The events of 1962
- 08 January 1962
Mona Lisa – Leonardo da Vinci’s masterpiece is shown for the first time in the US.
- 10 February 1962
The Russians release Spy Plane pilot, Francis “Gary” Powers.
- 20 February 1962
Space Travel – An American spaceman goes around the world.
- 02 April 1962
New (Panda) pedestrian crossings cause chaos.
- 26 April 1962
The first NASA space rocket lands on the moon – Mecury Capsule.
- 17 June 1962
Football – Brazil beats Czechoslovakia 3-1 to win the 1962 World Cup.
- 13 July 1962
‘The Night of the long Knifes’ as Prime Minister Harold Macmillan dismisses one-third of his Cabinet.
- 05 August 1962
Marilyn Monroe is found dead at her home in LA after apparently overdosing on sleeping tablets.
- 06 August 1962
Jamaica gains independence from the UK.
- 23 August 1962
John Lennon gets married to Cynthia Powell.
- 31 August 1962
Trinidad and Tobago gains independence from the UK.
- 12 September 1962
US President John F. Kennedy announces that America will put a man on the moon by the end of the decade.
- 01 October 1962
Mississippi race riots as the first Black student, James Meredith, registers at the University of Mississippi.
- 28 October 1962
The Cuban Missile Crisis is resolved, the world breathes a sigh of relief.
- 03 November 1962
The phrase “Personal computer” appears in the media for the first time.
- 29 November 1962
Britain and France sign an agreement to develop a commercial supersonic airliner called Concorde.
- 21 December 1962
Britain agrees to buy Submarine launched Polaris Nuclear missiles from the US.
- 24 December 1962
Cuba releases the last of the Bay of Pigs prisoners.
