Telstar First Live Transatlantic TV Broadcast with Walter Cronkite, July 23, 1962
Date: July 23, 1962
Date: July 23, 1962
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 1962Vasily Arkhipov Averts Nuclear…
NASA's Ranger 4 spacecraft crashes into the Moon. 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 1962Cuban Missile Crisis: Kennedy Announces Soviet Nuclear Weapons in Cuba, October 22, 1962Western Samoa Independence from New…
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 β π Other events on February 16 π Events on this day in 1962 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1962John Glenn First American to Orbit Earth…
Archaeologist Peter Marsden discovers the first of the Blackfriars Ships dating back to the second century AD in the Blackfriars area of the banks of the River Thames in London. Date: September 6, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on September 6 π Events on this day in 1962 π On This…
Jamaica becomes independent from the United Kingdom. Date: August 6, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on August 6 π Events on this day in 1962 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1962Peter Fechter Shot Crossing Berlin Wall, August 17, 1962Centralia Mine Fire Ignites in Landfill Above Coal Mine, May…
Air France Flight 117 crashes on approach to Pointe-Γ -Pitre International Airport in Guadeloupe, killing 112 people. Date: June 22, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on June 22 π Events on this day in 1962 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1962Charonne Station Protesters Killed by French Police, February 8,…