The International Agreement on the Neutrality of Laos is signed. Date: July 23, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 23 📅 Events on this day in 1962 📅 On This Day (Today)
Telstar relays the first publicly transmitted, live trans-Atlantic television program, featuring Walter Cronkite. Date: July 23, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 23 📅 Events on this day in 1962 📅 On This Day (Today)
Mariner program: Mariner 1 spacecraft flies erratically several minutes after launch and has to be destroyed. Date: July 22, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 22 📅 Events on this day in 1962 📅 On This Day (Today)
Nuclear weapons testing: The "Small Boy" test shot Little Feller I becomes the last atmospheric test detonation at the Nevada National Security Site. Date: July 17, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 17 📅 Events on this day in 1962 📅 On This Day (Today)
In an unprecedented action, British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan dismisses seven members of his Cabinet, marking the effective end of the National Liberals as a distinct force within British politics. Date: July 13, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 13 📅 Events on this day in 1962 📅 On This…
Project Apollo: At a press conference, NASA announces lunar orbit rendezvous as the means to land astronauts on the Moon, and return them to Earth. Date: July 11, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 11 📅 Events on this day in 1962 📅 On This Day (Today)
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)
Telstar, the world's first communications satellite, is launched into orbit. Date: July 10, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 10 📅 Events on this day in 1962 📅 On This Day (Today)
Starfish Prime tests the effects of a nuclear explosion at orbital altitudes. Date: July 9, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 9 📅 Events on this day in 1962 📅 On This Day (Today)
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)