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1962 the telephone number 1962 (emergency telephone number) August 2019 1962 border:none;b 3/3/3/3 Adlai Stevenson shows missiles to UN Security Council with David Parker standing.jpg Glenn62.jpg Marilyn Monroe Happy Birthday Mr President 1962 (wide crop).jpg Garrincha 1962.jpg Indian soldiers on patrol during the 1962 Sino-Indian border war.jpg James Meredith OleMiss.jpg Telstar 1 replica.jpg Évian Accords.jpg Wilt Chamberlain 100 Point Game 1962 (original).jpg 350 From top to bottom, left to right: The Cuban Missile Crisis brings the world to the brink of nuclear war; astronaut John Glenn becomes the first American to orbit the Earth aboard Friendship 7; actress Marilyn Monroe is found dead in Los Angeles; the 1962 FIFA World Cup in Chile sees Brazil defeat Czechoslovakia; the Sino-Indian War erupts along the Himalayan border; the Ole Miss riot of 1962 breaks out over James Meredith's enrollment; Telstar enables the first live transatlantic TV broadcast; the Évian Accords end the Algerian War, granting Algeria independence; and Wilt Chamberlain scores 100 points in a single NBA game. 1962 1962 The year saw the Cuban Missile Crisis, the closest the world came to a nuclear confrontation during the Cold War. The major American retailers Walmart, Kmart, and Target all open their first stores, which would in decades to come, expand very rapidly. 3 Events January January 1962 January 1 – Western Samoa becomes independent from New Zealand.Towards independence NZ History https://nzhistory.govt.nz/page/towards-independence 2025-09-27 nzhistory.govt.nz January 3 – The office of Pope John XXIII announces the excommunication of Fidel Castro for preaching communism and interfering with Catholic churches in Cuba. January 8 – Harmelen train disaster: 93 die in the worst Dutch rail disaster. January 10 An avalanche in the district of Ranrahirca Peru kills 3,500 people January 12 – The Indonesian Army confirms that it has begun operations in West Irian. January 13 – Albania allies itself with the People's Republic of China. January 15 Portugal abandons the United Nations General Assembly because of the debate over Angola. French designer Yves Saint Laurent launches his own fashion house.Nigel Gross etal Collins Gem 1960s HarperCollins London 1999 0-00-472310-4 January 16 – A military coup occurs in the Dominican Republic. January 19 – A counter-coup occurs in the Dominican Republic; the old government returns, except for the new president Rafael Filiberto Bonnelly. January 22 – The Organization of American States suspends Cuba's membership; the suspension is lifted in 2009 (47 years later). January 24 – The Organisation armée secrète (OAS, a right-wing paramilitary organization opposed to Algerian independence) bombs the French Foreign Ministry. January 26 – U.S. spacecraft Ranger 3 is launched to study the Moon; it later misses the Moon by 22,000 mi km on. January 27 – The Soviet government changes all place names honoring Molotov, Kaganovich and Georgy Malenkov. January 30 – Two of the high-wire "Flying Wallendas" are killed when their famous seven-person pyramid collapses during a performance in Detroit. February February 1962 February 3 – A United States embargo against Cuba is announced.1962-02-04 Cuban Embargo Statement and Text; Announcement Proclamation (Published 1962) https://www.nytimes.com/1962/02/04/archives/cuban-embargo-statement-and-text-announcement-proclamation.html 2025-09-04 en February 4 – First successful winter ascent of the Matterhorn's north face, by Hilti von Allmen and Paul Etter, is completed.Robin G. Collomb Pennine Alps Central London Alpine Club 1975 241–59 February 4–5 – During a new moon and solar eclipse, an extremely rare grand conjunction of the classical planets occurs (it includes all five of the naked-eye planets plus the Sun and Moon), all of them within 16° of one another on the ecliptic. The total solar eclipse of February 5, 1962 is visible in Asia, Australia and the Pacific Ocean, and is the 49th solar eclipse of Solar Saros 130. February 5 – President of France Charles de Gaulle calls for Algeria to be granted independence. February 7 The United States embargo against Cuba comes into effect, prohibiting all U.S.-related Cuban imports and exports. Luisenthal Mine Disaster: A coal mine explosion in Saarland, West Germany, kills 299. February 10 – Captured American spy pilot Francis Gary Powers is exchanged for captured Soviet spy Rudolf Abel, in Berlin. 2010-02-09 Pilot Gary Powers exchanged in U.S.