Charles de Gaulle Calls for Algerian Independence February 5, 1962

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 1962British Space Programme Launches…

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) More events from 1962Telstar First Communications…

Major Rudolf Anderson of the United States Air Force becomes the only direct human casualty of the Cuban Missile Crisis when his U-2 reconnaissance airplane is shot down over Cuba by a Soviet-supplied surface-to-air missile. Date: October 27, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 27 📅 Events on this day…

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) More events from 1962Marilyn Monroe Sings “Happy Birthday” to JFK at Madison Square Garden, May 19, 1962Aeroflot Flight…

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) More events from 1962Turkish Airlines Fokker F27 Crashes in Taurus Mountains, 11 Killed, March 8, 1962Western Samoa Gains…