Turkish Airlines Fokker F27 Crashes in Turkey, March 8, 1962

The Mariner 2 unmanned space mission is launched to Venus by NASA. Date: August 27, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 27 📅 Events on this day in 1962 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1962Vietnam War: RVNAF Pilots Bomb Independence Palace, Assassination Attempt February 27, 1962Cold War…

Aeroflot Flight 213 crashes into a mountain near Chersky Airport, killing 32 people. Date: September 18, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 18 📅 Events on this day in 1962 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1962Telstar First Communications Satellite Launches into Orbit, July 10, 1962Pacific Northwest Cyclone…

Cuban Missile Crisis: President Kennedy, after internal counsel from Dwight D. Eisenhower, announces that American reconnaissance planes have discovered Soviet nuclear weapons in Cuba, and that he has ordered a naval "quarantine" of the Communist nation. Date: October 22, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 22 📅 Events on this…

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 1962Burma Military Coup: General Ne Win Seizes Power, March…

Cuban Missile Crisis begins: U.S. President John F. Kennedy is informed of photos taken on October 14 by a U-2 showing nuclear missiles (the crisis will last for 13 days starting from this point). Date: October 16, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 16 📅 Events on this day in…

Arthur Lucas, convicted of murder, is the last person to be executed in Canada. Date: December 11, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 11 📅 Events on this day in 1962 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1962Turkish Airlines Fokker F27 Crashes in Taurus Mountains, 11 Killed, March…