-Soviet spy swap February 10, 1962 https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/february-10/spies-swapped 2025-09-28 www.history.com en February 11 – The inaugural 24 Hours of Daytona sports car endurance race is run as a 3-hour event, at Daytona Beach, Florida, United States. February 12 – Six members of the Committee of 100 of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament in the U.K. are found guilty of a breach of the Official Secrets Act. February 14 – First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy takes television viewers on a tour of the White House. February 15 – Urho Kekkonen is re-elected president of Finland. February 17 – Heavy storms and high tides result in the North Sea flood of 1962 on Germany's North Sea coast, mainly around Hamburg; more than 300 people die and thousands lose their homes. February 18 – 1962 NHRA Winternationals: Carol Cox becomes the first woman allowed to race at a National Hot Rod Association national event in the United States; she wins in the Super Stock class. February 20 – Project Mercury: Aboard Friendship 7, John Glenn becomes the first American to orbit the Earth, three times in 4 hours, 55 minutes.2022-02-18 60 Years Ago: John Glenn, the First American to Orbit the Earth aboard Friendship 7 - NASA https://www.nasa.gov/history/60-years-ago-john-glenn-the-first-american-to-orbit-the-earth-aboard-friendship-7/ 2025-09-14 en-US thumb|150px|right|February 23 – Friendship 7 inspected by President Kennedy and astronaut John Glenn March March 1962 March–May – Yi–Ta incident: At least 60,000 Chinese citizens migrate from the People's Republic of China to the Soviet Union, predominantly (but not exclusively) ethnic Kazakhs.Mao Sheng More Than a Famine: Mass Exodus of 1962 in Northwest Xinjiang China Review 2018 18 2 155–184 26435651 https://www.jstor.org/stable/26435651 1680-2012 March 1 – American Airlines Flight 1 (a Boeing 707) crashes on takeoff at New York International Airport, after a rudder malfunction causes an uncontrolled roll, resulting in the loss of control of the aircraft, with the loss of all 95 on board. March 2 – A military coup in Burma brings General Ne Win to power. March 7 – Ash Wednesday Storm: A snow storm batters the Mid-Atlantic. March 8–12 – In Geneva, France and the Algerian FLN begin negotiations. March 15 – Katangan Prime Minister Moise Tshombe begins negotiations to rejoin the Congo. March 16 – Flying Tiger Line Flight 739, a Lockheed L-1049H Super Constellation chartered by the United States Military Air Transport Service, and carrying mainly United States Army personnel bound for South Vietnam, vanishes over the western Pacific Ocean, with the loss of all 107 on board (no wreckage or bodies are ever found). March 17 – A Clockwork Orange, a British dystopian novel by Anthony Burgess, is published."New Fiction". The Times, 17 May 1962, p. 16. March 18 Évian Accords: France and Algeria sign an agreement in Évian-les-Bains, ending the Algerian War. "Un premier amour", sung by Isabelle Aubret (music by Claude-Henri Vic, lyrics by Roland Stephane Valade), wins the Eurovision Song Contest 1962 (staged in Luxembourg) for France. March 19 – An armistice begins in Algeria; however, the OAS continues its terrorist attacks against Algerians. March 23 – The Scandinavian States of the Nordic Council sign the Helsinki Convention on Nordic Co-operation. March 24 – OAS leader Edmond Jouhaud is arrested in Oran. March 26 – France shortens the term for military service from 26 months to 18. April April 1962 April 3 – Jawaharlal Nehru is elected de facto Prime Minister of India, for the fourth time.Election Archives and International Politics https://books.google.com/books?id=9CEvAAAAYAAJ 1992 Shiv Lal 113 April 6 – Belgium reestablishes diplomatic relations with the Congo. April 7 – Milovan Đilas, author and former vice-president of Yugoslavia is re-arrested. April 8 – In France, the Évian Accords are adopted in a referendum, with a majority of 90%. April 9 – The 34th Academy Awards Ceremony is held in the United States; West Side Story wins Best Picture. April 13 – OAS leader Edmond Jouhaud is sentenced to death in France. April 14 – A Cuban military tribunal convicts 1,179 Bay of Pigs attackers. April 18 – The Commonwealth Immigrants Act in the United Kingdom removes free immigration from the citizens of member states of the Commonwealth of Nations, requiring proof of employment in the U.K. This comes into effect on 1 July.T. W. E. Roche The Key in the Lock: a history of immigration control in England from 1066 to the present day London John Murray 1969 978-0-7195-1907-9 205–17 https://archive.org/details/keyinlockhi00roch/page/205 April 20 – OAS leader Raoul Salan is arrested in Algiers. April 21 – The Century 21 Exposition World's Fair opens in Seattle, United States. This is also the Opening Day of the Seattle Space Needle. April 