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  • Beijing, China
    Jan, 1962
    Mao Zedong

    The Conference of the Seven Thousand

    Beijing, China
    Jan, 1962

    At a large Communist Party conference in Beijing in January 1962, called the "Conference of the Seven Thousand", State Chairman Liu Shaoqi condemned the Great Leap Forward as responsible for widespread famine. The overwhelming majority of delegates expressed agreement, but Defense Minister Lin Biao staunchly defended Mao.




  • United Kingdom
    1962
    Magdi Yacoub

    Moving to United Kingdom

    United Kingdom
    1962

    He moved to Britain in 1962.




  • U.S.
    1962
    Warren Buffett

    A Millionaire

    U.S.
    1962

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




  • France
    1962
    Algerian War

    The OAS turned to bank robbery to finance its war

    France
    1962

    In the spring of 1962, the OAS turned to bank robbery to finance its war against both the FLN and the French state, and bombed special units sent by Paris to hunt them down.




  • 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".




  • Cuba
    Jan, 1962
    Cuban Missile Crisis

    A group of missile construction specialists traveled to Havana

    Cuba
    Jan, 1962

    In early 1962, a group of Soviet military and missile construction specialists accompanied an agricultural delegation to Havana.


  • 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.


  • Algeria
    Wednesday Jan 10, 1962
    Algerian War

    A "General Offensive"

    Algeria
    Wednesday Jan 10, 1962

    On 10 January 1962, the FLN started a "general offensive" against the OAS, staging a series on the pied-noir communities as a way of applying pressure.


  • Cuba
    Jan, 1962
    Cuban Missile Crisis

    Edward planned to overthrow the Cuban government

    Cuba
    Jan, 1962

    In January 1962, US Army General Edward Lansdale described plans to overthrow the Cuban government in a top-secret report (partially declassified 1989), addressed to Kennedy and officials involved with Operation Mongoose.


  • Paris, France
    1962
    Charles de Gaulle

    De Gaulle's economic system caused economic growth in France

    Paris, France
    1962

    De Gaulle's prime minister from 1962 to 1968, putting in place the reforms which provided the impetus for the economic growth which followed.


  • Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, England, United Kingdom
    1962
    Qaboos bin Said al Said

    Graduation

    Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, England, United Kingdom
    1962

    After graduating from Sandhurst in September 1962, he joined the British Army and was posted to the 1st Battalion The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), serving with them in Germany for one year. He also held a staff appointment with the British Army.


  • Oman
    1962
    Qaboos bin Said al Said

    Dhofar Rebellion

    Oman
    1962

    The first pressing problem that Qaboos bin Said faced as Sultan was an armed communist insurgency from South Yemen, the Dhofar Rebellion (1962–1976). The sultanate eventually defeated the incursion with help from the Shah of Iran, Jordanian troops sent from his friend King Hussein of Jordan, British Special Forces and the Royal Air Force.


  • Newmarket, Ontario, Canada
    Wednesday Jan 17, 1962
    Jim Carrey

    Born

    Newmarket, Ontario, Canada
    Wednesday Jan 17, 1962

    Carrey was born in the Toronto suburb of New-market, Ontario, Canada, to Kathleen (née Oram), a homemaker, and Percy Carrey, a musician and accountant.


  • Paris, France
    1962
    Mona Lisa

    The most highly-valued painting in the world

    Paris, France
    1962

    Before the 1962–1963 tour, the painting was assessed for insurance at $100 million (equivalent to $650 million in 2018), making it, in practice, the most highly-valued painting in the world. The insurance was not purchased; instead, more was spent on security.


  • Naples, Italy
    Friday Jan 26, 1962
    Lucky Luciano

    Death

    Naples, Italy
    Friday Jan 26, 1962

    On January 26, 1962, Luciano died of a heart attack at Naples International Airport.


  • 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.


  • Jamaica
    Feb, 1962
    Bob Marley

    Marley Recorded Four Songs

    Jamaica
    Feb, 1962

    In February 1962, Marley recorded four songs, "Judge Not", "One Cup of Coffee", "Do You Still Love Me?" and "Terror", at Federal Studios for local music producer Leslie Kong. Three of the songs were released on Beverley's with "One Cup of Coffee" being released under the pseudonym, Bobby Martell.


