WHAT ALL HAPPENED MAY TO JUNE 1962
Find out what all happened May to June 1962

The Old Bay Line, the last overnight steamboat service in the United States, goes out of business. (25. 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)

At Paris Orly Airport, an Air France Boeing 707 overruns the runway and explodes when the crew attempts to abort takeoff, killing 130. (3. June 1962)

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

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

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

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

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

Continental Airlines Flight 11 crashes after bombs explode on board. (22. May 1962)

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

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

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

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