Date: October 12, 1962
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) More events from 1962Huascarán Avalanche Kills 4,000 in Peru, January 11, 1962Frances Oldham Kelsey Awarded…
The Pacific Northwest experiences a cyclone the equal of a Category 3 hurricane, with winds above 150 mph. Forty-six people die. Date: October 13, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 13 📅 Events on this day in 1962 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1962John F. Kennedy Dedicates Washington…
The OAS attempts to assassinate French president Charles de Gaulle. Date: August 22, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 22 📅 Events on this day in 1962 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1962Adolf Eichmann Executed in Israel for War Crimes, June 1, 1962Project Mercury: Scott Carpenter Orbits…
Kuwait's National Assembly ratifies the Constitution of Kuwait. Date: November 11, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 11 📅 Events on this day in 1962 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1962Court Orders University of Mississippi to Admit James Meredith September 13, 1962NASA Launches Mariner 2 Unmanned Mission…
Cuban Missile Crisis: Adlai Stevenson shows the United Nations Security Council reconnaissance photographs of Soviet ballistic missiles in Cuba. Date: October 25, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 25 📅 Events on this day in 1962 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1962Air France Flight 007 Crash at…
The Great Sheffield Gale impacts the United Kingdom, killing nine people; the city of Sheffield is devastated, with 150,000 homes damaged. Date: February 16, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 16 📅 Events on this day in 1962 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1962New York City Newspaper…