NASA Announces Advanced Saturn C-5 Moon Rocket Plans, January 9, 1962
Date: January 9, 1962
Date: January 9, 1962
In Burma, the army led by General Ne Win seizes power in a coup d'รฉtat. Date: March 2, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on March 2 ๐ Events on this day in 1962 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from 1962Caledonian Airways DC-7 Crash Kills 111 in Cameroon, March 4,…
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 โ ๐ Other events on January 9 ๐ Events on this day in 1962 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from…
Flooding in the coastal areas of West Germany kills 315 and destroys the homes of about 60,000 people. Date: February 16, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on February 16 ๐ Events on this day in 1962 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from 1962Huascarรกn Avalanche Kills 4,000 in Peru, January…
Arthur Lucas, convicted of murder, is the last person to be executed in Canada. Date: December 11, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on December 11 ๐ Events on this day in 1962 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from 1962Netherlands New Guinea Conflict: RI Macan Tutul Sunk in Arafura Sea,…
Cold War: While tied to its pier in Polyarny, the Soviet submarine B-37 is destroyed when fire breaks out in its torpedo compartment. Date: January 11, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on January 11 ๐ Events on this day in 1962 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from 1962Peter Fechter…
By refusing to agree to the firing of a nuclear torpedo at a US warship, Vasily Arkhipov averts nuclear war. Date: October 27, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on October 27 ๐ Events on this day in 1962 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from 1962Flying Tiger Line Flight 739…