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  • U.S.
    1962
    Warren Buffett

    A Millionaire

    U.S.
    1962

    In 1962, Buffett became a millionaire because of his partnerships.




  • Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
    1962
    Rosa Parks

    The Governement's Policies Effect on Detroit

    Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
    1962

    Like many Detroit blacks, Parks remained particularly concerned about housing issues. She herself lived in a neighborhood, Virginia Park, which had been compromised by highway construction and urban renewal. By 1962, these policies had destroyed 10,000 structures in Detroit, displacing 43,096 people, 70 percent of them African-American. Parks lived just a mile from the epicenter of the riot that took place in Detroit in 1967, and she considered housing discrimination a major factor that provoked the disorder.




  • U.S.
    1962
    Virtual reality

    Sensorama

    U.S.
    1962

    Morton Heilig wrote in the 1950s of an "Experience Theatre" that could encompass all the senses in an effective manner, thus drawing the viewer into the onscreen activity. He built a prototype of his vision dubbed the Sensorama in 1962, along with five short films to be displayed in it while engaging multiple senses (sight, sound, smell, and touch). Predating digital computing, the Sensorama was a mechanical device. Heilig also developed what he referred to as the "Telesphere Mask" (patented in 1960). The patent application described the device as "a telescopic television apparatus for individual use...The spectator is given a complete sensation of reality, moving three-dimensional images which may be in color, with 100% peripheral vision, binaural sound, scents, and air breezes".




  • Kiewit Plaza, Omaha, Nebraska, U.S.
    1962
    Warren Buffett

    Berkshire Hathaway

    Kiewit Plaza, Omaha, Nebraska, U.S.
    1962

    Buffett's firm acquired a textile manufacturing firm called Berkshire Hathaway, assuming its name to create a diversified holding company.




  • Boston, U.S.
    1962
    Computer animation

    Ivan Sutherland

    Boston, U.S.
    1962

    Ivan Sutherland is considered by many to be the creator of Interactive Computer Graphics and an internet pioneer. He worked at the Lincoln Laboratory at MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) in 1962, where he developed a program called Sketchpad I, which allowed the user to interact directly with the image on the screen. This was the first Graphical User Interface and is considered one of the most influential computer programs ever written by an individual.




  • Antelope Valley, Lancaster, California, U.S.
    Sunday Jan 28, 1962
    Neil Armstrong

    His Daughter's Death

    Antelope Valley, Lancaster, California, U.S.
    Sunday Jan 28, 1962

    In June 1961, Karen was diagnosed with a malignant tumor of the middle part of her brain stem; X-ray treatment slowed its growth, but her health deteriorated to the point where she could no longer walk or talk. She died of pneumonia, related to her weakened health, on January 28, 1962, aged two.




  • Trinity College in Washington, D.C., U.S.
    1962
    Nancy Pelosi

    Graduated

    Trinity College in Washington, D.C., U.S.
    1962

    Nancy graduated from the Institute of Notre Dame, an all-girls Catholic high school in Baltimore. In 1962, she graduated from Trinity College in Washington, D.C. with a Bachelor of Arts in political science. Pelosi interned for Senator Daniel Brewster (D-Maryland) in the 1960s alongside future House majority leader Steny Hoyer.


  • U.S.
    Thursday Mar 15, 1962
    Neil Armstrong

    Neil was selected as one of seven Pilot-Engineers who would fly the X-20

    U.S.
    Thursday Mar 15, 1962

    On March 15, 1962, he was selected by the U.S. Air Force as one of seven pilot-engineers who would fly the X-20 when it got off the design board.


  • Washington D.C., U.S.
    Apr, 1962
    Neil Armstrong

    NASA announcement

    Washington D.C., U.S.
    Apr, 1962

    In April 1962, NASA announced that applications were being sought for the second group of NASA astronauts for Project Gemini, a proposed two-man spacecraft. This time, selection was open to qualified civilian test pilots.


  • U.S.
    Saturday Apr 14, 1962
    Bay of Pigs Invasion

    Transporting wounded and sick prisoners

    U.S.
    Saturday Apr 14, 1962

    On 14 April 1962, 60 wounded and sick prisoners were freed and transported to the US.


