WHAT ALL HAPPENED MARCH TO OCTOBER 1962
Find out what all happened March to 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)

Nelson Mandela is jailed. He would not be released until 1990. (5. August 1962)

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

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

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

Andy Warhol's Campbell's Soup Cans exhibition opens at the Ferus Gallery in Los Angeles. (9. July 1962)

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

The Centralia mine fire is ignited in the town's landfill above a coal mine. (27. May 1962)

The European Space Research Organisation is established in Paris – later becoming the European Space Agency. (14. June 1962)

Wilt Chamberlain sets the single-game scoring record in the National Basketball Association by scoring 100 points. (2. March 1962)

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

The Pacific Northwest experiences a cyclone the equal of a Cat 3 hurricane. Winds measured above 150 mph at several locations; 46 people died. (13. October 1962)

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

A Caledonian Airways Douglas DC-7 crashes shortly after takeoff from Cameroon, killing 111 - the worst crash of a DC-7. (4. March 1962)

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

Frank Morris, John Anglin and Clarence Anglin allegedly become the only prisoners to escape from the prison on Alcatraz Island. (11. June 1962)

Alouette 1, the first Canadian satellite, is launched. (29. September 1962)

Mariner program: Mariner 1 spacecraft flies erratically several minutes after launch and has to be destroyed. (22. July 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 NS Savannah, the world's first nuclear-powered civilian ship, embarks on its maiden voyage. (20. August 1962)