  • Colombia
    Feb, 1962
    Colombian conflict

    The Fort Bragg top-level U.S. Special Warfare team visited Colombia

    Colombia
    Feb, 1962

    In February 1962, a Fort Bragg top-level U.S. Special Warfare team headed by Special Warfare Center commander General William P. Yarborough, visited Colombia for a second survey.


  • France
    Wednesday Feb 7, 1962
    Algerian War

    The OAS attempted to assassinate the Culture Minister André Malraux

    France
    Wednesday Feb 7, 1962

    On 7 February 1962, the OAS attempted to assassinate the Culture Minister André Malraux by setting off a bomb in his apartment building that failed to kill its intended target, but did leave a four-year girl living in the adjoining apartment blinded by the shrapnel.


  • Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
    1962
    Gary Ridgway

    Ridgway suffers from health problems

    Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
    1962

    Ridgway had a bed-wetting problem until he was 13, and his mother would wash his genitals after every episode


  • France
    Tuesday Feb 20, 1962
    Algerian War

    A peace accord was reached for granting independence to all of Algeria

    France
    Tuesday Feb 20, 1962

    On 20 February 1962 a peace accord was reached for granting independence to all of Algeria.


  • Cuba
    Thursday Feb 22, 1962
    Cuban Missile Crisis

    Soviet decided to put nuclear missiles in Cuba

    Cuba
    Thursday Feb 22, 1962

    Timothy Naftali has contended that Escalante's dismissal was a motivating factor behind the Soviet decision to place nuclear missiles in Cuba in 1962.


  • Cuba
    Feb, 1962
    Cuban Missile Crisis

    The US objective for the overthrow the Cuban government

    Cuba
    Feb, 1962

    In February 1962, the US launched an embargo against Cuba, and Lansdale presented a 26-page, top-secret timetable for implementation of the overthrow of the Cuban government.


  • 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.


  • Myanmar
    Thursday Mar 1, 1962
    Conflict in Myanmar

    Coup d'état

    Myanmar
    Thursday Mar 1, 1962

    After three successive parliamentary governments governed Myanmar (Burma), the Tatmadaw (Myanmar Armed Forces), led by General Ne Win, enacted a coup d'état in 1962, which ousted the parliamentary government and replaced it with a military junta.


  • 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.


  • Cuba
    Saturday Apr 7, 1962
    Bay of Pigs Invasion

    1,179 men were Convicted For Treason

    Cuba
    Saturday Apr 7, 1962

    On 29 March 1962, 1,179 men were put on trial for treason. On 7 April 1962, all were convicted and sentenced to 30 years in prison.


  • France
    Sunday Apr 8, 1962
    Algerian War

    The Évian Accords

    France
    Sunday Apr 8, 1962

    Charles de Gaulle, the first President of the Fifth Republic, decided to open a series of negotiations with the FLN. These concluded with the signing of the Évian Accords in March 1962. A referendum took place on 8 April 1962 and the French electorate approved the Évian Accords.


  • France
    Sunday Apr 8, 1962
    Algerian War

    The Second referendum on the independence of Algeria

    France
    Sunday Apr 8, 1962

    In the second referendum on the independence of Algeria, held in April 1962, 91 percent of the French electorate approved the Evian Accords.


  • 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.


  • United Kingdom
    Monday Apr 16, 1962
    James Bond

    The Spy Who Loved Me was published

    United Kingdom
    Monday Apr 16, 1962

    The Spy Who Loved Me is the ninth novel (and tenth book) in Ian Fleming's James Bond series, first published by Jonathan Cape on 16 April 1962.


  • Cuba
    May, 1962
    Cuban Missile Crisis

    The U.S confronted the Soviet plan in Cuba

    Cuba
    May, 1962

    In May 1962, Soviet First Secretary Nikita Khrushchev was persuaded by the idea of countering the US's growing lead in developing and deploying strategic missiles by placing Soviet intermediate-range nuclear missiles in Cuba.


  • Cuba
    May, 1962
    Cuban Missile Crisis

    Khrushchev agreed to plant bombs secretly

    Cuba
    May, 1962

    By May, Khrushchev and Castro agreed to place strategic nuclear missiles secretly in Cuba.


  • Jerusalem, Israel
    Tuesday May 8, 1962
    Oskar Schindler (Schindler's List)

    the Avenue of the Righteous

    Jerusalem, Israel
    Tuesday May 8, 1962

    8 May 1962, Yad Vashem invited Schindler to a ceremony in which a carob tree was planted in his honor on the Avenue of the Righteous.


