June 1962 calendar

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

Historical Events

Which were the important events of June 1962?

Events

01 Jun 1962 Oscar 2 (ham radio satellite) launched into Earth orbit.
02 Jun 1962 32nd French Mens Tennis: Rod Laver beats Roy Emerson
03 Jun 1962 Betsy Rawls and Kathy wins LPGA Babe Didrikson-Zaharias Golf Open
04 Jun 1962 Lee Harvey Oswald departs Rotterdam on SS Maasdam to US
06 Jun 1962 Beatles meet their producer George Martin for 1st time, they record Besame Mucho with Peter Best on drums
07 Jun 1962 NASA civilian test pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 31,580 m
08 Jun 1962 Jim Beatty runs world record 2 mile (8:29.8)
09 Jun 1962 Bill of Hare, premieres in USA
10 Jun 1962 Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Austin Civitan Golf Tournament
11 Jun 1962 President FDR accepted an honorary degree from Yale
12 Jun 1962 3 convicts used spoons to dig their way out of Alcatraz
13 Jun 1962 Bob Newhart Show, last airs on NBC-TV
14 Jun 1962 The European Space Research Organisation is established in Paris : later becoming the European Space Agency.
15 Jun 1962 WWUP TV channel 10 in Sault Ste Marie, MI (CBS) begins broadcasting
16 Jun 1962 2 US army officers killed in Saigon
17 Jun 1962 62nd US Golf Open: Jack Nicklaus shoots a 283 at Oakmont Country Club - Pennsylvania
21 Jun 1962 USAF Maj Robert M White takes X-15 to 75,190 m
22 Jun 1962 1st test flight of Hoovercraft
23 Jun 1962 Subways Are after Sleeping closes at St. James NYC after 205 performances
24 Jun 1962 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA J E McAuliffe Golf Tournament
25 Jun 1962 Mozambique Liberation Front (FRELIMO) forms
26 Jun 1962 Blacks begin passive resistance in Cairo, Illinois
27 Jun 1962 NASA civilian pilot Joseph Walker takes X-15 to 6,606 km/h, 37,700 m
28 Jun 1962 Thalidomide drug banned in the Netherlands
29 Jun 1962 Frank Howard, hits the 5,000th Dodger home run
30 Jun 1962 French Foreign Legion leaves Algeria
03 Jun 1962 At Paris Orly Airport, Air France Flight 007 overruns the runway and explodes when the crew attempts to abort takeoff, killing 130.