  • Madison Square Garden, New York, U.S.
    Saturday May 19, 1962
    Marilyn Monroe

    John F. Kennedy's early birthday celebration

    Madison Square Garden, New York, U.S.
    Saturday May 19, 1962

    On May 19, she took a break to sing "Happy Birthday, Mr. President" on stage at President John F. Kennedy's early birthday celebration at Madison Square Garden in New York. She drew attention with her costume: a beige, skintight dress covered in rhinestones, which made her appear nude. Monroe's trip to New York caused even more irritation for Fox executives, who had wanted her to cancel it.


  • Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, U.S.
    Monday May 21, 1962
    Neil Armstrong

    Armstrong was involved in the "Nellis Affair"

    Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, U.S.
    Monday May 21, 1962

    On May 21, 1962, Armstrong was involved in the "Nellis Affair". He was sent in an F-104 to inspect Delamar Dry Lake in southern Nevada, again for emergency landings. He misjudged his altitude, and did not realize that the landing gear had not fully extended. As he touched down, the landing gear began to retract; Armstrong applied full power to abort the landing, but the ventral fin and landing gear door struck the ground, damaging the radio and releasing hydraulic fluid. Without radio communication, Armstrong flew south to Nellis Air Force Base, past the control tower, and waggled his wings, the signal for a no-radio approach. The loss of hydraulic fluid caused the tailhook to release, and upon landing, he caught the arresting wire attached to an anchor chain, and dragged the chain along the runway.


  • San Antonio, Texas, U.S.
    Jun, 1962
    Neil Armstrong

    The NACA Medical Exam

    San Antonio, Texas, U.S.
    Jun, 1962

    At Brooks Air Force Base at the end of June, Armstrong underwent a medical exam that many of the applicants described as painful and at times seemingly pointless.


  • Washington D.C., U.S.
    Monday Jun 4, 1962
    Neil Armstrong

    Armstrong applied to become an Astronaut

    Washington D.C., U.S.
    Monday Jun 4, 1962

    Armstrong visited the Seattle World's Fair in May 1962, and attended a conference there on space exploration that was co-sponsored by NASA. After he returned from Seattle on June 4, he applied to become an astronaut.


  • U.S.
    Thursday Jun 7, 1962
    Marilyn Monroe

    Fox fired Monroe and sued her

    U.S.
    Thursday Jun 7, 1962

    When Monroe was again on sick leave for several days, Fox decided that it could not afford to have another film running behind schedule when it was already struggling to cover the rising costs of Cleopatra (1963). On June 7, Fox fired Monroe and sued her for $750,000 in damages.Fox soon regretted its decision and re-opened negotiations with Monroe later in June.


  • Washington D.C., U.S.
    1962
    Library of Congress

    Memorandum by Douglas Bryant

    Washington D.C., U.S.
    1962

    A 1962 memorandum by Douglas Bryant of the Harvard University Library, compiled at the request of Joint Library Committee chairman Claiborne Pell, proposed a number of institutional reforms, including expansion of national activities and services and various organizational changes, all of which would shift the library more towards its national role over its legislative role. Bryant even suggested possibly changing the name of the Library of Congress, which was rebuked by Mumford as "unspeakable violence to tradition".


  • U.S.
    1962
    Laser

    Robert N. Hall demonstrated the first laser diode device

    U.S.
    1962

    In 1962, Robert N. Hall demonstrated the first laser diode device, which was made of gallium arsenide and emitted in the near-infrared band of the spectrum at 850 nm. Later that year, Nick Holonyak, Jr. demonstrated the first semiconductor laser with a visible emission. This first semiconductor laser could only be used in pulsed-beam operation, and when cooled to liquid nitrogen temperatures (77 K).


  • Los Angeles, California, U.S.
    Saturday Aug 4, 1962
    Marilyn Monroe

    Death

    Los Angeles, California, U.S.
    Saturday Aug 4, 1962

    During the final months of her life, Monroe lived at 12305 Fifth Helena Drive in the Brentwood neighborhood of Los Angeles. Her housekeeper Eunice Murray was staying overnight at the home on the evening of Saturday, August 4, 1962.Murray awoke at 3:00 a.m. on August 5 and sensed that something was wrong. Although she saw light from under Monroe's bedroom door, she was unable to get a response and found the door locked. Murray then called Monroe's psychiatrist, Dr. Ralph Greenson, who arrived at the house shortly after and broke into the bedroom through a window, finding Monroe dead in her bed. Monroe's physician, Dr. Hyman Engelberg, arrived at the house at around 3:50 a.m.and pronounced her dead at the scene. At 4:25 a.m., they notified the Los Angeles Police Department. At last they later discovered that Monroe died between 8:30 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. on August 4,and the toxicology report revealed that the cause of death was acute barbiturate poisoning.


