The Beatles Release “Love Me Do” in Britain — October 5, 1962
Date: October 5, 1962
Date: October 5, 1962
The Organisation Armée Secrète (OAS) sets fire to the University of Algiers library building, destroying about 500,000 books. Date: June 7, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 7 📅 Events on this day in 1962 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1962Turkish Airlines Fokker F27 Crashes in Taurus…
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…
Independence of Rwanda and Burundi. Date: July 1, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 1 📅 Events on this day in 1962 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1962Ranger 3 Moon Mission Launch Misses Moon, January 26, 1962West Germany Coastal Flooding Kills 315, Destroys 60,000 Homes – February…
Cold War: Captured American U2 spy-plane pilot Gary Powers is exchanged for captured Soviet spy Rudolf Abel. Date: February 10, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 10 📅 Events on this day in 1962 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1962Huascarán Avalanche Kills 4,000 in Peru, January 11,…
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 1962NASA Launches Mariner 2 Unmanned Mission to Venus…
At Paris Orly Airport, Air France Flight 007 overruns the runway and explodes when the crew attempts to abort takeoff, killing 130. Date: June 3, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 3 📅 Events on this day in 1962 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1962New York City…