Date: September 13, 1962
Project Apollo: At a press conference, NASA announces lunar orbit rendezvous as the means to land astronauts on the Moon, and return them to Earth. Date: July 11, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 11 📅 Events on this day in 1962 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from…
Ne Win besieges and blows up the Rangoon University Student Union building to crush the Student Movement. Date: July 8, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 8 📅 Events on this day in 1962 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1962Peter Marsden Discovers Blackfriars Ships in London -…
A Caledonian Airways Douglas DC-7 crashes shortly after takeoff from Cameroon, killing 111 – the worst crash of a DC-7. Date: March 4, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 4 📅 Events on this day in 1962 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1962NS Savannah, First Nuclear-Powered Civilian…
Rachel Carson's book Silent Spring is published, inspiring an environmental movement and the creation of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Date: September 27, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 27 📅 Events on this day in 1962 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1962Vietnam War: Operation Chopper, First…
Peter Fechter is shot and bleeds to death while trying to cross the new Berlin Wall. Date: August 17, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 17 📅 Events on this day in 1962 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1962West Indies Federation Dissolves May 31, 1962Soviet Kosmos 5…
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 1962Algeria Independence Proclaimed After War with France, July 5, 1962Prince Rainier III Revises Monaco Constitution, Transfers Power…