  • Athens, Greece
    Monday May 14, 1962
    Juan Carlos I

    Marriage

    Athens, Greece
    Monday May 14, 1962

    Juan Carlos was married in Athens on 14 May 1962, to Princess Sophia of Greece and Denmark, daughter of King Paul of Greece, first in a Roman Catholic ceremony at the Church of St. Denis, followed by a Greek Orthodox ceremony at the Metropolitan Cathedral of Athens. She converted from her Greek Orthodox religion to Roman Catholicism.


  • 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.


  • Alcatraz, San Francisco, USA
    Jun, 1962
    June 1962 Alcatraz escape attempt: Escape from Alcatraz

    Plan Procedures

    Alcatraz, San Francisco, USA
    Jun, 1962

    Once the holes were wide enough to pass through, the escapees nightly accessed the utility corridor left unguarded directly behind their cells' tier and climbed to the vacant top level of the cellblock, where they set up a clandestine workshop unbeknownst to prison staff. Here, with over fifty raincoats among other stolen and donated materials, they constructed life preservers, based on a design one of them chanced to find in Popular Mechanics, as well as a six-by-fourteen-foot rubber raft, the seams carefully stitched by hand and sealed by steam pipes' heat. Having manufactured the raft, they inflated it with a concertina ingeniously rigged to serve as bellows and furnished the necessary paddles from scrap wood and pilfered screws. Finally, they climbed up a ventilation shaft bound for the roof, and, finding a ponderous fan-grille in the way, removed the rivets holding it in place.


  • Alcatraz, San Francisco, USA
    Friday Jun 1, 1962
    June 1962 Alcatraz escape attempt: Escape from Alcatraz

    sculpting dummy

    Alcatraz, San Francisco, USA
    Friday Jun 1, 1962

    The men concealed their absence while working outside their cells and after the escape itself by sculpting dummy heads from a home-made paper-mâché-like mixture of soap, toothpaste, concrete dust, and toilet paper, and giving them a realistic appearance with paint from the maintenance shop and hair from the barbershop floor. With towels and clothing piled under the blankets in their bunks and the dummy heads positioned on the pillows, they appeared to be sleeping.


  • 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.


  • Monte Carlo
    Jun, 1962
    Winston Churchill

    Churchill had a fall in Monte Carlo

    Monte Carlo
    Jun, 1962

    In June 1962, when he was 87, Churchill had a fall in Monte Carlo and broke his hip. He was flown home to a London hospital where he remained for three weeks.


  • EMI's Abbey Road Studios, London, England
    Wednesday Jun 6, 1962
    The Beatles

    Martin's first recording session with the Beatles

    EMI's Abbey Road Studios, London, England
    Wednesday Jun 6, 1962

    Producer George Martin signed the Beatles to EMI's Parlophone label. His first recording session with the Beatles took place at EMI's Abbey Road Studios in London on 6 June 1962. Martin immediately complained to Epstein about Best's poor drumming and suggested they use a session drummer in his place.


  • 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.


  • Alcatraz, San Francisco, USA
    Monday Jun 11, 1962
    June 1962 Alcatraz escape attempt: Escape from Alcatraz

    Inmates

    Alcatraz, San Francisco, USA
    Monday Jun 11, 1962

    Frank Lee Morris (September 1, 1926 – disappeared June 11, 1962) was born in Washington, D.C.[19] He was abandoned by his mother and father during his childhood, and orphaned at age 11, The Anglin brothers, John William (May 2, 1930 – disappeared June 11, 1962) and Clarence (May 11, 1931 – disappeared June 11, 1962) were born into a family of thirteen children in Donalsonville, Georgia. Their parents, George Robert Anglin and Rachael Van Miller Anglin, were seasonal farmworkers; in the early 1940s, Allen Clayton West (March 25, 1929 – December 21, 1978) was born in New York City. He was imprisoned for car theft in 1955, first at Atlanta Penitentiary, then at Florida State Prison. After an unsuccessful escape attempt from the Florida facility, he was transferred to Alcatraz in 1957 and became inmate AZ1335.


