WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO AUGUST 1962
Find out what all happened February to August 1962

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

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

Marvel Comics publishes the first issue of The Incredible Hulk. (10. May 1962)

NASA's Ranger 4 spacecraft crashes into the Moon. (26. April 1962)

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

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

James Joseph Dresnok defects to North Korea after running across the Korean Demilitarized Zone. Dresnok still resides in the capital, Pyongyang. (15. August 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)

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

Nelson Mandela is jailed. He would not be released until 1990. (5. August 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 European Space Research Organisation is established in Paris – later becoming the European Space Agency. (14. June 1962)

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

Vostok 3 launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome and cosmonaut Andrian Nikolayev becomes the first person to float in microgravity. (11. August 1962)

The West Indies Federation dissolves. (31. May 1962)

Frank Morris, John Anglin and Clarence Anglin allegedly become the only prisoners to escape from the prison on Alcatraz Island. (11. June 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)

A birthday salute to U.S. President John F. Kennedy takes place at Madison Square Garden, New York City. The highlight is Marilyn Monroe's rendition of "Happy Birthday". (19. May 1962)