China Launches Offensives in Ladakh and McMahon Line, Sino-Indian War, October 20, 1962

Wilt Chamberlain sets the single-game scoring record in the National Basketball Association by scoring 100 points. Date: March 2, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 2 📅 Events on this day in 1962 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1962NASA Mariner 2 First Spacecraft to Fly By Venus,…

NASA launches Relay 1, the first active repeater communications satellite in orbit. Date: December 13, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 13 📅 Events on this day in 1962 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1962Project Mercury: Scott Carpenter Orbits Earth in Aurora 7, May 24, 1962West Berlin…

American Airlines Flight 1 crashes into Jamaica Bay in New York, killing 95. Date: March 1, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 1 📅 Events on this day in 1962 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1962Soviet Submarine B-37 Destroyed by Fire at Polyarny, January 11, 1962Cold War…

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 1962John Glenn First American…

Flying Tiger Line Flight 739 disappears in the western Pacific Ocean with all 107 aboard missing and presumed dead. Date: March 16, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 16 📅 Events on this day in 1962 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1962Great Sheffield Gale Devastates UK, Kills…