Trinidad and Tobago Independence Declared, August 31, 1962

Cuban Missile Crisis: Adlai Stevenson shows the United Nations Security Council reconnaissance photographs of Soviet ballistic missiles in Cuba. Date: October 25, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 25 📅 Events on this day in 1962 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1962Telstar First Live Transatlantic TV Broadcast…

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 1962Pines Express Final Run on Somerset and Dorset Railway, September 8, 1962Arturo…

Vietnam War: Two dissident Republic of Vietnam Air Force pilots bomb the Independence Palace in Saigon in a failed attempt to assassinate South Vietnam President Ngô Đình Diệm. Date: February 27, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 27 📅 Events on this day in 1962 📅 On This Day (Today)…

The Soviet ship Poltava heads toward Cuba, one of the events that sets into motion the Cuban Missile Crisis. Date: September 15, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 15 📅 Events on this day in 1962 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1962Cold War U2 Spy Plane Pilot…

Nuclear weapons testing: The "Small Boy" test shot Little Feller I becomes the last atmospheric test detonation at the Nevada National Security Site. Date: July 17, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 17 📅 Events on this day in 1962 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1962Charonne Station…

Cuban Missile Crisis ends: In response to the Soviet Union agreeing to remove its missiles from Cuba, U.S. President John F. Kennedy ends the quarantine of the Caribbean nation. Date: November 20, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 20 📅 Events on this day in 1962 📅 On This Day…