WHAT ALL HAPPENED MAY TO OCTOBER 1962
Find out what all happened May to October 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. (13. July 1962)

Vostok 3 launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome and cosmonaut Andrian Nikolayev becomes the first person to float in microgravity. (11. August 1962)

First transatlantic satellite television transmission. (11. July 1962)

Frank Morris, John Anglin and Clarence Anglin allegedly become the only prisoners to escape from the prison on Alcatraz Island. (11. June 1962)

Jamaica becomes independent from the United Kingdom. (6. August 1962)

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

Nelson Mandela is jailed. He would not be released until 1990. (5. August 1962)

The first Wal-Mart store opens for business in Rogers, Arkansas. (2. July 1962)

Alouette 1, the first Canadian satellite, is launched. (29. September 1962)

Eight years after the remaining French India territories were handed to India, the ratifications of the treaty are exchanged to make the transfer official. (16. August 1962)

The Trans-Canada Highway, the largest national highway in the world, is officially opened. (30. July 1962)

The Starfish Prime high-altitude nuclear test is conducted by the United States. (9. July 1962)

The International Agreement on the Neutrality of Laos is signed. (23. July 1962)

First broadcast of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. (1. October 1962)

Project Mercury: Sigma 7 is launched from Cape Canaveral, with Astronaut Wally Schirra aboard, for a six-orbit, nine-hour flight. (3. October 1962)

The North Yemen Civil War begins when Abdullah as-Sallal dethrones the newly crowned Imam al-Badr and declares Yemen a republic under his presidency. (25. September 1962)

Andy Warhol's Campbell's Soup Cans exhibition opens at the Ferus Gallery in Los Angeles. (9. July 1962)

Algeria becomes independent from France. (5. July 1962)

People's Republic of China launches simultaneous offensives in Ladakh and across the McMahon Line, igniting the Sino-Indian War. (20. October 1962)

Cuban Missile Crisis: US President John F. Kennedy, after internal counsel from Dwight D. Eisenhower, announces that American reconnaissance planes have discovered Soviet nuclear weapons in Cuba, and that he has ordered a naval "quarantine" of the Communist nation. (22. October 1962)