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1962 ( MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1962nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 962nd year of the 2nd millennium, the 62nd year of the 20th century, and the 3rd year of the 1960s decade.
1962 Prices including Wages, Houses and Gas, Toys, Fashions and Furniture, Events include Cuban Missile Crisis, Marilyn Monroe found dead, First Wal-Mart discount store opens, Polio Vaccine used to combat Polio, Columbus Day Storm ...
April 10 – In Los Angeles, California, the first MLB game is played at Dodger Stadium. April 14 – A Cuban military tribunal convicts 1,179 Bay of Pigs attackers. April 16 – 20-year-old Bob Dylan premieres his song "Blowin' in the Wind", at Gerde's Folk City in Greenwich Village (New York City).
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What Happened in 1962? MAJOR EVENTS: Soviet missile bases detected in Cuba; President Kennedy demands their removal. The confrontation is the closest the U.S. and U.S.S.R. ever come to war. Crisis is resolved when Soviets agree to remove Cuban missiles in exchange for removal of U.S. missiles in Turkey.
Jan 18, 2022 · Nelson Mandela was given a life sentence, eventually serving 27 years. Uganda and Jamaica gained their independence from Britain in 1962, as did Algeria from France.
May 14, 2012 · Aerial view of the Space Needle and surrounding area in Seattle in 1962. The Century 21 Exposition, also called the Seattle World's Fair, was held from April 21, 1962, to October 21, 1962.
May 6, 2024 · Cuban missile crisis, major confrontation at the height of the Cold War that brought the United States and the Soviet Union to the brink of a shooting war in October 1962 over the presence of Soviet nuclear-armed missiles in Cuba.
Feb 9, 2010 · This Day In History. February | 20. 1962. John Glenn becomes first American to orbit Earth. Photo Credit: NASA. From Cape Canaveral, Florida, John Herschel Glenn Jr. is successfully launched into...
