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1962 |
| February
20th |
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Mercury-Atlas
6. Astronaut John Glenn became first American to
orbit the Earth. Glenn made a successful three-orbit flight
of the Earth. |
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| May 30th |
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SS
Adolf Eichmann was found guilty for his crimes against the Jews,
and was hanged in prison, in Jerusalem, Israel. |
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| July
10th |
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Launch
of the Telstar satellite (USA). The Telstar was the first
commercial communications satellite. |
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August
11th - 12th |
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Two
Russian spacecraft, Vostok 3 and Vostok 4, became the
first spacecraft's to orbit together. |
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| August 17th |
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German
Peter Fechter is shot while trying to cross the Berlin Wall
from East to the West. He tragically died slowly and could not
be helped by the West due to high tensions between the East
and West. |
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| September
12th |
|
President
Kennedy made an address at Rice University, Houston, Texas. |
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| October 1st |
|
James
Meredith became the first black American student to attend the
University of Mississippi. More than 3,000 troops were dispatched
to quell riots throughout the state. |
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| October 14th |
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The
'Cuban Missile Crisis'. United States U2 satellite photos showed
construction of nuclear missile sites in Cuba capable of reaching
the United States. |
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| October 16th |
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President
Kennedy was shown the U2 photographs of the missile construction
sites on Cuba at the White House, Washington D.C., USA. |
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| October 18th |
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President
Kennedy had a meeting with the Soviet Union Foreign Minister
Andrei Gromyko and discussed Cuba, but he did not mention US
knowledge of Soviet missiles. |
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| October 21st |
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Soviet
ships carrying nuclear missiles headed for Cuba. President Kennedy
decided on a blockade of Cuba as the course of action. |
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| October 22nd |
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President
Kennedy addressed the nation live on tv and radio and informed
the American public, and the world, of the Soviet missile presence
on Cuba. |
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| October 25th |
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UN
Security Council debated the Cuban crisis. US UN ambassador
Adlai Stevenson confronted the Soviet UN ambassador Valerian
Zorin. The Council and the World saw photos of the Soviet missiles. |
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| October 28th |
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Soviet
leader Khrushchev 'blinked' and ordered the missile carrying
ships not to cross the US blockade, and to return home. Third
World War is avoided. Radio Moscow broadcasted Khrushchev's
message. |
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Chinese-Indian
war. India lost border war with China. |
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Jamaica,
Trinidad and Tobago gained independence. |
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