26 – The U.S. Ranger 4 spacecraft crashes into the far side of the Moon without returning any scientific data. May May 1962 May 1 Norwich City F.C. wins the English Football League Cup, beating Rochdale in the final. Dayton Hudson Corporation opens the first of its Target discount stores, in Roseville, Minnesota. May 2 An OAS bomb explodes in Algeria; this and other attacks kill 110 and injure 147. S.L. Benfica beats Real Madrid 5–3 at the Olympic Stadium in Amsterdam to win the 1961–62 European Cup in association football. May 3 – Mikawashima train crash: 160 die in a triple-train disaster near Tokyo. May 5 – Twelve East Germans escape to the West via a tunnel under the Berlin Wall. May 6 Antonio Segni is elected President of the Italian Republic. A test of a W47 warhead fired from a Polaris missile – the only time a nuclear missile has been test fired with its warhead detonated – occurs near Palmyra Atoll south of Hawaii. May 14 Juan Carlos of Spain marries the Greek Princess Sophia in Athens. Milovan Đilas is given a further sentence in Yugoslavia, for publishing Conversations with Stalin. May 22 – Continental Airlines Flight 11 crashes near Unionville, Missouri, after the in-flight detonation of a bomb near the rear lavatory in a suicide bombing committed as insurance fraud; all 45 passengers and crew aboard are killed. May 23 Raoul Salan, founder of the French terrorist Organisation armée secrète, is sentenced to life imprisonment in France. Ruben Jaramillo, Mexican peasant leader, and his wife and children, are gunned down by the Mexican army and federal police in Xochitepec, Morelos, Mexico. May 24 – Project Mercury: Scott Carpenter orbits the Earth 3 times, in the U.S. Aurora 7 space capsule. May 25 – The new Coventry Cathedral is consecrated in England.Penguin Pocket On This Day Penguin Reference Library 978-0-14-102715-9 2006 On 30 May, Benjamin Britten's War Requiem is premiered here. May 29 – Negotiations between the OAS and the FLA lead to a real armistice in Algeria. May 30 – The 1962 FIFA World Cup begins in Chile. May 31 – The British West Indies Federation is officially wound up (under terms of the U.K. West Indies Act of 18 April) due to internal dissention.The West Indies Federation: Decline and Fall Elisabeth Wallace International Journal 17 3 Summer 1962 269–288 Canadian International Council 40198636 10.1177/002070206201700305 147144900 June June 1962 June 3 – Air France Flight 007 (a Boeing 707) crashes on take-off at Orly Airport in Paris; 130 of 132 people on board are killed, 2 flight attendants survive. Most victims are cultural and civic leaders of Atlanta. June 11 – U.S. President John F. Kennedy gives the commencement address at Yale University. June 12 – Alcatraz escape attempt: Frank Morris, John Anglin and Clarence Anglin escape from the Alcatraz Island prison in the United States; it is never confirmed that they make it ashore. June 15 – Students for a Democratic Society in the United States complete the Port Huron Statement. June 17 The OAS signs a truce with the FLN in Algeria, but a day later announces that it will continue the fight on behalf of French Algerians. Brazil beats Czechoslovakia 3–1, to win the 1962 FIFA World Cup. June 22 – Air France Flight 117 (a Boeing 707 jet) crashes into terrain during bad weather in Guadeloupe in the West Indies, killing all 113 on board, the airline's second fatal accident in just 3 weeks, and the third fatal 707 crash of the year. June 25 Engel v. Vitale: The United States Supreme Court rules that mandatory prayers in public schools are unconstitutional. MANual Enterprises v. Day: The United States Supreme Court rules that photographs of nude men are not obscene, decriminalizing nude male pornographic magazines. İsmet İnönü of the CHP forms the new government of Turkey (27th government, coalition partners; YTP and CKMP). June 26 – A 2-day steel strike begins in Italy in support of increased wages and a five-day working week. June 30 – The last soldiers of the French Foreign Legion leave Algeria. July July 1962 July 1 Rwanda and Burundi gain full independence from Belgium. 