August 1962 calendar

August 1962
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Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened in August 1962.
The US president was John F. Kennedy (Democrat), the UK Prime Minister was Harold Macmillan (Conservative), Pope John XXIII was leading the Catholic Church.

But much more happened on August 1962: find out below

Historical Events

Which were the important events of August 1962?

Events

01 Aug 1962 Failed assassination on President Nkrumah of Ghana
03 Aug 1962 29th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Green Bay 42, All-Stars 20 (65,000)
04 Aug 1962 Nelson Mandela captured by South African police
05 Aug 1962 1st quasar located by radio
06 Aug 1962 Jamaica becomes independent after 300 years of British rule
10 Aug 1962 Marvel Comics publishes Amazing Fantasy#15, which features the first published appearance of the superhero character of Spider-Man, created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko.
11 Aug 1962 Andrian G Nikolayev, becomes 3rd Russian in space aboard Vostok 3
12 Aug 1962 1st time 2 people in space
13 Aug 1962 Bert Campaneris of Daytona Beach (FSL) pitches ambidextrously
14 Aug 1962 NASA civilian test pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 60,000 m
15 Aug 1962 Netherlands and Indonesia signs accord about New Guinea
16 Aug 1962 Ringo Starr replaces Pete Best as Beatle drummer
17 Aug 1962 E German border guards shot and kill Peter Fechter, 18, attempting to cross Berlin Wall into western sector
18 Aug 1962 Peter, Paul and Mary release their first hit "If I Had a Hammer".
19 Aug 1962 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Albuquerque Swing Parade Golf Tournament
21 Aug 1962 Verne Gagne beats Mister M (doctor X) in Minn, to become NWA champ
22 Aug 1962 The NS Savannah, the world's first nuclear-powered cargo ship, completes its maiden voyage.
23 Aug 1962 1st Europe-US live TV program
24 Aug 1962 Dodger coach Leo Durocher suffers a near-fatal allergic reaction to a penicillin injection while in the clubhouse at the Polo Grounds
26 Aug 1962 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Salt Lake City Golf Open
27 Aug 1962 Mariner 2 launched; first probe to fly by Venus.
28 Aug 1962 55.9 cm rainfall at Hackberry, Louisiana (state record)
29 Aug 1962 Some provisions of Kuwaiti constitution are suspended
30 Aug 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.
31 Aug 1962 Trinidad and Tobago gain independence from Britain (National Day)
06 Aug 1962 Jamaica becomes independent from the United Kingdom.