1962 in the United States

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1962
in
the United States

Decades:
See also:

Events from the year 1962 in the United States.

Incumbents

Federal Government

Events

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

October 14–28: Cuban Missile Crisis

November

December

  • 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 non-optimistic public comment on the war's progress.
  • December 8 – The 1962 New York City newspaper strike begins, affecting all of the city's major newspapers; it lasts for 114 days.
  • December 14 – U.S. spacecraft Mariner 2 flies by Venus, becoming the first probe to successfully transmit data from another planet.
  • 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 – An unexpected storm buries Maine under five feet of snow, forcing the Bangor Daily News to miss a publication date for the first and only time in its history.

Undated

Ongoing

Births

Deaths

See also

References

  1. ^ "Type O Negative". Heavy Metal Encyclopedia. April 14, 2010. Archived from the original on August 24, 2014. Retrieved September 20, 2012.
  2. ^ Women Criminals: An Encyclopedia of People and Issues - Vickie Jensen - Google Books
  3. ^ "Famous birthdays for Dec. 9: Judi Dench, John Malkovich". UPI.

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