  • U.S.
    Aug, 1962
    Internet

    On-Line Man-Computer Communication

    U.S.
    Aug, 1962

    In August 1962, Licklider and Welden Clark published the paper "On-Line Man-Computer Communication" which was one of the first descriptions of a networked future.


  • Washington D.C., U.S.
    Thursday Sep 13, 1962
    Neil Armstrong

    Joining the NASA Astronaut Corps as part of "The New Nine"

    Washington D.C., U.S.
    Thursday Sep 13, 1962

    NASA's Director of Flight Crew Operations, Deke Slayton, called Armstrong on September 13, 1962, and asked whether he would be interested in joining the NASA Astronaut Corps as part of what the press dubbed "the New Nine"; without hesitation, Armstrong said yes.


  • Washington D.C., U.S.
    Monday Sep 17, 1962
    Neil Armstrong

    NASA announcement of The Selection of The Second Group

    Washington D.C., U.S.
    Monday Sep 17, 1962

    The selections were kept secret until three days later, although newspaper reports had circulated since earlier that year that he would be selected as the "first civilian astronaut".Armstrong was one of two civilian pilots selected for this group; the other was Elliot See, another former naval aviator. NASA announced the selection of the second group at a press conference on September 17, 1962. Compared with the Mercury Seven astronauts, they were younger, and had more impressive academic credentials.


  • U.S.
    Oct, 1962
    Internet

    Director of the newly established Information Processing Techniques Office (IPTO)

    U.S.
    Oct, 1962

    In October 1962, Licklider was hired by Jack Ruina as director of the newly established Information Processing Techniques Office (IPTO) within DARPA, with a mandate to interconnect the United States Department of Defense's main computers at Cheyenne Mountain, the Pentagon, and SAC HQ.


  • U.S.
    Wednesday Oct 24, 1962
    John F. Kennedy

    Soviet ships arriving off Cuba

    U.S.
    Wednesday Oct 24, 1962

    The U.S. Navy would stop and inspect all Soviet ships arriving off Cuba, beginning October 24.


  • California, U.S.
    Tuesday Nov 6, 1962
    Richard Nixon

    Losing The 1962 California Gubernatorial Election

    California, U.S.
    Tuesday Nov 6, 1962

    Local and national Republican leaders encouraged Nixon to challenge incumbent Pat Brown for Governor of California in the 1962 election.Despite initial reluctance, Nixon entered the race. The campaign was clouded by public suspicion that Nixon viewed the office as a stepping-stone for another presidential run, some opposition from the far-right of the party, and his own lack of interest in being California's governor. Nixon hoped that a successful run would confirm his status as the nation's leading active Republican politician, and ensure he remained a major player in national politics. Instead, he lost to Brown by more than five percentage points, and the defeat was widely believed to be the end of his political career.


  • Michigan, U.S.
    1962
    Xerox

    Xerox purchased University Microfilms International

    Michigan, U.S.
    1962

    Xerox embarked on a series of acquisitions. It purchased University Microfilms International in 1962.


  • Danville, Virginia, U.S.
    Monday Dec 17, 1962
    Richard Jewell

    Birth

    Danville, Virginia, U.S.
    Monday Dec 17, 1962

    On December 17, 1962, Jewell was born Richard White in Danville, Virginia.


  • New York and Washington D.C., U.S.
    Dec, 1962
    Mona Lisa

    French government lent it to the United States

    New York and Washington D.C., U.S.
    Dec, 1962

    From December 1962 to March 1963, the French government lent it to the United States to be displayed in New York City and Washington, D.C. It was shipped on the new ocean liner SS France.


  • Miami, Florida, U.S.
    Monday Dec 24, 1962
    Bay of Pigs Invasion

    Transporting Prisoners

    Miami, Florida, U.S.
    Monday Dec 24, 1962

    On 24 December 1962, some prisoners were flown to Miami, others following on the ship African Pilot, plus about 1,000 family members also allowed to leave Cuba.


  • Miami, Florida, U.S.
    Saturday Dec 29, 1962
    Bay of Pigs Invasion

    The "welcome back" ceremony

    Miami, Florida, U.S.
    Saturday Dec 29, 1962

    On 29 December 1962, President Kennedy and his wife Jacqueline attended a "welcome back" ceremony for Brigade 2506 veterans at the Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida.