1962 Algerian independence referendum in French Algeria: Supporters of Algerian independence win a 99% majority in a referendum. A heavy smog develops over London. The Helsinki Convention on Nordic Co-operation of March 23 comes into force in the Nordic countries. July 2 – Charles de Gaulle accepts Algerian independence; the French government recognizes it the next day. July 5 – Algeria becomes independent from France. July 10 – AT&T's Telstar, the world's first commercial communications satellite, is launched into orbit and activated the next day. July 12 – The Rolling Stones make their debut at London's Marquee Club, opening for Long John Baldry. July 13 – In what the press dubs the "Night of the Long Knives", United Kingdom Prime Minister Harold Macmillan dismisses one-third of his Cabinet. July 14 – Norma Nolan of Argentina is crowned Miss Universe 1962. July 17 – Nuclear testing: The "Small Boy" test shot Little Feller I becomes the last atmospheric test detonation, at the Nevada Test Site. July 19 – The first annual Swiss & Wielder Hoop and Stick Tournament is held. July 20 – France and Tunisia reestablish diplomatic relations. July 22 – Mariner program: The U.S. Mariner 1 spacecraft flies erratically several minutes after launch and has to be destroyed. July 23 – Telstar relays the first live trans-Atlantic television signal. July 25 The first attack helicopter company, Utility Tactical Transport Helicopter Company, of the United States Army is formed on Okinawa Island, Japan.Scutts Colin 1976 Helicopter Gunships 2 Marshall Cavendish Ltd The International Agreement on the Neutrality of Laos is signed in Geneva. July 30 – Trans-Canada Highway officially opens throughout the 4645 mi on between St. John's, Newfoundland, and Victoria, British Columbia,http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/the-public/005-1142.19-e.html Trans-Canada Highway Unpublished Guides Library and Archives of Canada 2011-07-29 2014-03-30 https://web.archive.org/web/20140330001821/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/the-public/005-1142.19-e.html live by completion of the Rogers Pass section, making it at this time the world's longest uninterrupted highway.MacLeod Donaldson 2014 The Trans-Canada Highway: a Major Link in Canada's Transportation System http://conf.tac-atc.ca/english/annualconference/tac2014/s-32/macleod.pdf 2016-03-10 Transportation Association of Canada 2016-03-11 https://web.archive.org/web/20160311012648/http://conf.tac-atc.ca/english/annualconference/tac2014/s-32/macleod.pdf live July 31 Algeria proclaims independence; Ahmed Ben Bella is the first President. Solar eclipse of July 31, 1962: An annular solar eclipse is visible in South America, the Atlantic Ocean, Africa and the Indian Ocean, and is the 36th solar eclipse of Solar Saros 135. August August 1962 August 5 Death of Marilyn Monroe: Actress Marilyn Monroe is found dead aged 36 from an overdose of sleeping pills and chloral hydrate at her home in Brentwood, Los Angeles; it is officially ruled a "probable suicide" (the exact cause has been disputed). Anti-apartheid activist Nelson Mandela is arrested by the South African government near Howick, and charged with incitement to rebellion. On November 7, he is sentenced to imprisonment. August 6 – The Caribbean island of Jamaica becomes independent of the United Kingdom's British Empire and is the first English speaking-sovereign country in the West Indies and is first part of the Commonwealth of Nations. August 11 – King Kong vs. Godzilla is released in Japan, becoming the first Godzilla and King Kong film in colour. It also becomes the 3rd film in both franchises. August 13 – First successful ascent of the Matterhorn's west face, by Renato Daguin and Giovanni Ottin.8780 Matterhorn August 15 – The New York Agreement is signed, transferring the Dutch West New Guinea colony to Indonesia. August 16 – Algeria joins the Arab League. August 17 – East German border guards kill 18-year-old Peter Fechter as he attempts to cross the Berlin Wall into West Berlin, leading to mass protests on the Western side. August 18 – Norway launches its 1st sounding rocket, Ferdinand 1, from Andøya Space Center and becomes a space nation.https://www.romsenter.no/Laer-om-rommet/Norge-som-romnasjon Norge som romnasjon Romsenter Norsk Norsk Romsenter no 2020-03-12 August 22 – Petit-Clamart attack: An assassination attempt is made against French President Charles de Gaulle by machine-gunning his car in the Paris suburbs. The mastermind, Jean Bastien-Thiry, will later be executed.Gordon David C. The Passing of French Algeria 1966 London Oxford University Press August 24 A group of armed Cuban exile terrorists fire at a hotel in Havana from a speedboat. Indonesia officially launches television with the establishment of TVRI television network or Televisi Republik Indonesia (Indonesian National Channel), broadcasting the opening of the 1962 Asian Games. August 27 – NASA launches the Mariner 2 space probe. August 31 – The Caribbean island nation of Trinidad and Tobago becomes fully independent of the United Kingdom's British Empire. September September 1962 September 1 A referendum in Singapore supports the Malayan Federation. Typhoon Wanda strikes Hong Kong, killing at least 130 and injuring more than 600. September 2 – The Soviet Union agrees to send