Date: October 14, 1962
China launches simultaneous offensives in Ladakh and across the McMahon Line, igniting the Sino-Indian War. Date: October 20, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 20 📅 Events on this day in 1962 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1962Frances Oldham Kelsey Awarded for Thalidomide Refusal, August 7, 1962Netherlands…
Project Mercury: American astronaut Scott Carpenter orbits the Earth three times in the Aurora 7 space capsule. Date: May 24, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 24 📅 Events on this day in 1962 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1962Great Sheffield Gale Devastates UK, Kills Nine, Damages…
Nine protestors are killed at Charonne station, Paris, by French police under the command of ex-Vichy official and Parisian Prefect of Police Maurice Papon. Date: February 8, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 8 📅 Events on this day in 1962 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1962Wilt…
Cold War: The West Berlin branch of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany forms a separate party, the Socialist Unity Party of West Berlin. Date: November 24, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 24 📅 Events on this day in 1962 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1962Pacific…
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) More events from 1962Cuban Missile Crisis Begins as…
Apollo program: NASA announces plans to build the C-5 rocket launch vehicle, then known as the "Advanced Saturn", to carry human beings to the Moon. Date: January 9, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 9 📅 Events on this day in 1962 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from…