  • U.S.
    1962
    Warren Buffett

    A Millionaire

    U.S.
    1962

    In 1962, Buffett became a millionaire because of his partnerships.


  • Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
    1962
    Rosa Parks

    The Governement's Policies Effect on Detroit

    Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
    1962

    Like many Detroit blacks, Parks remained particularly concerned about housing issues. She herself lived in a neighborhood, Virginia Park, which had been compromised by highway construction and urban renewal. By 1962, these policies had destroyed 10,000 structures in Detroit, displacing 43,096 people, 70 percent of them African-American. Parks lived just a mile from the epicenter of the riot that took place in Detroit in 1967, and she considered housing discrimination a major factor that provoked the disorder.


  • U.S.
    1962
    Virtual reality

    Sensorama

    U.S.
    1962

    Morton Heilig wrote in the 1950s of an "Experience Theatre" that could encompass all the senses in an effective manner, thus drawing the viewer into the onscreen activity. He built a prototype of his vision dubbed the Sensorama in 1962, along with five short films to be displayed in it while engaging multiple senses (sight, sound, smell, and touch). Predating digital computing, the Sensorama was a mechanical device. Heilig also developed what he referred to as the "Telesphere Mask" (patented in 1960). The patent application described the device as "a telescopic television apparatus for individual use...The spectator is given a complete sensation of reality, moving three-dimensional images which may be in color, with 100% peripheral vision, binaural sound, scents, and air breezes".


  • Kiewit Plaza, Omaha, Nebraska, U.S.
    1962
    Warren Buffett

    Berkshire Hathaway

    Kiewit Plaza, Omaha, Nebraska, U.S.
    1962

    Buffett's firm acquired a textile manufacturing firm called Berkshire Hathaway, assuming its name to create a diversified holding company.


  • Boston, U.S.
    1962
    Computer animation

    Ivan Sutherland

    Boston, U.S.
    1962

    Ivan Sutherland is considered by many to be the creator of Interactive Computer Graphics and an internet pioneer. He worked at the Lincoln Laboratory at MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) in 1962, where he developed a program called Sketchpad I, which allowed the user to interact directly with the image on the screen. This was the first Graphical User Interface and is considered one of the most influential computer programs ever written by an individual.


  • Antelope Valley, Lancaster, California, U.S.
    Sunday Jan 28, 1962
    Neil Armstrong

    His Daughter's Death

    Antelope Valley, Lancaster, California, U.S.
    Sunday Jan 28, 1962

    In June 1961, Karen was diagnosed with a malignant tumor of the middle part of her brain stem; X-ray treatment slowed its growth, but her health deteriorated to the point where she could no longer walk or talk. She died of pneumonia, related to her weakened health, on January 28, 1962, aged two.


  • Trinity College in Washington, D.C., U.S.
    1962
    Nancy Pelosi

    Graduated

    Trinity College in Washington, D.C., U.S.
    1962

    Nancy graduated from the Institute of Notre Dame, an all-girls Catholic high school in Baltimore. In 1962, she graduated from Trinity College in Washington, D.C. with a Bachelor of Arts in political science. Pelosi interned for Senator Daniel Brewster (D-Maryland) in the 1960s alongside future House majority leader Steny Hoyer.


  • U.S.
    Thursday Mar 15, 1962
    Neil Armstrong

    Neil was selected as one of seven Pilot-Engineers who would fly the X-20

    U.S.
    Thursday Mar 15, 1962

    On March 15, 1962, he was selected by the U.S. Air Force as one of seven pilot-engineers who would fly the X-20 when it got off the design board.


  • Washington D.C., U.S.
    Apr, 1962
    Neil Armstrong

    NASA announcement

    Washington D.C., U.S.
    Apr, 1962

    In April 1962, NASA announced that applications were being sought for the second group of NASA astronauts for Project Gemini, a proposed two-man spacecraft. This time, selection was open to qualified civilian test pilots.


  • U.S.
    Saturday Apr 14, 1962
    Bay of Pigs Invasion

    Transporting wounded and sick prisoners

    U.S.
    Saturday Apr 14, 1962

    On 14 April 1962, 60 wounded and sick prisoners were freed and transported to the US.


