WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO MAY 1962
Find out what all happened January to May 1962

Continental Airlines Flight 11 crashes after bombs explode on board. (22. May 1962)

Cold War: While tied to its pier in Polyarny, the Soviet submarine B-37 is destroyed when fire breaks out in its torpedo compartment. (11. January 1962)

Highly influential artist, Bob Dylan releases his first album, Bob Dylan, on Columbia Records label. (19. March 1962)

The United States bans all Cuban imports and exports. (7. February 1962)

Walter Cronkite takes over as the lead news anchor of the CBS Evening News, during which time he would become "the most trusted man in America". (16. April 1962)

The Centralia mine fire is ignited in the town's landfill above a coal mine. (27. May 1962)

Roy Lichtenstein's first solo exhibition opened, and it included Look Mickey, which featured his first employment of Ben-Day dots, speech balloons and comic imagery sourcing, all of which he is now known for. (10. February 1962)

Western Samoa achieves independence from New Zealand; its name is changed to the Independent State of Western Samoa. (1. January 1962)

A birthday salute to U.S. President John F. Kennedy takes place at Madison Square Garden, New York City. The highlight is Marilyn Monroe's rendition of "Happy Birthday". (19. May 1962)

Vietnam War: Operation Chopper, the first American combat mission in the war, takes place. (12. January 1962)

The Seattle World's Fair (Century 21 Exposition) opens. It is the first World's Fair in the United States since World War II. (21. April 1962)

Adolf Eichmann is hanged in Israel. (31. May 1962)

Wilt Chamberlain sets the single-game scoring record in the National Basketball Association by scoring 100 points. (2. March 1962)

Charonne massacre. Nine trade unionists are killed by French police at the instigation of Nazi collaborator Maurice Papon, then chief of the Paris Prefecture of Police. (8. February 1962)

In Burma, the army led by General Ne Win seizes power in a coup d'état. (2. March 1962)

Project Mercury: American astronaut Scott Carpenter orbits the Earth three times in the Aurora 7 space capsule. (24. May 1962)

Flooding in the coastal areas of West Germany kills 315 and destroys the homes of about 60,000 people. (16. February 1962)

The Evian Accords ended the Algerian War of Independence, which had begun in 1954. (18. March 1962)

Apollo program: NASA announces plans to build the C-5 rocket launch vehicle. It became better known as the Saturn V Moon rocket, which launched every Apollo Moon mission. (10. January 1962)

St. Martín de Porres is canonized by Pope John XXIII. (6. May 1962)