July 1962 calendar

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Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened in July 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 July 1962: find out below

Historical Events

Which were the important events of July 1962?

Events

01 Jul 1962 Algeria votes for independence
02 Jul 1962 Fidel Castro visits Moscow
03 Jul 1962 Algerian Revolution against French ends (Algeria gains independence on July 5).
04 Jul 1962 Island Records begins
05 Jul 1962 96 murder at massacre in Oran, Algeria
06 Jul 1962 76th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Rod Laver beats Martin Mulligan (62 62 61)
07 Jul 1962 69th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Karen Susman beats Vera Sukova (64 64)
08 Jul 1962 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Kelly Girls Golf Open
09 Jul 1962 The Starfish Prime high-altitude nuclear test is conducted by the United States of America.
10 Jul 1962 32nd All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 3-1 at D.C. Stadium, Washington
11 Jul 1962 1st transatlantic TV transmission via satellite (Telstar I)
12 Jul 1962 The Rolling Stones perform their first ever concert, at the Marquee Club in London.
13 Jul 1962 500 Indonesian parachutist land on New-Guinea
14 Jul 1962 Borehole for Mont Blanc-tunnel finished
15 Jul 1962 Algeria becomes member of Arab League
17 Jul 1962 East Berliner Peter Fechter flees over Berlin Wall
18 Jul 1962 Minn is 1st AL team to hit 2 grand slams in an inning as Bob Allison
19 Jul 1962 The First Annual Swiss amp Wielder Hoop and Stick Tournament is held.
20 Jul 1962 Dmitri Shostakovitch completes his 13th Symphony
21 Jul 1962 Battles on Chinese and Indies boundary
22 Jul 1962 1st US Venus probe, Mariner 1, fails at lift-off
23 Jul 1962 Telstar relays the first publicly transmitted, live trans-Atlantic television program, featuring Walter Cronkite.
25 Jul 1962 House passes bill requiring equal pay for equal work regardless of sex
26 Jul 1962 Maria Oeljanov, 1st airship with nuclear missiles, arrives in Cuba
27 Jul 1962 Mariner 2 launched to Venus; flyby mission
28 Jul 1962 Mariner I launched to Mars falls into Atlantic Ocean
30 Jul 1962 33rd All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 9-4 at Wrigley Field, Chicago
31 Jul 1962 Federation of Malaysia forms.
06 Jul 1962 The Late Late Show, the world's longest-running chat show by the same broadcaster, airs on RTÉ One for the first time.