Page 15: Historical Events In 1962
Sunday, 15 February 2026
Oct 18 US launches Ranger 5 for lunar impact; misses Moon. 


Oct 21 In this year, Mickey Wright claims LPGA Carlsbad Cavern Golf Open. 


Oct 21 The 1962 Seattle World's Fair (Century 21 Exposition) closes 


Oct 22 Cuban Missile Crisis begins 


Oct 22 JFK addresses TV about Russian missile bases in Cuba 


Oct 22 JFK imposes naval blockade on Cuba, beginning missile crisis 


Oct 22 Nelson Mandella goes on trial for treason in South Africa 


Oct 23 USAF Major Robert A Rushworth takes X-15 to 40800 m 


Oct 24 In Cuban missile crisis, the US blockade of Cuba begins 


Oct 24 U.S. Military Forces put on High Alert during the Cuban Missile Crisis, 


Oct 25 110th member of the UN admitted (Uganda) 


Oct 25 American author John Steinbeck awarded Nobel Prize in literature 


Oct 25 In this year, Stevenson formally claims USSR amb Zorin answer regarding Cuban missile bases saying "I am prepared to wait for my answer until hell freezes over". 


Oct 25 Photographic evidence of Soviet missile bases in Cuba is presented to the U.N. Security council by U.S. Ambassador Adlai Stevenson 


Oct 26 Beatles tape "Please Please Me" and "Ask Me Why". 


Oct 26 Hattie McDaniel actress (Gone With the Wind), dies at 67 


Oct 27 "Beyond the Fringe" opens at John Golden Theater NYC for 673 perfs. 


Oct 27 Enrico Mattei, Italian oil magnate, dies at 58 


Oct 28 Khrushchev orders withdrawal of missiles from Cuba, ending crisis. 


Oct 28 Pierre Froidebise, composer, dies at 48. 


Oct 29 Naphtali Siegfried Salomon, composer, dies at 77 


Nov 01 Greece enters the European Common Market. 


Nov 01 inaugural ever spacecraft to Mars, Mars 1, launched 


Nov 01 USSR launches Mars 1; radio contact lost before arrival at Mars 


Nov 01 Winter Haynes Watts, composer, dies at 78. 


Nov 02 Felice Lattuada, composer, dies at 80 


Nov 02 JFK announces Cuban missile bases were being dismantled 


Nov 03 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 


Nov 06 Edward M Kennedy inaugural elected (Sen-D-MA). 


Nov 07 Eleanor Roosevelt, 1st Lady (1933-1945), dies at 78 in NYC 


Nov 07 Richard Nixon quits politics-You won't have Nixon to kick around. 


Nov 08 Canada govt orders changing nickel back to round shape 


Nov 09 Dutch Catharina Lodders elected Miss World 


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