WHAT ALL HAPPENED JUNE TO NOVEMBER 1962
Find out what all happened June to November 1962

The NS Savannah, the world's first nuclear-powered civilian ship, embarks on its maiden voyage. (20. August 1962)

The Rolling Stones perform their first concert, at the Marquee Club in London, England, United Kingdom. (12. July 1962)

Dr. No, the first in the James Bond film series, is released. (5. October 1962)

An Air France Boeing 707 jet crashes in bad weather in Guadeloupe, West Indies, killing 113. (22. June 1962)

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

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

At Paris Orly Airport, an Air France Boeing 707 overruns the runway and explodes when the crew attempts to abort takeoff, killing 130. (3. June 1962)

The Chinese People's Liberation Army declares a unilateral cease-fire in the Sino-Indian War. (21. November 1962)

Major Rudolf Anderson of the United States Air Force becomes the only direct human casualty of the Cuban Missile Crisis when his U-2 reconnaissance airplane is shot down in Cuba by a Soviet-supplied SA-2 Guideline surface-to-air missile. (27. October 1962)

As a part of Operation Plowshare, the Sedan nuclear test takes place. (6. July 1962)

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

Infamous Columbus Day Storm strikes the U.S. Pacific Northwest with record wind velocities; 46 dead and at least U.S. $230 million in damages (12. October 1962)

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

Trinidad and Tobago becomes independent. (31. August 1962)

Mariner program: Mariner 1 spacecraft flies erratically several minutes after launch and has to be destroyed. (22. July 1962)

Independence of Rwanda. (1. July 1962)

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

The Paddington tram depot fire destroys 65 trams in Brisbane, Australia. (28. September 1962)

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