West Indies Federation Dissolves May 31, 1962

The Centralia mine fire is ignited in the town's landfill above a coal mine. Date: May 27, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 27 📅 Events on this day in 1962 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1962Western Samoa Gains Independence from New Zealand January 1, 1962John F….

Vostok 3 launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome and cosmonaut Andrian Nikolayev becomes the first person to float in microgravity. Date: August 11, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 11 📅 Events on this day in 1962 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1962Chinese People’s Liberation Army Declares Unilateral…

Continental Airlines Flight 11 crashes in Unionville, Missouri after bombs explode on board, killing 45. Date: May 22, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 22 📅 Events on this day in 1962 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1962Pope John XXIII Excommunicates Fidel Castro January 3, 1962Cuban Missile…

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 1962Huascarán Avalanche Kills 4,000 in Peru,…

Nine protestors are killed at Charonne station, Paris, by French police under the command of ex-Vichy official and Parisian Prefect of Police Maurice Papon. Date: February 8, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 8 📅 Events on this day in 1962 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1962Netherlands…

Canadian-born American pharmacologist Frances Oldham Kelsey is awarded the U.S. President's Award for Distinguished Federal Civilian Service for her refusal to authorize thalidomide. Date: August 7, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 7 📅 Events on this day in 1962 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1962Centralia Mine…