Marilyn Monroe Found Dead from Drug Overdose, August 5, 1962
Date: August 5, 1962
Date: August 5, 1962
Ranger 3 is launched to study the Moon. The space probe later misses the Moon by 22,000 miles (35,400Β km). Date: January 26, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on January 26 π Events on this day in 1962 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1962Charonne Station Protesters Killed by French…
James Meredith becomes the first African American student to enroll at the University of Mississippi. Date: October 1, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on October 1 π Events on this day in 1962 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1962American Airlines Flight 1 Crashes in Jamaica Bay, Killing 95,…
Cuban Missile Crisis: President Kennedy, after internal counsel from Dwight D. Eisenhower, announces that American reconnaissance planes have discovered Soviet nuclear weapons in Cuba, and that he has ordered a naval "quarantine" of the Communist nation. Date: October 22, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on October 22 π Events on this…
The French government and representatives of the Provisional Government of the Algerian Republic reach a settlement to end the Algerian war in the Γvian Accords. Date: May 18, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on May 18 π Events on this day in 1962 π On This Day (Today) More events from…
At Paris Orly Airport, Air France Flight 007 overruns the runway and explodes when the crew attempts to abort takeoff, killing 130. Date: June 3, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on June 3 π Events on this day in 1962 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1962Burma Military Coup:…
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 β π Other events on November 24 π Events on this day in 1962 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1962Columbus…