Date: February 27, 1962
In Burma, the army led by General Ne Win seizes power in a coup d'état. Date: March 2, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 2 📅 Events on this day in 1962 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1962Seattle World’s Fair Opens, First U.S. Postwar World’s Fair, April…
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 1962American Airlines Flight 1 Crashes in Jamaica Bay,…
The French government and representatives of the Provisional Government of the Algerian Republic reach a settlement to end the Algerian war in the Évian Accords. Date: May 18, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 18 📅 Events on this day in 1962 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from…
The British space programme launches its first satellite, the Ariel 1. Date: April 26, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 26 📅 Events on this day in 1962 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1962Flying Tiger Line Flight 739 Disappears in Pacific, 107 Missing, March 16, 1962Arturo Frondizi…
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 → 📅 Other events on February 16 📅 Events on this day in 1962 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1962Wilt Chamberlain Sets NBA Single-Game Scoring Record,…
The Soviet Kosmos 5 satellite is launched. Date: May 28, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 28 📅 Events on this day in 1962 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1962NASA Ranger 4 Crashes into the Moon, April 26, 1962Pope John XXIII Excommunicates Fidel Castro January 3, 1962Adolf…