Date: February 16, 1962
American Airlines Flight 1 crashes into Jamaica Bay in New York, killing 95. Date: March 1, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 1 📅 Events on this day in 1962 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1962Cuban Missile Crisis Begins: Kennedy Informed of Nuclear Missiles, October 16, 1962Chinese…
Canadian-born American pharmacologist Frances Oldham Kelsey is awarded the U.S. President's Award for Distinguished Federal Civilian Service for her refusal to authorize thalidomide. Date: August 7, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 7 📅 Events on this day in 1962 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1962Project Mercury:…
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 1962Derveni Papyrus Found in Northern Greece,…
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 1962Caledonian…
Continental Airlines Flight 11 crashes in Unionville, Missouri after bombs explode on board, killing 45. Date: May 22, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 22 📅 Events on this day in 1962 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1962Burundi, Jamaica, Rwanda, Trinidad and Tobago Join UN – September…
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 1962Cold War U2 Spy Plane Pilot Gary Powers Exchanged for…