1962 in Romania

Decades:	1940s; 1950s; 1960s; 1970s; 1980s;
See also:	Other events of 1962; History of Romania; Timeline of Romanian history; Years in Romania;

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[edit]

President of the State Council and General Secretary of the Romanian Communist Party: Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej.^[1]
Prime Minister: Ion Gheorghe Maurer.^[2]

Events[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

^ Spuler, Bertold (1977). Rulers and Governments of the World Volume 3: 1930 to 1975. London: Bowker. p. 443. ISBN 978-0-85935-056-3.
^ Tucker, Spencer (2020). The Cold War: The Definitive Encyclopedia and Document Collection. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO. p. 669. ISBN 978-1-44086-076-8.
^ Dragomir, Elena (2015). Cold War Perceptions: Romania's Policy Change Towards the Soviet Union, 1960-1964. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing. p. 136. ISBN 9781443873031.
^ Iordachi, Constantin; Bauerkamper, Arnd. The Collectivization of Agriculture in Communist Eastern Europe: Comparison and Entanglements. Budapest: Central European University Press. p. 269. ISBN 978-6-15522-563-5.
^ Volgyes, Ivan (1982). The Political Reliability of the Warsaw Pact Armies: The Southern Tier. Durham: Duke University Press. p. 196. ISBN 978-0-82230-509-5.
^ Căliman, Călin (2017). Istoria filmului românesc 1897 - 2000 [The history of the Romanian film 1897—2000]. Bucharest: Editura Contemporanul. p. 195. ISBN 978-6-06884-306-3.
^ Virginás, Andrea (2021). Film Genres in Hungarian and Romanian Cinema: History, Theory, and Reception. Lanham: Lexington Books. p. 52. ISBN 978-1-79361-344-8.
^ 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.
^ Lefter, Ion Bogdan (1999). Romanian Writers of the '80s and '90s. Pitești: Editura Paralela 45. p. 85. ISBN 978-9-73943-364-8.
^ Gherghina, Sergiu (2020). Party Leaders in Eastern Europe. Cham: Springer International Publishing. p. 199. 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.
^ Cummings, David (2000). International Who's Who in Music and Musicians' Directory. Cambridge: International Biographical Centre. p. 529. ISBN 978-0-94887-553-3.
^ 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] (in Romanian). Bucharest: Mica Valahie. 2012. p. 61. 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.
^ Petcu, Marian (2013). Istoria Jurnalismului din România în Date: Enciclopedie Cronologică [History of Romanian Journalism in Data: Chronological Encyclopedia] (in Romanian). Bucharest: Editura Polirom. p. 1890. ISBN 978-9-73463-854-3.
^ Vasileanu, Marius (December 2, 2011). "Adevăratul Sandu Tudor". Ziarul Financiar (in Romanian). Retrieved August 24, 2022.
^ Leferman, Mariana (1999). Dicționarul Personalităților Doljene [Dolj's Personality Dictionary] (in Romanian). Craiova: Aius. p. 11. ISBN 978-9-73949-017-7.

[1] Spuler, Bertold (1977). Rulers and Governments of the World Volume 3: 1930 to 1975. London: Bowker. p. 443. ISBN 978-0-85935-056-3.

[2] Tucker, Spencer (2020). The Cold War: The Definitive Encyclopedia and Document Collection. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO. p. 669. ISBN 978-1-44086-076-8.

[3] Dragomir, Elena (2015). Cold War Perceptions: Romania's Policy Change Towards the Soviet Union, 1960-1964. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing. p. 136. ISBN 9781443873031.

[4] Iordachi, Constantin; Bauerkamper, Arnd. The Collectivization of Agriculture in Communist Eastern Europe: Comparison and Entanglements. Budapest: Central European University Press. p. 269. ISBN 978-6-15522-563-5.

[5] Volgyes, Ivan (1982). The Political Reliability of the Warsaw Pact Armies: The Southern Tier. Durham: Duke University Press. p. 196. ISBN 978-0-82230-509-5.

[6] Căliman, Călin (2017). Istoria filmului românesc 1897 - 2000 [The history of the Romanian film 1897—2000]. Bucharest: Editura Contemporanul. p. 195. ISBN 978-6-06884-306-3.

[7] Virginás, Andrea (2021). Film Genres in Hungarian and Romanian Cinema: History, Theory, and Reception. Lanham: Lexington Books. p. 52. ISBN 978-1-79361-344-8.

[8] 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.

[9] 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.

[10] 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.

[11] 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.

[12] 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.

[13] Lefter, Ion Bogdan (1999). Romanian Writers of the '80s and '90s. Pitești: Editura Paralela 45. p. 85. ISBN 978-9-73943-364-8.

[14] Gherghina, Sergiu (2020). Party Leaders in Eastern Europe. Cham: Springer International Publishing. p. 199. ISBN 978-3-03032-025-6.

[15] 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.

[16] Cummings, David (2000). International Who's Who in Music and Musicians' Directory. Cambridge: International Biographical Centre. p. 529. ISBN 978-0-94887-553-3.

[17] 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] (in Romanian). Bucharest: Mica Valahie. 2012. p. 61. ISBN 978-6-06830-446-5.

[18] 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.

[19] Petcu, Marian (2013). Istoria Jurnalismului din România în Date: Enciclopedie Cronologică [History of Romanian Journalism in Data: Chronological Encyclopedia] (in Romanian). Bucharest: Editura Polirom. p. 1890. ISBN 978-9-73463-854-3.

[20] Vasileanu, Marius (December 2, 2011). "Adevăratul Sandu Tudor". Ziarul Financiar (in Romanian). Retrieved August 24, 2022.

[21] Leferman, Mariana (1999). Dicționarul Personalităților Doljene [Dolj's Personality Dictionary] (in Romanian). Craiova: Aius. p. 11. ISBN 978-9-73949-017-7.

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