arms to Cuba. September 8 – Newly independent Algeria, by referendum, adopts a constitution. September 12 President John F. Kennedy, in his "We choose to go to the Moon" speech at Rice University, reaffirms that the U.S. will put a man on the Moon by the end of the decade. The first Kohl's department store chain is opened in Brookfield, Wisconsin. September 19 – Atlantic College opens its doors for the first time in Wales, marking the birth of the pioneering United World College educational movement.http://www.atlanticcollege.org UWC Atlantic College 2015-12-16 September 22 – Bob Dylan premieres his song "A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall", at Carnegie Hall in New York City. September 23 – Flying Tiger Line Flight 923, a Lockheed L-1049H Super Constellation registered as N6923C, ditched into the Atlantic Ocean killing 28 occupants out of 76 on board. The remaining 48 were rescued six hours later.Crash of a Lockheed L-1049H-82 Super Constellation into the Atlantic Ocean: 28 killed Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-lockheed-l-1049h-82-super-constellation-atlantic-ocean-28-killed 2024-11-17 www.baaa-acro.com September 26 – The North Yemen Civil War erupts. September 27 – A flash flood in Barcelona, Spain, kills more than 440 people. September 29 – The Canadian Alouette 1, the first satellite built outside the United States and the Soviet Union, is launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. October October 1962 October 1 – In the United States: The first black student, James Meredith, registers at the University of Mississippi, escorted by Federal Marshals to protect him from official obstruction and violent segregationalist protest, the "Ole Miss riot of 1962". Johnny Carson takes over as permanent host of NBC's The Tonight Show on television, a post he will hold for 30 years. October 3 – Project Mercury: Mercury-Atlas 8 – U.S. astronaut Walter Schirra orbits the Earth six times, in the Sigma 7 space capsule. October 5 – The French National Assembly censures the proposed referendum to sanction presidential elections by popular mandate; Prime Minister Georges Pompidou resigns, but President de Gaulle asks him to stay in office. October 8 Spiegel affair: German magazine Der Spiegel publishes an article revealing NATO criticism of the Bundeswehr (West German defence forces)' poor preparedness; a political scandal erupts. Algeria is accepted into the United Nations. October 9 – Uganda becomes independent of the U.K. within the Commonwealth of Nations. October 11 – Second Vatican Council: Pope John XXIII convenes the first ecumenical council of the Roman Catholic Church in 92 years. thumb|200px| October 14 – Pictures of Soviet missile silos in Cuba, taken by U.S. spy planes October 16 – Cuban Missile Crisis begins when U.S. President Kennedy is told of photographs (taken from U-2 flights) showing Soviet nuclear weapon installations being constructed on Cuba in the Caribbean. A stand-off ensues for 12 days between the United States and the Soviet Union, threatening the world with nuclear war. October 20 – The Sino-Indian War, a border dispute involving two of the world's largest nations (India and the People's Republic of China), erupts into fighting. October 22 Cuban Missile Crisis: In a televised address, U.S. President John F. Kennedy announces the presence of Soviet missiles in Cuba and the U.S. naval blockade of the island. John Vassall, a former clerical officer in British naval intelligence, is sentenced to 18 years imprisonment after admitting to passing secret material to the Soviet Union.Martland Peter Peter Martland Vassall [later Phillips], (William) John Christopher (1924–1996) 2004 online 64068 October 24 – Cuban Missile Crisis: The first confrontation occurs between the U.S. Navy and a Soviet cargo vessel; the vessel changes course. October 26 – Spiegel affair: German police occupy the offices of Der Spiegel in Hamburg. October 27 – Cuban Missile Crisis: Vasily Arkhipov, executive officer of Soviet submarine B-59, refuses to launch nuclear torpedoes against the U.S. Navy. This event is widely regarded as crucial in averting a worldwide nuclear war.The Story of the Soviet Submarine Officer Who Saved the World Is Now an Opera https://www.vice.com/en/article/the-story-of-the-soviet-submarine-officer-who-saved-the-world-is-now-an-opera/ 2022-09-30 Vice.com 2022-09-23 en October 28 Cuban Missile Crisis ends: Soviet Union leader Nikita Khrushchev announces that he has ordered the removal of Soviet missile bases in Cuba. In a secret deal between Kennedy and Khrushchev, Kennedy agrees to the withdrawal of U.S. missiles from Turkey. The fact that this deal is not made public makes it look as