Date: September 27, 1962
Netherlands New Guinea Conflict: Indonesian Navy fast patrol boat RI Macan Tutul commanded by Commodore Yos Sudarso sunk in Arafura Sea by the Dutch Navy. Date: January 15, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 15 📅 Events on this day in 1962 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from…
Ne Win besieges and blows up the Rangoon University Student Union building to crush the Student Movement. Date: July 8, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 8 📅 Events on this day in 1962 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1962Vietnam War: RVNAF Pilots Bomb Independence Palace, Assassination…
Mariner program: Mariner 1 spacecraft flies erratically several minutes after launch and has to be destroyed. Date: July 22, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 22 📅 Events on this day in 1962 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1962Wilt Chamberlain Sets NBA Single-Game Scoring Record, 100 Points…
Marvel Comics publishes the first issue of The Incredible Hulk. Date: May 10, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 10 📅 Events on this day in 1962 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1962Soviet Union Conducts Final Above-Ground Nuclear Test, December 25, 1962NASA Ranger 4 Crashes Into the…
Major Rudolf Anderson of the United States Air Force becomes the only direct human casualty of the Cuban Missile Crisis when his U-2 reconnaissance airplane is shot down over Cuba by a Soviet-supplied surface-to-air missile. Date: October 27, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 27 📅 Events on this day…
American actress Marilyn Monroe is found dead at her home from a drug overdose. Date: August 5, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 5 📅 Events on this day in 1962 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1962British Space Programme Launches First Satellite Ariel 1 April 26, 1962John…