WHAT ALL HAPPENED AUGUST TO SEPTEMBER 1962
Find out what all happened August to September 1962

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

An attempt to assassinate French president Charles de Gaulle fails. (22. August 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)

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

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

Trinidad and Tobago becomes independent. (31. August 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 Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts opens in New York City. (23. September 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)

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

Japan conducts a test of the NAMC YS-11, its first aircraft since World War II and its only successful commercial aircraft from before or after the war. (30. August 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)

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

Jamaica becomes independent from the United Kingdom. (6. August 1962)

The Soviet ship Poltava heads toward Cuba, one of the events that sets into motion the Cuban Missile Crisis. (15. September 1962)

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

United States court of appeals orders the University of Mississippi to admit James Meredith. (24. September 1962)

The NS Savannah, the world's first nuclear-powered civilian ship, embarks on its maiden voyage. (20. August 1962)