1962 Calendar
What Happened In Year 1962?
- January 26, 1962 – Ranger program: Ranger 3 is launched to study the moon. The space probe later misses the moon by 22,000 miles (35,400 km).
- February 5, 1962 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Water Tiger in Chinese astrology.
- April 2, 1962 – The first official Panda crossing is opened outside Waterloo station, London.
- April 16, 1962 – Walter Cronkite takes over as the lead news anchor of the CBS Evening News, during which time he would become “the most trusted man in America”.
- April 21, 1962 – The Seattle World’s Fair (Century 21 Exposition) opens. It is the first World’s Fair in the United States since World War II.
- May 19, 1962 – A birthday salute to U.S. President John F. Kennedy takes place at Madison Square Garden, New York City. The highlight is Marilyn Monroe’s rendition of “Happy Birthday”.
- May 22, 1962 – Continental Airlines Flight 11 crashes after bombs explode on board.
- June 2, 1962 – During the 1962 FIFA World Cup, police had to intervene multiple times in fights between Chilean and Italian players in one of the most violent games in football history.
- July 6, 1962 – As a part of Operation Plowshare, the Sedan nuclear test takes place.
- July 10, 1962 – Telstar, the world’s first communications satellite, is launched into orbit.
- July 22, 1962 – Mariner program: Mariner 1 spacecraft flies erratically several minutes after launch and has to be destroyed.
- August 6, 1962 – Jamaica becomes independent from the United Kingdom.
- August 22, 1962 – An attempt to assassinate French president Charles de Gaulle fails.
- September 25, 1962 – The People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria is formally proclaimed. Ferhat Abbas is elected President of the provisional government.
- September 27, 1962 – The Yemen Arab Republic is established.
- October 9, 1962 – Uganda becomes an independent Commonwealth realm.
- October 12, 1962 – Infamous Columbus Day Storm strikes the U.S. Pacific Northwest with record wind velocities; 46 dead and at least U.S. $230 million in damages
- October 25, 1962 – Cuban missile crisis: Adlai Stevenson shows photos at the UN proving Soviet missiles are installed in Cuba.
- November 24, 1962 – The West Berlin branch of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany forms a separate party, the Socialist Unity Party of West Berlin.
- December 21, 1962 – Rondane National Park is established as Norway’s first national park.
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