American Airlines Flight 1 Crashes in Jamaica Bay, Killing 95, March 1, 1962
Date: March 1, 1962
Date: March 1, 1962
NASA's Mariner 2 becomes the first spacecraft to fly by Venus. Date: December 14, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on December 14 π Events on this day in 1962 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1962Soviet Submarine B-37 Destroyed by Fire at Polyarny, January 11, 1962Starfish Prime Nuclear Orbital…
Nine protestors are killed at Charonne station, Paris, by French police under the command of ex-Vichy official and Parisian Prefect of Police Maurice Papon. Date: February 8, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on February 8 π Events on this day in 1962 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1962Soviet…
US President John F. Kennedy delivers his "We choose to go to the Moon" speech at Rice University. Date: September 12, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on September 12 π Events on this day in 1962 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1962Trinidad and Tobago Independence Declared, August 31,…
Telstar, the world's first communications satellite, is launched into orbit. Date: July 10, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on July 10 π Events on this day in 1962 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1962NS Savannah, First Nuclear-Powered Civilian Ship Maiden Voyage, August 20, 1962Vasily Arkhipov Averts Nuclear War…
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 β π Other events on March 16 π Events on this day in 1962 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1962Algerian War of Independence Ends, March…
The Soviet ship Poltava heads toward Cuba, one of the events that sets into motion the Cuban Missile Crisis. Date: September 15, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on September 15 π Events on this day in 1962 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1962West Indies Federation Dissolves May 31,…