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

The Centralia mine fire is ignited in the town's landfill above a coal mine. Date: May 27, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 27 📅 Events on this day in 1962 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1962Project Mercury: Scott Carpenter Orbits Earth in Aurora 7, May 24,…

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 1962Turkish Airlines Fokker F27 Crashes in Taurus Mountains, 11 Killed,…

Ranger 3 is launched to study the Moon. The space probe later misses the Moon by 22,000 miles (35,400 km). Date: January 26, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 26 📅 Events on this day in 1962 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1962James Joseph Dresnok Defects to North…

Adolf Eichmann, former SS officer in Nazi Germany, is hanged in Israel for having committed crimes against humanity, war crimes, and other offenses. Date: June 1, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 1 📅 Events on this day in 1962 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1962Alcatraz Escape…

The Soviet Union conducts its final above-ground nuclear weapon test, in anticipation of the 1963 Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty. Date: December 25, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 25 📅 Events on this day in 1962 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1962Great Sheffield Gale Devastates UK,…

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 → 📅 Other events on March 16 📅 Events on this day in 1962 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1962OAS Burns University of Algiers Library,…