1962 events

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)

The Seattle World's Fair (Century 21 Exposition) opens. It is the first World's Fair in the United States since World War II. Date: April 21, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 21 📅 Events on this day in 1962 📅 On This Day (Today)

Arturo Frondizi, the president of Argentina, is overthrown in a military coup by Argentina's armed forces, ending an 11+1⁄2 day constitutional crisis. Date: March 29, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 29 📅 Events on this day in 1962 📅 On This Day (Today)

The Algerian War of Independence ends. Date: March 19, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 19 📅 Events on this day in 1962 📅 On This Day (Today)

The Évian Accords end the Algerian War of Independence, which had begun in 1954. Date: March 18, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 18 📅 Events on this day in 1962 📅 On This Day (Today)

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)

A Turkish Airlines Fokker F27 Friendship crashes into Mount Medetsiz in the Taurus Mountains of Turkey, killing all 11 people on board. Date: March 8, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 8 📅 Events on this day in 1962 📅 On This Day (Today)

A Caledonian Airways Douglas DC-7 crashes shortly after takeoff from Cameroon, killing 111 – the worst crash of a DC-7. Date: March 4, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 4 📅 Events on this day in 1962 📅 On This Day (Today)