Date: November 20, 1962
Beginning of the 8th World Festival of Youth and Students. Date: July 28, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 28 📅 Events on this day in 1962 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1962Alitalia Flight 771 Crashes in Junnar, India, Killing 94 July 7, 1962Chinese Police Fire on…
Workers at four New York City newspapers (this later increases to nine) go on strike for 114 days. Date: December 8, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 8 📅 Events on this day in 1962 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1962Uganda Becomes Independent Commonwealth Realm, October 9,…
Continental Airlines Flight 11 crashes in Unionville, Missouri after bombs explode on board, killing 45. Date: May 22, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 22 📅 Events on this day in 1962 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1962West Germany Coastal Flooding Kills 315, Destroys 60,000 Homes -…
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…
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 1962Wilt Chamberlain Sets NBA Single-Game…
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 1962Évian Accords End Algerian War of Independence -…