1962 Calendar
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1962 Historical Event(s)
- February 5, 1962 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Water Tiger in Chinese astrology.
- February 10, 1962 – Captured American U2 spy-plane pilot Gary Powers is exchanged for captured Soviet spy Rudolf Abel.
- February 20, 1962 – Mercury program: While aboard Friendship 7, John Glenn becomes the first American to orbit the earth, making three orbits in 4 hours, 55 minutes.
- April 26, 1962 – NASA’s Ranger 4 spacecraft crashes into the Moon.
- July 11, 1962 – First transatlantic satellite television transmission.
- July 13, 1962 – In an unprecedented action, British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan dismisses seven members of his Cabinet, marking the effective end of the National Liberals as a distinct force within British politics.
- July 22, 1962 – Mariner program: Mariner 1 spacecraft flies erratically several minutes after launch and has to be destroyed.
- August 5, 1962 – Nelson Mandela is jailed. He would not be released until 1990.
- October 27, 1962 – A plane carrying Enrico Mattei, post-war Italian administrator, crashes in mysterious circumstances.
- November 20, 1962 – Cuban Missile Crisis ends: In response to the Soviet Union agreeing to remove its missiles from Cuba, U.S. President John F. Kennedy ends the quarantine of the Caribbean nation.
Who Were Born On 1962?
- March 2, 1962 – Scott “La Rock” Sterling, American musician (Scott La Rock) (d. 1987)
- April 8, 1962 – Evan Davis, British journalist and television presenter
- May 25, 1962 – Rick Nattress, Canadian ice hockey player
- June 18, 1962 – Jeff Mills, American techno DJ and producer
- July 3, 1962 – Thomas Gibson, American actor
- August 10, 1962 – Alan Muraoka, American actor
- September 17, 1962 – Dustin Nguyen, Vietnamese American actor
- September 24, 1962 – Mike Phelan, English footballer
- October 4, 1962 – Carlos Carsolio, Mexican alpinist
- December 5, 1962 – Nivek Ogre, Canadian vocalist, (Skinny Puppy)