WHAT HAPPENED IN 1962.
Look what happened the 1962.

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

The Old Bay Line, the last overnight steamboat service in the United States, goes out of business. (25. May 1962)

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

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

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

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)

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

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

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

Independence of Rwanda. (1. July 1962)

Independence of Burundi. (1. July 1962)

The first Wal-Mart store opens for business in Rogers, Arkansas. (2. July 1962)

The Algerian War of Independence against the French ends. (3. July 1962)

Algeria becomes independent from France. (5. July 1962)

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

The Late Late Show, the world's longest-running chat show by the same broadcaster, airs on RTÉ One for the first time. (6. July 1962)

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

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