though the Soviets have backed down.April 2012 A referendum in France favors the election of the president by universal suffrage. October 31 – The United Nations General Assembly asks the United Kingdom to suspend enforcement of the new constitution in Southern Rhodesia (modern-day Zimbabwe), but it comes into effect on November 1. November November 1962 November Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's novella One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (ru Оди́н день Ива́на Дени́совича, Odin den' Ivana Denisovicha), the author's pseudo-autobiographical account of life in the gulag, is published in Novy Mir, in an unprecedented acknowledgement of the Soviet Union's Stalinist past. Slavery in Saudi Arabia is abolished. November 1 The Soviet Union begins dismantling its missiles in Cuba. The comic book antihero Diabolik first appears in Italy. November 2 – Greville Wynne, a British trader acting as a courier for MI6, is arrested by the KGB in Budapest and imprisoned in Moscow after confessing to espionage.Wynne confesses to charges of spying for West https://www.newspapers.com/image/259749630/ The Guardian 1963-05-08 Newspapers.com 36340 1, 10 subscription November 3 – Earliest recorded use of the term "personal computer", in the report of a speech by computing pioneer John Mauchly in The New York Times.Pocket Computer May Replace Shopping List The New York Times 1962-11-03 November 5 West German defense minister Franz Josef Strauß is relieved of his duties over the Spiegel affair due to his alleged involvement in police action against the magazine. Saudi Arabia breaks off diplomatic relations with Egypt following a period of unrest, partly caused by the defection of several Saudi princes to Egypt. A coal mining disaster in Ny-Ålesund kills 21 people; the Norwegian government is forced to resign in the aftermath of this accident, in August 1963. November 6 – Apartheid: The United Nations General Assembly passes a resolution condemning South Africa's racist apartheid policies and calls for all UN member states to cease military and economic relations with the nation. November 17 – Dulles International Airport, in Washington, D.C., is dedicated by President John F. Kennedy. November 20 – Cuban Missile Crisis: In response to the Soviet Union agreeing to remove its missiles from Cuba, President John F. Kennedy ends the blockade of the island. November 21 – The Sino-Indian War ends with a Chinese victory with India surrendering Aksai Chin to China. November 23 – United Air Lines Flight 297 crashes in Columbia, Maryland due to a bird strike, killing all 17 on board. November 24 – The first episode of That Was the Week That Was, the groundbreaking satirical comedy program hosted by David Frost, is broadcast on BBC Television in the United Kingdom. November 25 – The 1962 Bavarian state election is held. November 26 Spiegel affair: German police end their occupation of the offices of Der Spiegel. Mies Bouwman starts presenting the first live TV-marathon fundraising show (Open Het Dorp in the Netherlands), which lasts 23 hours non-stop. November 27 – French President Charles De Gaulle orders Georges Pompidou to form a government. November 29 – An agreement is signed between Britain and France, to develop the Concorde supersonic airliner. November 30 – The United Nations General Assembly elects U Thant of Burma, as the new Secretary-General of the United Nations. December December 1962 December 2 – Vietnam War: After a trip to Vietnam at the request of U.S. President John F. Kennedy, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield becomes the first American official to make a pessimistic public comment on the war's progress. December 7 – Rainier III, Prince of Monaco revises the principality's constitution, devolving some of his formerly autocratic power to several advisory and legislative councils. December 8 The first period of the Second Vatican Council closes. The North Kalimantan National Army revolts in Brunei, in the first stirrings of the Indonesian Confrontation. The 1962–63 New York City newspaper strike begins, affecting all of the city's major newspapers; it will last for 114 days. Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands, who died on November 28, is buried at the Nieuwe Kerk (Delft). December 9 – Tanganyika (modern-day Tanzania) becomes a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations, with Julius Nyerere as president. December 10 – David Lean's epic film Lawrence of Arabia, featuring Peter O'Toole, Omar Sharif, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins and Anthony Quinn, premieres in London; 6 days later, it opens in the U.S. December 11 In West Germany, a coalition government of Christian Democrats, Christian Socialists and Free Democrats is formed. The last execution by hanging is carried out in Canada. December 14 U.S. spacecraft Mariner 2 passes by Venus, becoming the first spacecraft to transmit data from another planet. Leonardo da Vinci's early 16th-century painting the Mona Lisa is assessed for insurance purposes at US$100 million before touring the United States for several months, the highest insurance value for a painting in history. However, the Louvre, its owner, chooses to spend the money that would have been spent on the insurance premium on security instead. December 15 – Storm over the North Sea: Belgian pirate radio station Radio Uylenspiegel is knocked off the airwaves, never to operate again. December 19 – Britain acknowledges the right of Nyasaland (modern-day Malawi) to secede from the Central African Federation. December 24 – Cuba releases the last 1,113 participants in the Bay of Pigs Invasion to the U.S., in exchange for food worth $53 million. December 30 United Nations troops occupy the last rebel positions in Katanga; Moise Tshombe moves to South Rhodesia. An unexpected storm buries Maine under five feet of snow, forcing the Bangor Daily News to miss a publication date for the only time in history. The same day, also, the Netherlands are covered with several feet of snow. Undated Around 20,000 Harkis, indigenous Muslim Algerians who fought as auxiliary soldiers on the French side in the Algerian War, with their families flee Algeria for metropolitan France fearing unofficial reprisals in their home country.Horne Alistair A Savage War of Peace: Algeria 1954–1962 1978 9781590172186 358 New York Review of Books The laser diode is invented. Slavery in Yemen is abolished. Ongoing 1962–1965 rubella epidemic, originating in Europe and spreading to the United States. Births births January thumb|100px|Suzy Amis Cameron thumb|100px|Jim Carrey thumb|100px|Abdullah II of Jordan January 3 – Ginette Amara, Central African academician, veterinarian and politician.MINISTRE DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE ET DE I'INNOVATION TECHNOLOGIQUE https://www.gouv.cf/les-ministres/99/ministre-de-la-recherche-scientifique-et-de-iinnovation-technologique gouv.cf Central African Government 16 April 2024 January 4 Laila Elwi, Egyptian actress Peter Steele, American musician (Type O Negative) (d. 2010)Ling Dave March 2008 Peter Steele Metal Hammer July 2010 44–46 Future Natalya Bochina, Russian athlete January 5 – Suzy Amis Cameron, American actress and model https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2019/01/05/UPI-Almanac-for-Saturday-Jan-5-2019/9081546481545/ UPI Almanac for Saturday, Jan. 5, 2019 United Press International January 5, 2019 September 6, 2019 January 5, 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190105134420/https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2019/01/05/UPI-Almanac-for-Saturday-Jan-5-2019/9081546481545/ live actor Suzy Amis in 1962 (age 57) January 7 Ron Rivera, American football player and coachFriedman Ian A. 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Phillips Fiction, Film, and Faulkner: The Art of Adaptation https://books.google.com/books?id=Wrm3ZWTfrmEC&pg=PA184 1988 Univ. of Tennessee Press 978-1-57233-166-2 184 Archduke Joseph August of Austria, Austrian field marshal and former regent of Hungary (b. 1872) July 8 – Georges Bataille, French writer and philosopher (b. 1897) July 10 – Yehuda Leib Maimon, Bassarabian-born Israeli rabbi and government minister (b. 1875) July 11 – Owen D. Young, American industrialist, businessman, lawyer and diplomat (b. 1874) July 12 – Roger Wolfe Kahn, American bandleader (b. 1907) July 13 – Jerry Wald, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1911) July 18 – Denjirō Ōkōchi, Japanese actor (b. 1898) July 21 – G. M. 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September 19 Ahmad bin Yahya, King of Yemen (b. 1891) Nikolai Pogodin, Soviet playwright (b. 1900) September 20 – Conrad Helfrich, Dutch admiral (b. 1886) September 21 – Ouyang Yuqian, Chinese playwright, director and Peking opera performer (b. 1889) September 23 Louis de Soissons, Canadian-born English architect (b. 1890) Patrick Hamilton, English dramatist (b. 1904) September 26 – Francisco de Paula Brochado da Rocha, Prime Minister of Brazil (b. 1910) October thumb|100px|Henri Oreiller thumb|100px|Gaston Bachelard October 1 – Ludwig Bemelmans, Austro-Hungarian born American writer (b. 1898) October 2 Henry Louis Larsen, American Marine Corps general; Governor of American Samoa and Governor of Guam (b. 1890) Frank Lovejoy, American actor (b. 1912) October 6 – Tod Browning, American film director (b. 1880) October 