Page 15: Historical Events In 1962
Sunday, 19 October 2025
Oct 17 In the year 1962 yanks beat Giants for 20th world championship
Oct 18 In the year 1962 dr Watson (US) & Drs Crick & Wilkins (Britain) win Nobel Prize for Medicine for work in determining structure of DNA
Oct 18 In the year 1962 jFK meets Russian minister of Foreign affairs Andrei Gromyko
Oct 18 US launches Ranger 5 for lunar impact; misses Moon in the year 1962.
Oct 21 On this day in history mickey Wright wins LPGA Carlsbad Cavern Golf Open
Oct 21 In the year 1962 the 1962 Seattle World's Fair (Century 21 Exposition) closes.
Oct 22 Cuban Missile Crisis begins in the year 1962.
Oct 22 In the year 1962 jFK addresses TV about Russian missile bases in Cuba
Oct 22 In the year 1962 jFK imposes naval blockade on Cuba, beginning missile crisis
Oct 22 In the year 1962 nelson Mandella goes on trial for treason in South Africa
Oct 23 USAF Major Robert A Rushworth takes X-15 to 40,800 m on this day in history.
Oct 24 In Cuban missile crisis, the US blockade of Cuba begins in the year 1962.
Oct 24 On this day in history u.S. Military Forces put on High Alert during the Cuban Missile Crisis,
Oct 25 110th member of the UN admitted (Uganda) in the year 1962.
Oct 25 American author John Steinbeck awarded Nobel Prize in literature on this day in history.
Oct 25 In the year 1962 photographic evidence of Soviet missile bases in Cuba is presented to the U.N. Security council by U.S. Ambassador Adlai Stevenson.
Oct 25 Stevenson demands USSR amb Zorin answer regarding Cuban missile bases saying "I am prepared to wait for my answer until hell freezes over" in the year 1962.
Oct 26 Beatles tape "Please Please Me" & "Ask Me Why" on this day in history.
Oct 26 On this day in history hattie McDaniel actress (Gone With the Wind), dies at 67
Oct 27 "Beyond the Fringe" opens at John Golden Theater NYC for 673 perfs on this day in history.
Oct 27 On this day in history enrico Mattei, Italian oil magnate, dies at 58
Oct 28 In the year 1962 khrushchev orders withdrawal of missiles from Cuba, ending crisis
Oct 28 On this day in history pierre Froidebise, composer, dies at 48
Oct 29 Naphtali Siegfried Salomon, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.
Nov 01 On this day in history first ever spacecraft to Mars, Mars 1, launched
Nov 01 On this day in history greece enters the European Common Market
Nov 01 In the year 1962 uSSR launches Mars 1; radio contact lost before arrival at Mars
Nov 01 Winter Haynes Watts, composer, dies at 78 in the year 1962.
Nov 02 In the year 1962 felice Lattuada, composer, dies at 80
Nov 02 On this day in history jFK announces Cuban missile bases were being dismantled
Nov 03 Harlow H Curtice, pres of General Motors (1953-8), dies at 69 on this day in history.
Nov 06 BART bond issue just gets by with a 66.9% favorable vote in the year 1962.
Nov 06 Edward M Kennedy first elected (Sen-D-MA) in the year 1962.
Nov 07 Eleanor Roosevelt, 1st Lady (1933-1945), dies at 78 in NYC in the year 1962.
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