Burundi, Jamaica, Rwanda, Trinidad and Tobago Join UN – September 18, 1962

Western Samoa achieves independence from New Zealand; its name is changed to the Independent State of Western Samoa. Date: January 1, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 1 📅 Events on this day in 1962 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1962Continental Airlines Flight 11 Bombing Crash Kills…

The Yemen Arab Republic is established. Date: September 27, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 27 📅 Events on this day in 1962 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1962US Begins Exercise Spade Fork Nuclear Readiness Drill September 6, 1962Adolf Eichmann Executed in Israel for War Crimes, June…

First transatlantic satellite television transmission. Date: July 11, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 11 📅 Events on this day in 1962 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1962Vostok 3 Launches; Andrian Nikolayev First to Float in Microgravity, August 11, 1962American Airlines Flight 1 Crashes in Jamaica Bay,…

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 1962Seattle World’s Fair Opens, First U.S. Postwar World’s Fair,…

An appeals court orders the University of Mississippi to admit James Meredith, the first African-American student admitted to the segregated university. Date: September 13, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 13 📅 Events on this day in 1962 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1962James Joseph Dresnok Defects…