WHAT ALL HAPPENED SEPTEMBER TO OCTOBER 1962
Find out what all happened September to October 1962

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

Nelson Mandela is sentenced to five years in prison. (25. October 1962)

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

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

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

The Yemen Arab Republic is established. (27. September 1962)

Burundi, Jamaica, Rwanda and Trinidad and Tobago are admitted to the United Nations. (18. September 1962)

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

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

Archaeologist Peter Marsden discovers the first of the Blackfriars Ships dating back to the 2nd century AD in the Blackfriars area of the banks of the River Thames in London. (6. September 1962)

The Beatles' first single, "Love Me Do" backed with "P.S. I Love You", is released in the United Kingdom. (5. October 1962)

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

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

A plane carrying Enrico Mattei, post-war Italian administrator, crashes in mysterious circumstances. (27. October 1962)

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

The People's Democratic Republic of Algeria is formally proclaimed. Ferhat Abbas is elected President of the provisional government. (25. September 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)

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