  • Madison Square Garden, New York, U.S.
    Saturday May 19, 1962
    Marilyn Monroe

    John F. Kennedy's early birthday celebration

    Madison Square Garden, New York, U.S.
    Saturday May 19, 1962

    On May 19, she took a break to sing "Happy Birthday, Mr. President" on stage at President John F. Kennedy's early birthday celebration at Madison Square Garden in New York. She drew attention with her costume: a beige, skintight dress covered in rhinestones, which made her appear nude. Monroe's trip to New York caused even more irritation for Fox executives, who had wanted her to cancel it.


  • Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, U.S.
    Monday May 21, 1962
    Neil Armstrong

    Armstrong was involved in the "Nellis Affair"

    Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, U.S.
    Monday May 21, 1962

    On May 21, 1962, Armstrong was involved in the "Nellis Affair". He was sent in an F-104 to inspect Delamar Dry Lake in southern Nevada, again for emergency landings. He misjudged his altitude, and did not realize that the landing gear had not fully extended. As he touched down, the landing gear began to retract; Armstrong applied full power to abort the landing, but the ventral fin and landing gear door struck the ground, damaging the radio and releasing hydraulic fluid. Without radio communication, Armstrong flew south to Nellis Air Force Base, past the control tower, and waggled his wings, the signal for a no-radio approach. The loss of hydraulic fluid caused the tailhook to release, and upon landing, he caught the arresting wire attached to an anchor chain, and dragged the chain along the runway.


  • San Antonio, Texas, U.S.
    Jun, 1962
    Neil Armstrong

    The NACA Medical Exam

    San Antonio, Texas, U.S.
    Jun, 1962

    At Brooks Air Force Base at the end of June, Armstrong underwent a medical exam that many of the applicants described as painful and at times seemingly pointless.


  • Washington D.C., U.S.
    Monday Jun 4, 1962
    Neil Armstrong

    Armstrong applied to become an Astronaut

    Washington D.C., U.S.
    Monday Jun 4, 1962

    Armstrong visited the Seattle World's Fair in May 1962, and attended a conference there on space exploration that was co-sponsored by NASA. After he returned from Seattle on June 4, he applied to become an astronaut.


  • U.S.
    Thursday Jun 7, 1962
    Marilyn Monroe

    Fox fired Monroe and sued her

    U.S.
    Thursday Jun 7, 1962

    When Monroe was again on sick leave for several days, Fox decided that it could not afford to have another film running behind schedule when it was already struggling to cover the rising costs of Cleopatra (1963). On June 7, Fox fired Monroe and sued her for $750,000 in damages.Fox soon regretted its decision and re-opened negotiations with Monroe later in June.


  • Washington D.C., U.S.
    1962
    Library of Congress

    Memorandum by Douglas Bryant

    Washington D.C., U.S.
    1962

    A 1962 memorandum by Douglas Bryant of the Harvard University Library, compiled at the request of Joint Library Committee chairman Claiborne Pell, proposed a number of institutional reforms, including expansion of national activities and services and various organizational changes, all of which would shift the library more towards its national role over its legislative role. Bryant even suggested possibly changing the name of the Library of Congress, which was rebuked by Mumford as "unspeakable violence to tradition".


  • U.S.
    1962
    Laser

    Robert N. Hall demonstrated the first laser diode device

    U.S.
    1962

    In 1962, Robert N. Hall demonstrated the first laser diode device, which was made of gallium arsenide and emitted in the near-infrared band of the spectrum at 850 nm. Later that year, Nick Holonyak, Jr. demonstrated the first semiconductor laser with a visible emission. This first semiconductor laser could only be used in pulsed-beam operation, and when cooled to liquid nitrogen temperatures (77 K).


  • Los Angeles, California, U.S.
    Saturday Aug 4, 1962
    Marilyn Monroe

    Death

    Los Angeles, California, U.S.
    Saturday Aug 4, 1962

    During the final months of her life, Monroe lived at 12305 Fifth Helena Drive in the Brentwood neighborhood of Los Angeles. Her housekeeper Eunice Murray was staying overnight at the home on the evening of Saturday, August 4, 1962.Murray awoke at 3:00 a.m. on August 5 and sensed that something was wrong. Although she saw light from under Monroe's bedroom door, she was unable to get a response and found the door locked. Murray then called Monroe's psychiatrist, Dr. Ralph Greenson, who arrived at the house shortly after and broke into the bedroom through a window, finding Monroe dead in her bed. Monroe's physician, Dr. Hyman Engelberg, arrived at the house at around 3:50 a.m.and pronounced her dead at the scene. At 4:25 a.m., they notified the Los Angeles Police Department. At last they later discovered that Monroe died between 8:30 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. on August 4,and the toxicology report revealed that the cause of death was acute barbiturate poisoning.


