WHAT ALL HAPPENED MAY TO NOVEMBER 1962
Find out what all happened May to November 1962

James Joseph Dresnok defects to North Korea after running across the Korean Demilitarized Zone. Dresnok still resides in the capital, Pyongyang. (15. August 1962)

In a test of the Nike-Hercules air defense missile, Shot Dominic-Tightrope is successfully detonated 69,000 feet above Johnston Island. It would also be the last atmospheric nuclear test conducted by the United States. (4. November 1962)

Second Vatican Council: Pope John XXIII convenes the first ecumenical council of the Roman Catholic Church in 92 years. (11. October 1962)

The Pilkington Committee on Broadcasting concludes, among other things, that the British public did not want commercial radio broadcasting. (1. June 1962)

The Cuban Missile Crisis begins: A U.S. Air Force U-2 reconnaissance plane and its pilot fly over the island of Cuba and take photographs of Soviet missiles capable of carrying nuclear warheads being installed and erected in Cuba. (14. October 1962)

Algeria joins the United Nations. (8. October 1962)

Telstar, the world's first communications satellite, is launched into orbit. (10. July 1962)

Independence of Rwanda. (1. July 1962)

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

The Algerian War of Independence against the French ends. (3. July 1962)

End of Cuban missile crisis: Nikita Khrushchev orders the removal of Soviet missiles from Cuba. (28. October 1962)

The Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts opens in New York City. (23. September 1962)

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

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

Uganda becomes an independent Commonwealth realm. (9. October 1962)

Uganda joins the United Nations. (25. October 1962)

The Pacific Northwest experiences a cyclone the equal of a Cat 3 hurricane. Winds measured above 150 mph at several locations; 46 people died. (13. October 1962)

Nuclear weapons testing: The "Small Boy" test shot Little Feller I becomes the last atmospheric test detonation at the Nevada National Security Site. (17. 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)

Last run of the famous Pines Express over the Somerset and Dorset Railway line (UK) fittingly using the last steam locomotive built by British Railways, 9F locomotive 92220 Evening Star. (8. September 1962)