Arturo Frondizi Overthrown in Argentine Military Coup, March 29, 1962
Date: March 29, 1962
Date: March 29, 1962
Major Rudolf Anderson of the United States Air Force becomes the only direct human casualty of the Cuban Missile Crisis when his U-2 reconnaissance airplane is shot down over Cuba by a Soviet-supplied surface-to-air missile. Date: October 27, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 27 📅 Events on this day…
The Seattle World's Fair (Century 21 Exposition) opens. It is the first World's Fair in the United States since World War II. Date: April 21, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 21 📅 Events on this day in 1962 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1962Cold War U2…
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 1962Soviet Submarine B-37 Destroyed by Fire in Polyarny, January 11, 1962Kuwait National Assembly…
Burundi, Jamaica, Rwanda and Trinidad and Tobago are admitted to the United Nations. Date: September 18, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 18 📅 Events on this day in 1962 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1962Caledonian Airways DC-7 Crash in Cameroon Kills 111 March 4, 1962First Transatlantic…
Project Mercury: US astronaut Wally Schirra, in Sigma 7, is launched from Cape Canaveral for a six-orbit flight. Date: October 3, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 3 📅 Events on this day in 1962 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1962West Indies Federation Dissolves May 31, 1962Cuban…
The OAS attempts to assassinate French president Charles de Gaulle. Date: August 22, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 22 📅 Events on this day in 1962 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1962Peter Fechter Shot Crossing Berlin Wall, August 17, 1962First Transatlantic Satellite Television Transmission, July 11,…