  • Alcatraz, San Francisco, USA
    Monday Jun 11, 1962
    June 1962 Alcatraz escape attempt: Escape from Alcatraz

    Beginning The Escape

    Alcatraz, San Francisco, USA
    Monday Jun 11, 1962

    On the night of June 11, 1962, with all preparations in place, the men began their escape. However, the cement employed to shore up crumbling concrete around West's vent had hardened, diminishing the hole in size and fixing the grill in place. By the time he managed to remove the grill and re-widen the hole to egress, the others had already left, as he was soon to discover; he busted out to the prison roof only to return to his cell around sunrise and go to sleep. West went on to cooperate fully with investigators and give them a detailed description of the escape plan, in consequence of which he was not punished for his role in it.


  • Alcatraz, San Francisco, USA
    Monday Jun 11, 1962
    10 PM
    June 1962 Alcatraz escape attempt: Escape from Alcatraz

    Executing The Plan

    Alcatraz, San Francisco, USA
    Monday Jun 11, 1962
    10 PM

    From the service corridor, Morris and the Anglins climbed the ventilation shaft to the roof. Guards heard a loud crash as they broke out of the shaft, but since nothing further was heard, the source of the noise was not investigated. Hauling their gear with them, they descended 50 feet (15 m) to the ground by sliding down a kitchen vent pipe, then climbed two 12-foot (3.7 m) barbed-wire perimeter fences. At the northeast shoreline, near the power plant—a blind spot in the prison's network of searchlights and gun towers they inflated their raft with the concertina. At some time after 10 p.m., investigators estimated, they boarded the raft, launched it and departed toward their objective, Angel Island, two miles to the north.


  • Alcatraz, San Francisco, USA
    Tuesday Jun 12, 1962
    June 1962 Alcatraz escape attempt: Escape from Alcatraz

    Discovery of the escape

    Alcatraz, San Francisco, USA
    Tuesday Jun 12, 1962

    The escape was not discovered until the morning of June 12, 1962, due to the successful dummy head ruse. At the time of the escape, Warden Olin G. Blackwell was on vacation in Lake Berryessa in Napa County, California, and he did not believe the men could have survived the waters and make it to shore. In a joint effort, multiple military and law-enforcement agencies conducted extensive air, sea, and land search over the next 10 days. On June 14, a Coast Guard cutter picked up a paddle floating about 200 yards (180 m) off the southern shore of Angel Island.


  • Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos, Ñuñoa, Chile
    Sunday Jun 17, 1962
    Pelé

    1962 World Cup

    Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos, Ñuñoa, Chile
    Sunday Jun 17, 1962

    When the 1962 World Cup started, Pelé was the best rated player in the world. In the first match of the 1962 World Cup in Chile, against Mexico, Pelé assisted the first goal and then scored the second one, after a run past four defenders, to go up 2–0. He injured himself in the next game while attempting a long-range shot against Czechoslovakia. This would keep him out of the rest of the tournament.


  • Alcatraz, San Francisco, USA
    Thursday Jun 21, 1962
    June 1962 Alcatraz escape attempt: Escape from Alcatraz

    Investigations

    Alcatraz, San Francisco, USA
    Thursday Jun 21, 1962

    On the same day and in the same general location, workers on another boat found a wallet wrapped in plastic complete with names, and addresses, and photos of the Anglins' friends and relatives. On June 21, shreds of raincoat material, believed to be remnants of the raft, were found on a beach not far from the Golden Gate Bridge. The following day, a prison boat picked up a deflated life jacket made from the same material 50 yards (46 m) off of Alcatraz Island. No other physical evidence of the men's fate was ever found. According to the final FBI report, the escapee's raft was never recovered.


  • 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).


  • Algeria
    Tuesday Jul 3, 1962
    Charles de Gaulle

    France recognized Algerian independence

    Algeria
    Tuesday Jul 3, 1962

    France recognized Algerian independence on 3 July 1962.


  • Algeria
    Thursday Jul 5, 1962
    Algerian War

    The declaration of independence

    Algeria
    Thursday Jul 5, 1962

    The declaration of independence on July 5, 1962, the last French forces did not leave the naval base of Mers El Kébir until 1967.


  • Cuba
    Jul, 1962
    Cuban Missile Crisis

    Specialists in missiles arrived in Cuba

    Cuba
    Jul, 1962

    Specialists in missile construction under the guise of "machine operators", "irrigation specialists", and "agricultural specialists" arrived in July.


