Vasily Arkhipov Averts Nuclear War by Refusing Nuclear Torpedo Fire, October 27, 1962

The West Indies Federation dissolves. Date: May 31, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 31 📅 Events on this day in 1962 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1962Uganda Becomes Independent Commonwealth Realm, October 9, 1962Cuban Missile Crisis Begins as Soviet Missiles Are Spotted in Cuba, October 14,…

Flying Tiger Line Flight 923, a Lockheed L-1049H Super Constellation registered as N6923C, ditches into the Atlantic Ocean killing 28 out the 76 occupants onboard. The remaining 48 were rescued six hours later. Date: September 23, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 23 📅 Events on this day in 1962…

Apollo program: NASA announces plans to build the C-5 rocket launch vehicle, then known as the "Advanced Saturn", to carry human beings to the Moon. Date: January 9, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 9 📅 Events on this day in 1962 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from…

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 1962OAS Burns University of Algiers Library,…

An appeals court orders the University of Mississippi to admit James Meredith, the first African-American student admitted to the segregated university. Date: September 13, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 13 📅 Events on this day in 1962 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1962Cold War U2 Pilot…