Date: August 7, 1962
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) More events from 1962Project Mercury: Scott Carpenter Orbits Earth…
Vietnam War: Operation Chopper, the first American combat mission and first American helicopter assault in the war, takes place. Date: January 12, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 12 📅 Events on this day in 1962 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1962NASA Announces Advanced Saturn C-5 Moon…
The official independence of Algeria is proclaimed after an eight-year-long war with France. Date: July 5, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 5 📅 Events on this day in 1962 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1962Centralia Mine Fire Ignites in Landfill Above Coal Mine, May 27, 1962Nelson…
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 1962British Space Programme…
The Organisation Armée Secrète (OAS) sets fire to the University of Algiers library building, destroying about 500,000 books. Date: June 7, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 7 📅 Events on this day in 1962 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1962Marilyn Monroe Sings “Happy Birthday” to JFK…
American actress Marilyn Monroe is found dead at her home from a drug overdose. Date: August 5, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 5 📅 Events on this day in 1962 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1962Soviet Submarine B-37 Destroyed by Fire at Polyarny, January 11, 1962Jackie…