Nelson Mandela Jailed During Apartheid, August 5, 1962
Date: August 5, 1962
Date: August 5, 1962
James Joseph Dresnok defects to North Korea after running across the Korean Demilitarized Zone. Dresnok died in 2016. Date: August 15, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on August 15 π Events on this day in 1962 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1962Pines Express Final Run on Somerset and…
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 β π Other events on March 16 π Events on this day in 1962 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1962NASA Announces C-5 βAdvanced Saturnβ Moon…
The British space programme launches its first satellite, the Ariel 1. Date: April 26, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on April 26 π Events on this day in 1962 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1962Rwanda and Burundi Independence, July 1, 1962Aeroflot Flight 213 Mountain Crash Kills 32, September…
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 1962Der…
An appeals court orders the University of Mississippi to admit James Meredith, the first African-American student admitted to the segregated university. Date: September 13, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on September 13 π Events on this day in 1962 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1962Ne Win Destroys Rangoon…
The Late Late Show, the world's longest-running chat show by the same broadcaster, airs on RTΓ One for the first time. Date: July 6, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on July 6 π Events on this day in 1962 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1962HuascarΓ‘n Avalanche Kills 4,000…