WHAT HAPPENED IN 1962.
Look what happened the 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)

Trinidad and Tobago becomes independent. (31. 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)

Newly independent Algeria, by referendum, adopts a constitution. (8. September 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 Soviet ship Poltava heads toward Cuba, one of the events that sets into motion the Cuban Missile Crisis. (15. September 1962)

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

James Meredith, an African-American, is temporarily barred from entering the University of Mississippi. (20. September 1962)

The Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts opens in New York City. (23. September 1962)

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

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

The Yemen Arab Republic is established. (27. September 1962)

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

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

Mexican-American labor leader César Chávez founds the National Farm Workers Association, which later becomes United Farm Workers. (30. September 1962)

James Meredith enters the University of Mississippi, defying segregation. (30. September 1962)

First broadcast of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. (1. October 1962)

Project Mercury: Sigma 7 is launched from Cape Canaveral, with Astronaut Wally Schirra aboard, for a six-orbit, nine-hour flight. (3. October 1962)