  • U.S.
    Aug, 1962
    Internet

    On-Line Man-Computer Communication

    U.S.
    Aug, 1962

    In August 1962, Licklider and Welden Clark published the paper "On-Line Man-Computer Communication" which was one of the first descriptions of a networked future.


  • Washington D.C., U.S.
    Thursday Sep 13, 1962
    Neil Armstrong

    Joining the NASA Astronaut Corps as part of "The New Nine"

    Washington D.C., U.S.
    Thursday Sep 13, 1962

    NASA's Director of Flight Crew Operations, Deke Slayton, called Armstrong on September 13, 1962, and asked whether he would be interested in joining the NASA Astronaut Corps as part of what the press dubbed "the New Nine"; without hesitation, Armstrong said yes.


  • Washington D.C., U.S.
    Monday Sep 17, 1962
    Neil Armstrong

    NASA announcement of The Selection of The Second Group

    Washington D.C., U.S.
    Monday Sep 17, 1962

    The selections were kept secret until three days later, although newspaper reports had circulated since earlier that year that he would be selected as the "first civilian astronaut".Armstrong was one of two civilian pilots selected for this group; the other was Elliot See, another former naval aviator. NASA announced the selection of the second group at a press conference on September 17, 1962. Compared with the Mercury Seven astronauts, they were younger, and had more impressive academic credentials.


  • U.S.
    Oct, 1962
    Internet

    Director of the newly established Information Processing Techniques Office (IPTO)

    U.S.
    Oct, 1962

    In October 1962, Licklider was hired by Jack Ruina as director of the newly established Information Processing Techniques Office (IPTO) within DARPA, with a mandate to interconnect the United States Department of Defense's main computers at Cheyenne Mountain, the Pentagon, and SAC HQ.


  • U.S.
    Wednesday Oct 24, 1962
    John F. Kennedy

    Soviet ships arriving off Cuba

    U.S.
    Wednesday Oct 24, 1962

    The U.S. Navy would stop and inspect all Soviet ships arriving off Cuba, beginning October 24.


  • California, U.S.
    Tuesday Nov 6, 1962
    Richard Nixon

    Losing The 1962 California Gubernatorial Election

    California, U.S.
    Tuesday Nov 6, 1962

    Local and national Republican leaders encouraged Nixon to challenge incumbent Pat Brown for Governor of California in the 1962 election.Despite initial reluctance, Nixon entered the race. The campaign was clouded by public suspicion that Nixon viewed the office as a stepping-stone for another presidential run, some opposition from the far-right of the party, and his own lack of interest in being California's governor. Nixon hoped that a successful run would confirm his status as the nation's leading active Republican politician, and ensure he remained a major player in national politics. Instead, he lost to Brown by more than five percentage points, and the defeat was widely believed to be the end of his political career.


  • Michigan, U.S.
    1962
    Xerox

    Xerox purchased University Microfilms International

    Michigan, U.S.
    1962

    Xerox embarked on a series of acquisitions. It purchased University Microfilms International in 1962.


  • Danville, Virginia, U.S.
    Monday Dec 17, 1962
    Richard Jewell

    Birth

    Danville, Virginia, U.S.
    Monday Dec 17, 1962

    On December 17, 1962, Jewell was born Richard White in Danville, Virginia.


  • New York and Washington D.C., U.S.
    Dec, 1962
    Mona Lisa

    French government lent it to the United States

    New York and Washington D.C., U.S.
    Dec, 1962

    From December 1962 to March 1963, the French government lent it to the United States to be displayed in New York City and Washington, D.C. It was shipped on the new ocean liner SS France.


  • Miami, Florida, U.S.
    Monday Dec 24, 1962
    Bay of Pigs Invasion

    Transporting Prisoners

    Miami, Florida, U.S.
    Monday Dec 24, 1962

    On 24 December 1962, some prisoners were flown to Miami, others following on the ship African Pilot, plus about 1,000 family members also allowed to leave Cuba.


  • Miami, Florida, U.S.
    Saturday Dec 29, 1962
    Bay of Pigs Invasion

    The "welcome back" ceremony

    Miami, Florida, U.S.
    Saturday Dec 29, 1962

    On 29 December 1962, President Kennedy and his wife Jacqueline attended a "welcome back" ceremony for Brigade 2506 veterans at the Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida.


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