WHAT ALL HAPPENED MAY TO SEPTEMBER 1962
Find out what all happened May to September 1962

Mexican-American labor leader César Chávez founds the National Farm Workers Association, which later becomes United Farm Workers. (30. September 1962)

East German border guards kill Peter Fechter, 18, as he attempts to cross the Berlin Wall into West Berlin becoming one of the first victims of the wall. (17. August 1962)

Newly independent Algeria, by referendum, adopts a constitution. (8. September 1962)

James Meredith enters the University of Mississippi, defying segregation. (30. September 1962)

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

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

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

The Late Late Show, the world's longest-running chat show by the same broadcaster, airs on RTÉ One for the first time. (6. July 1962)

Ne Win besieges and dynamites the Rangoon University Student Union building to crush the Student Movement. (8. July 1962)

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

An attempt to assassinate French president Charles de Gaulle fails. (22. August 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)

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

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

United States court of appeals orders the University of Mississippi to admit James Meredith. (24. September 1962)

Project Apollo: At a press conference, NASA announces lunar orbit rendezvous as the means to land astronauts on the Moon, and return them to Earth. (11. July 1962)

Representatives from the Russian Orthodox Church and Vatican City meet in Metz, France, and come to an agreement wherein the Russian church would send observers to the Second Vatican Council and in exchange, the Roman Catholic Church would refuse to condemn Communism. (13. August 1962)

James Meredith, an African-American, is temporarily barred from entering the University of Mississippi. (20. September 1962)

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