeroen . Heijmans . Bill . Mallon . etal . Viorica Ioja . https://web.archive.org/web/20150912163532/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/io/viorica-ioja-1.html . dead . 12 September 2015 . Sports Reference LLC . Olympics at Sports-Reference.com.
11. Web site: Hilary . Evans . Arild . Gjerde . Jeroen . Heijmans . Bill . Mallon . etal . Rodica Arba-Puşcatu . https://web.archive.org/web/20150923000311/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ar/rodica-arba-puscatu-1.html. dead . 23 September 2015 . Sports Reference LLC . Olympics at Sports-Reference.com.
12. Web site: Hilary . Evans . Arild . Gjerde . Jeroen . Heijmans . Bill . Mallon . etal . Anișoara Stanciu-Cușmir . https://web.archive.org/web/20150925222007/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/st/anisoara-stanciu-cusmir-1.html . dead . 25 September 2015 . Sports Reference LLC . Olympics at Sports-Reference.com.
13. Book: Lefter, Ion Bogdan . Romanian Writers of the '80s and '90s . Pitești . Editura Paralela 45 . 1999 . 85 . 978-9-73943-364-8.
14. Book: Gherghina, Sergiu . Party Leaders in Eastern Europe . Cham . Springer International Publishing. 2020 . 199 . 978-3-03032-025-6.
15. Web site: Hilary . Evans . Arild . Gjerde . Jeroen . Heijmans . Bill . Mallon . etal . Marioara Popescu-Ciobanu . https://web.archive.org/web/20151117224725/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/po/marioara-popescu-ciobanu-1.html . dead . 17 November 2015 . Sports Reference LLC . Olympics at Sports-Reference.com.
16. Book: Cummings, David . International Who's Who in Music and Musicians' Directory . Cambridge . International Biographical Centre . 2000 . 529 . 978-0-94887-553-3 .
17. Book: Dimitrie Cantemir savant de dimensiune europeană. 300 de ani de la plecarea din domnie . Dimitrie Cantemir, Scientist with European Impact: 300 Years Since his Death . Bucharest . Mica Valahie . 2012 . 61 . 978-6-06830-446-5 . RO.
18. Web site: Dorin. Dobrincu. 1 februarie 1960 – arestarea col. Gheorghe Arsenescu, lider al grupului de rezistență din Făgăraș. February 2016. Memorial of the Victims of Communism and of the Resistance. ro. August 16, 2022.
19. Book: Petcu, Marian . Istoria Jurnalismului din România în Date: Enciclopedie Cronologică . History of Romanian Journalism in Data: Chronological Encyclopedia . Bucharest . Editura Polirom . 2013 . 1890 . 978-9-73463-854-3 . RO.
20. Web site: Marius. Vasileanu. Adevăratul Sandu Tudor. ro. Ziarul Financiar. December 2, 2011. August 24, 2022.
21. Book: Leferman, Mariana . Dicționarul Personalităților Doljene . Dolj's Personality Dictionary . Craiova . Aius . 1999 . 11 . 978-9-73949-017-7 . RO.