  • Laos
    Monday Jul 23, 1962
    Vietnam War

    Agreement Promising to respect the neutrality of Laos

    Laos
    Monday Jul 23, 1962

    On 23 July 1962, fourteen nations, including China, South Vietnam, the Soviet Union, North Vietnam and the United States, signed an agreement promising to respect the neutrality of Laos.


  • 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.


  • Howick, South Africa
    Sunday Aug 5, 1962
    Nelson Mandela

    Police captured Mandela

    Howick, South Africa
    Sunday Aug 5, 1962

    On 5 August 1962, police captured Mandela along with fellow activist Cecil Williams near Howick.


  • Wolfsburg, Germany
    1962
    Libraries

    Wolfsburg Municipal Library

    Wolfsburg, Germany
    1962

    Modernist architects like Alvar Aalto put great emphasis on the comfort and usability of library spaces. The Municipal Library he built 1958–62 for the German city of Wolfsburg features a great central room for which he used a series of specially designed skylights to bring in natural light, even though all the walls are covered with books.


  • U.S
    Friday Aug 10, 1962
    Cuban Missile Crisis

    John A. McCone and John F. Kennedy discussed Soviets' plan

    U.S
    Friday Aug 10, 1962

    CIA director John A. McCone was suspicious. Sending antiaircraft missiles into Cuba, he reasoned, "made sense only if Moscow intended to use them to shield a base for ballistic missiles aimed at the United States". On August 10, he wrote a memo to Kennedy in which he guessed that the Soviets were preparing to introduce ballistic missiles into Cuba.


  • 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.


  • England
    Thursday Aug 16, 1962
    The Beatles

    Best's dismissal

    England
    Thursday Aug 16, 1962

    Already contemplating Best's dismissal, the Beatles replaced him in mid-August with Ringo Starr, who left Rory Storm and the Hurricanes to join them.


  • France
    Wednesday Aug 22, 1962
    Charles de Gaulle

    De Gaulle targeted for death

    France
    Wednesday Aug 22, 1962

    De Gaulle was targeted for death by the Organisation armée secrète (OAS), in retaliation for his Algerian initiatives. Several assassination attempts were made on him; the most famous took place on 22 August 1962.


  • Cuba
    Thursday Aug 30, 1962
    Cuban Missile Crisis

    The first issue between US and Soviet

    Cuba
    Thursday Aug 30, 1962

    The first issue that led to a pause in reconnaissance flights took place on August 30, when a U-2 operated by the US Air Force's Strategic Air Command flew over Sakhalin Island in the Soviet Far East by mistake.


  • U.S
    Friday Aug 31, 1962
    Cuban Missile Crisis

    Senator Kenneth Keating warning of a missile base in Cuba

    U.S
    Friday Aug 31, 1962

    On August 31, Senator Kenneth Keating (R-New York) warned on the Senate floor that the Soviet Union was "in all probability" constructing a missile base in Cuba. He charged the Kennedy administration with covering up a major threat to the US, thereby starting the crisis.


  • Brunei
    Sep, 1962
    Brunei revolt

    Holding Elections

    Brunei
    Sep, 1962

    Elections were held in September 1962 and all of the contested seats were won by the Brunei People’s Party.


  • Moscow, Russia (Soviet Union)
    Sep, 1962
    Igor Stravinsky

    Travinsky Returned To Russia For The First Time Since 1914

    Moscow, Russia (Soviet Union)
    Sep, 1962

    In September 1962, Stravinsky returned to Russia for the first time since 1914, accepting an invitation from the Union of Soviet Composers to conduct six performances in Moscow and Leningrad. During the three-week visit he met with Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev and several leading Soviet composers, including Dmitri Shostakovich and Aram Khachaturian.


  • Cuba
    Sep, 1962
    Cuban Missile Crisis

    U-2 flight espionage returned to Cuba

    Cuba
    Sep, 1962

    In September 1962, analysts from the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) noticed that Cuban surface-to-air missile sites were arranged in a pattern similar to those used by the Soviet Union to protect its ICBM bases, leading DIA to lobby for the resumption of U-2 flights over the island.


  • London, England
    Tuesday Sep 4, 1962
    The Beatles

    The session at EMI

    London, England
    Tuesday Sep 4, 1962

    A 4 September session at EMI yielded a recording of "Love Me Do" featuring Starr on drums, but a dissatisfied Martin hired drummer Andy White for the band's third session a week later, which produced recordings of "Love Me Do", "Please Please Me" and "P.S. I Love You".


