Pope John XXIII Excommunicates Fidel Castro – January 3, 1962

The United States bans all Cuban imports and exports. Date: February 7, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 7 📅 Events on this day in 1962 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1962Vietnam War: RVAF Pilots Bomb Saigon Independence Palace, Failed Diệm Assassination, February 27, 1962British Space Programme…

Arthur Lucas, convicted of murder, is the last person to be executed in Canada. Date: December 11, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 11 📅 Events on this day in 1962 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1962Rwanda and Burundi Independence, July 1, 1962Soviet Union Conducts Final Above-Ground…

Project Mercury: US astronaut Wally Schirra, in Sigma 7, is launched from Cape Canaveral for a six-orbit flight. Date: October 3, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 3 📅 Events on this day in 1962 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1962Project Mercury: Scott Carpenter Orbits Earth in…

Project Mercury: American astronaut Scott Carpenter orbits the Earth three times in the Aurora 7 space capsule. Date: May 24, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 24 📅 Events on this day in 1962 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1962Continental Airlines Flight 11 Bombing Crash Kills 45,…

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 → 📅 Other events on February 16 📅 Events on this day in 1962 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1962North Yemen Civil War Begins, Republic Declared…

The Mariner 2 unmanned space mission is launched to Venus by NASA. Date: August 27, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 27 📅 Events on this day in 1962 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1962Algerian War of Independence Ends, March 19, 1962Vasily Arkhipov Averts Nuclear War by…