Burma Military Coup: General Ne Win Seizes Power, March 2, 1962

NASA's Ranger 4 spacecraft crashes into the Moon. Date: April 26, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 26 📅 Events on this day in 1962 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1962Chinese Police Fire on Yining Protesters, Kill Five, May 29, 1962Western Samoa Gains Independence from New Zealand…

The United States concludes Operation Fishbowl, its final above-ground nuclear weapons testing series, in anticipation of the 1963 Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty. Date: November 4, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 4 📅 Events on this day in 1962 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1962China Launches…

Western Samoa achieves independence from New Zealand; its name is changed to the Independent State of Western Samoa. Date: January 1, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 1 📅 Events on this day in 1962 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1962US Begins Exercise Spade Fork Nuclear Readiness…

Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro. Date: January 3, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 3 📅 Events on this day in 1962 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1962OAS Attempts to Assassinate Charles de Gaulle, August 22, 1962Western Samoa Independence from New Zealand, Renamed Independent State of…

Mariner program: Mariner 1 spacecraft flies erratically several minutes after launch and has to be destroyed. Date: July 22, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 22 📅 Events on this day in 1962 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1962Ne Win Destroys Rangoon University Student Union to Crush…