  • France
    Sep, 1962
    Charles de Gaulle

    De Gaulle sought a constitutional amendment

    France
    Sep, 1962

    In September 1962, de Gaulle sought a constitutional amendment to allow the president to be directly elected by the people and issued another referendum to this end.


  • 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.


  • Cuba
    Sunday Sep 16, 1962
    Cuban Missile Crisis

    R-12 missiles arrived in September

    Cuba
    Sunday Sep 16, 1962

    The first consignment of Soviet R-12 missiles arrived on the night of September 8, followed by a second on September 16. The R-12 was a medium-range ballistic missile, capable of carrying a thermonuclear warhead.


  • 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.


  • Paris, France
    Thursday Oct 4, 1962
    Charles de Gaulle

    De Gaulle dissolved the National Assembly

    Paris, France
    Thursday Oct 4, 1962

    On 4 October 1962, de Gaulle dissolved the National Assembly and held new elections.


  • United Kingdom
    Friday Oct 5, 1962
    James Bond

    Dr. No (film)

    United Kingdom
    Friday Oct 5, 1962

    Dr. No is a 1962 spy film directed by Terence Young. It is based on the 1958 novel of the same name by Ian Fleming. Starring Sean Connery, Ursula Andress, Joseph Wiseman, and Jack Lord, it is the first film in the James Bond series.


  • Algeria
    Monday Oct 8, 1962
    Algerian War

    Algeria was admitted as the 109th member of the United Nations

    Algeria
    Monday Oct 8, 1962

    Algeria was admitted as the 109th member of the United Nations on October 8, 1962.


  • 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
    Monday Oct 15, 1962
    Cuban Missile Crisis

    CIA's National reviewed the U-2 photographs

    U.S
    Monday Oct 15, 1962

    On October 15, the CIA's National Photographic Interpretation Center (NPIC) reviewed the U-2 photographs and identified objects that they interpreted as medium range ballistic missiles.


  • Cuba
    Wednesday Oct 17, 1962
    Cuban Missile Crisis

    President Kennedy received a personal message from Khrushchev

    Cuba
    Wednesday Oct 17, 1962

    On October 17, Soviet embassy official Georgy Bolshakov brought President Kennedy a personal message from Khrushchev reassuring him that "under no circumstances would surface-to-surface missiles be sent to Cuba."


  • U.S
    Friday Oct 19, 1962
    Cuban Missile Crisis

    Planning for an air strike or a naval blockade

    U.S
    Friday Oct 19, 1962

    On October 19, the EXCOMM formed separate working groups to examine the air strike and blockade options, and by the afternoon most support in the EXCOMM shifted to the blockade option.


  • U.S
    Sunday Oct 21, 1962
    Cuban Missile Crisis

    Kennedy and EXCOMM discussed cuban missile crisis

    U.S
    Sunday Oct 21, 1962

    Kennedy met with members of EXCOMM and other top advisers throughout October 21, considering two remaining options: an air strike primarily against the Cuban missile bases or a naval blockade of Cuba.


  • Cuba
    Monday Oct 22, 1962
    07 PM
    Cuban Missile Crisis

    Kennedy announced the missles' discovery

    Cuba
    Monday Oct 22, 1962
    07 PM

    On October 22 at 7:00 pm EDT, Kennedy delivered a nationwide televised address on all of the major networks announcing the discovery of the missiles.


  • 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.


  • U.S
    Thursday Oct 25, 1962
    10 PM
    Cuban Missile Crisis

    The US raised the readiness level against Russia

    U.S
    Thursday Oct 25, 1962
    10 PM

    At 10:00 pm EDT, the US raised the readiness level of SAC forces to DEFCON 2. For the only confirmed time in US history, B-52 bombers went on continuous airborne alert, and B-47 medium bombers were dispersed to various military and civilian airfields and made ready to take off, fully equipped, on 15 minutes' notice.


  • Cuba
    Saturday Oct 27, 1962
    Cuban Missile Crisis

    Crisis ends

    Cuba
    Saturday Oct 27, 1962

    On Saturday, October 27, after much deliberation between the Soviet Union and Kennedy's cabinet, Kennedy secretly agreed to remove all missiles set in Turkey and possibly southern Italy, the former on the border of the Soviet Union, in exchange for Khrushchev removing all missiles in Cuba.


