British Space Programme Launches First Satellite Ariel 1 April 26, 1962

The European Space Research Organisation is established in Paris – later becoming the European Space Agency. Date: June 14, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 14 📅 Events on this day in 1962 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1962Operation Plowshare Sedan Nuclear Test July 6, 1962Turkish Airlines…

Ne Win besieges and blows up the Rangoon University Student Union building to crush the Student Movement. Date: July 8, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 8 📅 Events on this day in 1962 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1962British Space Programme Launches First Satellite Ariel 1…

NASA's Ranger 4 spacecraft crashes into the Moon. Date: April 26, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 26 📅 Events on this day in 1962 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1962Burma Military Coup: General Ne Win Seizes Power, March 2, 1962West Berlin Socialist Unity Party Forms Separate…

China launches simultaneous offensives in Ladakh and across the McMahon Line, igniting the Sino-Indian War. Date: October 20, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 20 📅 Events on this day in 1962 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1962James Joseph Dresnok Defects to North Korea Across DMZ, August…

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 1962Pines Express Final Run on Somerset…

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…