Nelson Mandela is jailed. He would not be released until 1990. Nelson Mandela was jailed primarily for his involvement in the anti-apartheid struggle in South…
Tag: 1962
17 July 1962
Nuclear weapons testing: The “Small Boy” test shot Little Feller I becomes the last atmospheric test detonation at the Nevada National Security Site. Operation Dominic…
14 October 1962
The Cuban Missile Crisis begins when an American reconnaissance aircraft takes photographs of Soviet ballistic missiles being installed in Cuba.
27 October 1962
By refusing to agree to the firing of a nuclear torpedo at a US warship, Vasily Arkhipov averts nuclear war.
14 October 1962
The Cuban Missile Crisis begins when an American reconnaissance aircraft takes photographs of Soviet ballistic missiles being installed in Cuba.
5 October 1962
The first of the James Bond film series, based on the novels by Ian Fleming, Dr. No, is released in Britain.
13 September 1962
An appeals court orders the University of Mississippi to admit James Meredith, the first African-American student admitted to the segregated university.
6 September 1962
Archaeologist Peter Marsden discovers the first of the Blackfriars Ships dating back to the second century AD in the Blackfriars area of the banks of…