Date: October 13, 1962
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Mercury program: While aboard Friendship 7, John Glenn becomes the first American to orbit the Earth, making three orbits in four hours, 55 minutes. Date: February 20, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 20 📅 Events on this day in 1962 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1962Cuban…
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 → 📅 Other events on January 9 📅 Events on this day in 1962 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from…
The Seattle World's Fair (Century 21 Exposition) opens. It is the first World's Fair in the United States since World War II. Date: April 21, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 21 📅 Events on this day in 1962 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1962Starfish Prime Nuclear…
The Seattle World's Fair (Century 21 Exposition) opens. It is the first World's Fair in the United States since World War II. Date: April 21, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 21 📅 Events on this day in 1962 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1962Vietnam War: RVNAF…
Uganda becomes an independent Commonwealth realm. Date: October 9, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 9 📅 Events on this day in 1962 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1962Pope John XXIII Excommunicates Fidel Castro January 3, 1962British Space Programme Launches First Satellite Ariel 1 April 26, 1962Great…
NASA launches Relay 1, the first active repeater communications satellite in orbit. Date: December 13, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 13 📅 Events on this day in 1962 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1962Cuban Missile Crisis Begins as Soviet Missiles Are Spotted in Cuba, October 14,…