WHAT ALL HAPPENED JUNE TO AUGUST 1962
Find out what all happened June to August 1962

Algeria becomes independent from France. (5. July 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)

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 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)

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

During the 1962 FIFA World Cup, police had to intervene multiple times in fights between Chilean and Italian players in one of the most violent games in football history. (2. June 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)

The Mariner 2 unmanned space mission is launched to Venus by NASA. (27. August 1962)

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

Independence of Burundi. (1. July 1962)

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

Independence of Rwanda. (1. July 1962)

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

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

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

Trinidad and Tobago becomes independent. (31. August 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)