That Was the Week That Was Premieres on TV, November 24, 1962

The West Indies Federation dissolves. Date: May 31, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 31 📅 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, 1962Burma Military Coup: General Ne Win Seizes…

Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro. Date: January 3, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 3 📅 Events on this day in 1962 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1962China Launches Offensives in Ladakh and McMahon Line, Sino-Indian War, October 20, 1962The Beatles Release “Love Me Do” 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 1962Vasily Arkhipov Averts Nuclear War by Refusing Nuclear…

Western Samoa achieves independence from New Zealand; its name is changed to the Independent State of Western Samoa. Date: January 1, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 1 📅 Events on this day in 1962 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1962NASA Launches Relay 1, First Active Repeater…

American Airlines Flight 1 crashes into Jamaica Bay in New York, killing 95. Date: March 1, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 1 📅 Events on this day in 1962 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1962FIFA World Cup Violent Chile vs Italy Match June 2, 1962Jackie Robinson…

By refusing to agree to the firing of a nuclear torpedo at a US warship, Vasily Arkhipov averts nuclear war. Date: October 27, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 27 📅 Events on this day in 1962 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1962Court Orders University of Mississippi…