  • U.S.S.R. (Now Russia)
    Sunday Oct 28, 1962
    John F. Kennedy

    Dismantle the missile sites

    U.S.S.R. (Now Russia)
    Sunday Oct 28, 1962

    On October 28, Khrushchev agreed to dismantle the missile sites, subject to UN inspections.


  • Paris, France
    Sunday Oct 28, 1962
    Charles de Gaulle

    De Gaulle's proposal to change the election procedure for the French presidency

    Paris, France
    Sunday Oct 28, 1962

    De Gaulle's proposal to change the election procedure for the French presidency was approved at the referendum on 28 October 1962 by more than three-fifths of voters despite a broad "coalition of no" formed by most of the parties, opposed to a presidential regime.


  • Sarawak, Malaysia
    Nov, 1962
    Brunei revolt

    Hints of brewing Trouble

    Sarawak, Malaysia
    Nov, 1962

    Hints of brewing trouble came in early November 1962 when the Resident for the 5th Division of Sarawak, Richard Morris (an Australian), who was based in Limbang (sandwiched between the two parts of Brunei) received information. Special Branch police from Kuching visited Limbang but only found some illegal uniforms with TNKU badges.


  • 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.


  • Russia
    1962
    Cuban Missile Crisis

    Soviet increased intermediate-range ballistic missiles

    Russia
    1962

    Soviet nuclear capability in 1962 placed less emphasis on ICBMs than on medium and intermediate-range ballistic missiles (MRBMs and IRBMs).


  • 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.


  • Sarawak, Malaysia
    Dec, 1962
    Communist insurgency in Sarawak

    SCO still lacked a military wing and its members had not yet undergone military training

    Sarawak, Malaysia
    Dec, 1962

    In December 1962, the SCO (the Sarawak Communist Organisation) still lacked a military wing and its members had not yet undergone military training. Following the Brunei Revolt, the SCO switched to a policy of armed insurgency from January 1963 since the defeat of the Bruneian rebels deprived it of a source of weapons.


  • Sarawak, Malaysia
    Dec, 1962
    Communist insurgency in Sarawak

    Sarawak Insurgency formally began

    Sarawak, Malaysia
    Dec, 1962

    the Sarawak Insurgency formally began after the Brunei Revolt in December 1962.


  • Hong Kong, China
    Wednesday Dec 5, 1962
    Jackie Chan

    Early appearances

    Hong Kong, China
    Wednesday Dec 5, 1962

    He began his career by appearing in small roles at the age of five as a child actor. At age eight, he appeared with some of his fellow "Little Fortunes" in the film Big and Little Wong Tin Bar (1962) with Li Li-Hua playing his mother.


  • Brunei
    Thursday Dec 6, 1962
    Brunei revolt

    Police Were Put on Full Alert

    Brunei
    Thursday Dec 6, 1962

    On 6 December, Morris heard the rebellion would start on the 8th. On 7th, similar information reached John Fisher, the resident of the 4th Division of Sarawak, based in Miri some 20 miles (30 km) west of Brunei. As a result, police were put on full alert through Brunei, North Borneo and Sarawak, and Police Field Force reinforcements were flown from Kuching to Miri.


  • Brunei
    Saturday Dec 8, 1962
    02:00:00 AM
    Brunei revolt

    The Rebellion broke out

    Brunei
    Saturday Dec 8, 1962
    02:00:00 AM

    The rebellion broke out at 2:00 am on 8 December. Signals from Brunei to British Far East Headquarters reported rebel attacks on police stations, the Sultan’s Istana, the Prime Minister’s house and the power station, and that another rebel force was approaching the capital by water. Far East Headquarters ordered ALE YELLOW, which placed a force of two Gurkha infantry companies on 48 hours notice to move.


  • Brunei
    Saturday Dec 8, 1962
    05:00:00 AM
    Brunei revolt

    TNKU Controlled Pekan Besar

    Brunei
    Saturday Dec 8, 1962
    05:00:00 AM

    By five in the morning, TNKU controlled Pekan Besar. News came that a number of civil servants at Pekan Besar had managed to escape capture. Around an hour later at downtown, the Deputy Chief Minister was granted an audience by the Sultan. After the meeting, the Sultan made a radio declaration condemning TNKU, the armed wing of the Brunei People's Party, for treason.


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