7 – Henri Oreiller, French Olympic alpine skier (b. 1925) October 8 – Solomon Linda, South African singer-songwriter (b. 1909) October 9 – Milan Vidmar, Slovenian chess player (b. 1885) October 10 – Stancho Belkovski, Bulgarian architect and lecturer (b. 1891) October 11 – Erich von Tschermak, Austrian agronomist (b. 1871) October 12 – Alberto Teisaire, Argentine Navy officer and Vice President of the Republic (assassinated) (b. 1891) October 14 – Irma Gramatica, Italian actress (b. 1870) October 16 Gaston Bachelard, French philosopher (b. 1884) Princess Helen of Serbia (b.1884) October 17 – Natalia Goncharova, Russian artist (b. 1881) October 20 – Jesús Herrera, Spanish international footballer (b. 1938) October 26 – Louise Beavers, American actress (b. 1900) October 27 Otto Froitzheim, German tennis player (b. 1884) Enrico Mattei, Italian politician (plane crash) (b. 1906) October 31 – Louis Massignon, French Catholic scholar of Islam (b. 1883) November thumb|100px|Eleanor Roosevelt thumb|100px|Niels Bohr November 7 – Eleanor Roosevelt, American politician, diplomat and activist, First Lady of the United States (b. 1884) November 8 – Willis H. O'Brien, American stop motion animator (b. 1886)https://sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/obrien_willis_h SFE: O'Brien, Willis H sf-encyclopedia.com November 14 Alwi bin Thahir al-Haddad, Yemeni-born Malaysian Islamic scholar (b. 1884) Manuel Gálvez, Argentine writer and historian (b. 1882) November 15 – Irene (costume designer), American costume designer (b. 1901) November 18 Domingo Arrieta León, Mexican general and statesman (b. 1874) Niels Bohr, Danish physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1885) November 19 – Francisco Tudela y Varela, 68th Prime Minister of Peru (b. 1876) November 21 – Frank Amyot, Canadian canoeist (b. 1904) November 22 – René Coty, 17th President of France (b. 1882) November 23 – Grace Butler, New Zealand artist (b. 1886) November 25 – Forrest Smithson, American Olympic athlete (b. 1884) November 26 Aleksandr Antonov, Soviet actor (b. 1898) Albert Sarraut, 2-time prime minister of France (b. 1872) November 28 K. C. Dey, Indian singer, composer, actor and teacher (b. 1893) Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands (b. 1880) November 29 – Erik Scavenius, 12th Prime Minister of Denmark (b. 1877) November 30 – Joseph Lade Pawsey, Australian radio astronomer (b. 1908) December thumb|100px|right|Ahmad Nami thumb|100px|right|Kazimierz Świtalski December 6 – Harry Bauler, American politician (b. 1910) December 7 – Kirsten Flagstad, Norwegian soprano (b. 1895)Alfred William Cramer Musicians & Composers of the 20th Century https://books.google.com/books?id=r547AQAAIAAJ 2009 Salem Press 978-1-58765-514-2 450 December 13 Sir John Cunningham, British admiral (b. 1885) Ahmad Nami, Prince of the Ottoman Empire, 5th Prime Minister of Syria and 2nd President of Syria (b. 1879) December 14 – Alfredo Kindelán, Spanish general and politician (b. 1879) December 15 – Charles Laughton, English actor and director (b. 1899) December 17 – Thomas Mitchell, American actor (b. 1892) December 18 – Garrett Mattingly, American historian (b. 1900) December 20 – Emil Artin, Austrian mathematician (b. 1898) December 21 – Gary Hocking, Rhodesian motorcycle racer (b. 1937) December 22 – Solon Earl Low, Canadian social credit politician (b. 1900) December 23 – José Giral, Spanish politician, former Prime Minister (b. 1879) December 24 Wilhelm Ackermann, German mathematician (b. 1896) Eveline Adelheid von Maydell, German artist (b. 1890) December 26 – Calcedonio Di Pisa, Italian criminal (b. 1931) December 28 – Kazimierz Świtalski, Polish diplomat, politician, soldier and military officer, 18th Prime Minister of Poland (b. 1886) December 30 – Arthur Lovejoy, American philosopher and historian (b. 1873) Date unknown Fawzi Al-Mulki, Prime Minister of Jordan (b. 1910) Ștefan Balaban, Romanian general (b. 1890) Abdallah Beyhum, 10th Prime Minister of Lebanon (b. 1879) Petre Cameniță, Romanian general (b. 1889) Henry Matthew Talintyre, British comic strip artist (b. 1893) Nobel Prizes right|100px Physics – Lev Landau Chemistry – Max Perutz, John Kendrew Physiology or Medicine – Francis Crick, James Watson, Maurice Wilkins6 Women Scientists Who Were Snubbed Due to Sexism https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/5/130519-women-scientists-overlooked-dna-history-science/ https://web.archive.org/web/20190903184929/https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/5/130519-women-scientists-overlooked-dna-history-science/ dead September 3, 2019 National Geographic May 19, 2013 19 January 2021 Literature – John Steinbeck Peace – Linus Pauling References