Peter Fechter is shot and bleeds to death while trying to cross the new Berlin Wall. Date: August 17, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 17 📅 Events on this day in 1962 📅 On This Day (Today)
James Joseph Dresnok defects to North Korea after running across the Korean Demilitarized Zone. Dresnok died in 2016. Date: August 15, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 15 📅 Events on this day in 1962 📅 On This Day (Today)
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)
Canadian-born American pharmacologist Frances Oldham Kelsey is awarded the U.S. President's Award for Distinguished Federal Civilian Service for her refusal to authorize thalidomide. Date: August 7, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 7 📅 Events on this day in 1962 📅 On This Day (Today)
Jamaica becomes independent from the United Kingdom. Date: August 6, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 6 📅 Events on this day in 1962 📅 On This Day (Today)
American actress Marilyn Monroe is found dead at her home from a drug overdose. Date: August 5, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 5 📅 Events on this day in 1962 📅 On This Day (Today)
Apartheid: Nelson Mandela is jailed. He would not be released until 1990. Date: August 5, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 5 📅 Events on this day in 1962 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Trans-Canada Highway, the then-longest national highway in the world, is officially opened. Date: July 30, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 30 📅 Events on this day in 1962 📅 On This Day (Today)
Beginning of the 8th World Festival of Youth and Students. Date: July 28, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 28 📅 Events on this day in 1962 📅 On This Day (Today)
Jackie Robinson becomes the first African American to be inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Date: July 23, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 23 📅 Events on this day in 1962 📅 On This Day (Today)