Date: May 18, 1962
Vietnam War: Operation Chopper, the first American combat mission and first American helicopter assault in the war, takes place. Date: January 12, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 12 📅 Events on this day in 1962 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1962Adolf Eichmann Executed in Israel for…
Marvel Comics publishes the first issue of The Incredible Hulk. Date: May 10, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 10 📅 Events on this day in 1962 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1962Cuban Missile Crisis Begins: Kennedy Informed of Nuclear Missiles, October 16, 1962Vasily Arkhipov Averts Nuclear…
The Pacific Northwest experiences a cyclone the equal of a Category 3 hurricane, with winds above 150 mph. Forty-six people die. Date: October 13, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 13 📅 Events on this day in 1962 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1962Operation Fishbowl Ends, Final Above-Ground…
By refusing to agree to the firing of a nuclear torpedo at a US warship, Vasily Arkhipov averts nuclear war. Date: October 27, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 27 📅 Events on this day in 1962 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1962Évian Accords End Algerian War,…
Vostok 3 launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome and cosmonaut Andrian Nikolayev becomes the first person to float in microgravity. Date: August 11, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 11 📅 Events on this day in 1962 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1962Charonne Station Protesters Killed by French…
The first Beatles single "Love Me Do" 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 1962Project Mercury: Wally Schirra Launches Sigma 7 Six-Orbit Flight, October 3, 1962Nelson Mandela Jailed…