The Year 1962
History and Politics
US military council established in S. Vietnam.
Georges Pompidou forms government in France.
Adolf Heichmann hanged.
Attempt on the life of Charles de Gaulle.
USSR agrees to send arms to Cuba; establishes base for fishing fleet in Cuba; Kennedy announces installation
of USSR missle base in Cuba; Khrushchev offers to withdraw it if US removes bases from Turkey; Kennedy
rejects offer and announces that USSR will dismantle bases in Cuba and withdraw bombers; blockade ends.
Uganda and Tanganyika become independent.
U Thant elected UN Secretary-General.
Kennedy and Mcmillan meet in Nassau.
Nobel Peace Prize: Linus Pauling (US), who was awarded 1954 Nobel Peace Prize for Chemistry.
U-2 pilot Frances Gary Powers is traded by USSR for US-held Soviet spy Rudolf Abel.
President Kennedy appoints Byron R. White and Arthur J. Goldberg to the Supreme Court.
Science, Technology, Growth
US spaceman Glenn, Carpenter, and Schirra orbit seperately.
Telstar satellite launched from Cape Canaveral.
Mariner 2 launched by US as Venus probe.
Advances in molecular biology.
Russian scientist Chudinov revives fossile algae, aged 250 million years.
US has 200 atomic reactors in operation; Britian, 39; USSR, 39.
Thalidomide causes children to be born with malformations.
Royal College of Physicians issue it's report on smoking and health.
Nobel Prize for Physics: Lev D. Landau (USSR) for his studies of condensed gases, liquid helium in particular.
Nobel Prize for Chemistry: M F Perutz (Brit) and J C Kendrew (Brit) for
discovering the molecular structure of myoglobin and hemoglobin.
Nobel Prize for Medicine and Physilogy: F H C Crick (Brit), M H F Wilkins (Brit),
and J D Watson (US) for detemining the molecular structure of DNA
Daily Life
James Meredith, Black applicant, is denied admission to Univ. of Mississippi by Gov. Barnett; US Court of
Appeals finds Barnett guilty of civil comtempt and threatens him with arrest and fines; US marshalls and
3,000 soldiers suppress riots when Meredith arrives on campus to begin classes.
Commonwealth Immigrations Act passed in Britian to control immigration.
"The Sunday Times" issue its first color supplement.
Sonny Liston becomes world heavyweight boxing champion, knocking out Floyd Patterson in the 1st round.
Eleanor Roosevelt dies.
Of the world's adult population of 1.6 billion, approx. 44% are illiterate.
Total world population approx. 3.1 billion.
Rod Laver (Au), wins Grand Slam of tennis-all 4 major championships.
An earthquake in northwestern Iran kilss 10,000.
Arnold Palmer wins his 2nd British Open in a row; Jack Nicklaus wins US Open, his first major pro title.
Palmer also wins Masters 3rd time; he becomes the leading money winner for the year ($81,448.33).
Minnesota defeats UCLA in Rose Bowl, 21-3.
New York (AL) defeats San Francisco (NL) in World Series, 4-3.
"Weatherly" (US) defeats "Gretel" (Au) 4-1 to win America's Cup yacht race.
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