Historical Events In 1962
Thursday, 28 January 2021
Oct 17 Yanks beat Giants for 20th world championship on this day in history.
Oct 18 Dr Watson (US) & Drs Crick & Wilkins (Britain) win Nobel Prize for Medicine for work in determining structure of DNA on this day in history.
Oct 18 JFK meets Russian minister of Foreign affairs Andrei Gromyko on this day in history.
Oct 18 US launches Ranger 5 for lunar impact; misses Moon on this day in history.
Oct 21 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Carlsbad Cavern Golf Open on this day in history.
Oct 21 The 1962 Seattle World's Fair (Century 21 Exposition) closes on this day in history.
Oct 22 Cuban Missile Crisis begins on this day in history.
Oct 22 JFK addresses TV about Russian missile bases in Cuba in the year 1962.
Oct 22 JFK imposes naval blockade on Cuba, beginning missile crisis in the year 1962.
Oct 22 Nelson Mandella goes on trial for treason in South Africa on this day in history.
Oct 23 USAF Major Robert A Rushworth takes X-15 to 40,800 m on this day in history.
Oct 24 On this day in history in Cuban missile crisis, the US blockade of Cuba begins
Oct 24 On this day in history u.S. Military Forces put on High Alert during the Cuban Missile Crisis,
Oct 25 In the year 1962 110th member of the UN admitted (Uganda)
Oct 25 On this day in history american author John Steinbeck awarded Nobel Prize in literature
Oct 25 Photographic evidence of Soviet missile bases in Cuba is presented to the U.N. Security council by U.S. Ambassador Adlai Stevenson on this day in history.
Oct 25 On this day in history stevenson demands USSR amb Zorin answer regarding Cuban missile bases saying "I am prepared to wait for my answer until hell freezes over"
Oct 26 Beatles tape "Please Please Me" & "Ask Me Why" in the year 1962.
Oct 26 In the year 1962 hattie McDaniel actress (Gone With the Wind), dies at 67
Oct 27 "Beyond the Fringe" opens at John Golden Theater NYC for 673 perfs in the year 1962.
Oct 27 Enrico Mattei, Italian oil magnate, dies at 58 on this day in history.
Oct 28 Khrushchev orders withdrawal of missiles from Cuba, ending crisis on this day in history.
Oct 28 On this day in history pierre Froidebise, composer, dies at 48
Oct 29 Naphtali Siegfried Salomon, composer, dies at 77 in the year 1962.
Nov 01 On this day in history first ever spacecraft to Mars, Mars 1, launched
Nov 01 Greece enters the European Common Market on this day in history.
Nov 01 USSR launches Mars 1; radio contact lost before arrival at Mars in the year 1962.
Nov 01 On this day in history winter Haynes Watts, composer, dies at 78
Nov 02 In the year 1962 felice Lattuada, composer, dies at 80
Nov 02 In the year 1962 jFK announces Cuban missile bases were being dismantled
Nov 03 In the year 1962 harlow H Curtice, pres of General Motors (1953-8), dies at 69
Nov 06 BART bond issue just gets by with a 66.9% favorable vote on this day in history.
Nov 06 Edward M Kennedy first elected (Sen-D-MA) in the year 1962.
Nov 07 In the year 1962 eleanor Roosevelt, 1st Lady (1933-1945), dies at 78 in NYC
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