Burundi, Jamaica, Rwanda, Trinidad and Tobago Join UN – September 18, 1962

Cuban Missile Crisis begins: U.S. President John F. Kennedy is informed of photos taken on October 14 by a U-2 showing nuclear missiles (the crisis will last for 13 days starting from this point). Date: October 16, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 16 📅 Events on this day in…

Project Mercury: American astronaut Scott Carpenter orbits the Earth three times in the Aurora 7 space capsule. Date: May 24, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 24 📅 Events on this day in 1962 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1962Last Atmospheric Nuclear Test at Nevada Site, July…

Last run of the famous Pines Express over the Somerset and Dorset Railway line (UK) fittingly using the last steam locomotive built by British Railways, BR Standard Class 9F 92220 Evening Star. Date: September 8, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 8 📅 Events on this day in 1962 📅…

Adolf Eichmann, former SS officer in Nazi Germany, is hanged in Israel for having committed crimes against humanity, war crimes, and other offenses. Date: June 1, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 1 📅 Events on this day in 1962 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1962OAS Burns…

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 1962Flying Tiger Line Flight 739 Disappears in…

The first of the James Bond film series, based on the novels by Ian Fleming, Dr. No, is released in Britain. Date: October 5, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 5 📅 Events on this day in 1962 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1962Nelson Mandela Jailed During…