WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO JULY 1962
Find out what all happened February to July 1962

The United States bans all Cuban imports and exports. (7. February 1962)

The first official Panda crossing is opened outside London Waterloo station. (2. April 1962)

Project Mercury: American astronaut Scott Carpenter orbits the Earth three times in the Aurora 7 space capsule. (24. May 1962)

In Burma, the army led by General Ne Win seizes power in a coup d'état. (2. March 1962)

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

Flooding in the coastal areas of West Germany kills 315 and destroys the homes of about 60,000 people. (16. February 1962)

American Airlines Flight 1 crashes on take off in New York. (1. March 1962)

Mercury program: While aboard Friendship 7, John Glenn becomes the first American to orbit the earth, making three orbits in 4 hours, 55 minutes. (20. February 1962)

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

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

Lyman Lemnitzer, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, delivers a proposal, called Operation Northwoods, regarding performing terrorist attacks upon Guantánamo Bay Naval Base, to Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara. The proposal is scrapped and President John F. Kennedy removes Lemnitzer from his position. (13. March 1962)

Walter Cronkite takes over as the lead news anchor of the CBS Evening News, during which time he would become "the most trusted man in America". (16. April 1962)

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

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

Leonard Bernstein causes controversy with his remarks from the podium during a New York Philharmonic concert featuring Glenn Gould performing Brahms' First Piano Concerto. (6. April 1962)

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

The Seattle World's Fair (Century 21 Exposition) opens. It is the first World's Fair in the United States since World War II. (21. April 1962)

Highly influential artist, Bob Dylan releases his first album, Bob Dylan, on Columbia Records label. (19. March 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)

Captured American U2 spy-plane pilot Gary Powers is exchanged for captured Soviet spy Rudolf Abel. (10. February 1962)