October 1962 calendar

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

Historical Events

Which were the important events of October 1962?

Events

01 Oct 1962 Barbra Streisand signs her 1st recording contract (with Columbia)
02 Oct 1962 San Francisco and Los Angeles play a 4-hour, 18-minute nine-inning game.
03 Oct 1962 Stop the World, I Want to Get Off opens at Shubert NYC for 886 performances
04 Oct 1962 USAF Maj Robert A Rushworth takes X-15 to 32,300m
05 Oct 1962 Beatles release their first single record "Love Me Do".
06 Oct 1962 16th NHL All-Star Game: Toronto beat All4-Stars -1 at Toronto
07 Oct 1962 8th LPGA Championship won by Judy Kimball
08 Oct 1962 Algeria admitted as 109th member of the United Nations.
09 Oct 1962 Battles to decide Algeria-Morocco boundary kills 130
10 Oct 1962 Indies assault up Chinese positions in North-India attack
11 Oct 1962 1st appearance of a Gabor sister on Merv Griffin Show
12 Oct 1962 US / USSR sign joint space effort in telecommunications and meteorology
13 Oct 1962 At the Riverside International Raceway in California, the Los Angeles Times Three-Hour Invitational Grand Prix race is held. 1963 model production Corvettes make their racing debut, as does the Ford-powered Cobra. Finishing 1st overall is the Mickey Thompson #119 black Corvette Z06, driven by Doug Hooper. He averages 84-mph over the 250-mile course. The 260-ci Cobra leads by about one mile after one hour of racing when its rear suspension fails.
14 Oct 1962 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Thunderbird Tourney Golf Tournament
15 Oct 1962 WLOX TV channel 13 in Biloxi-Gulfport, MS (ABC) begins broadcasting
16 Oct 1962 Byron R White becomes a Supreme Court Justice
17 Oct 1962 Yanks beat Giants for 20th world championship
18 Oct 1962 JFK meets Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs Andrei Gromyko
19 Oct 1962 Stalin-monument removed in Prague
20 Oct 1962 Mr President opens at St. James Theater NYC for 265 performances
21 Oct 1962 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Carlsbad Cavern Golf Open
22 Oct 1962 JFK addresses TV about Russian missile bases in Cuba
23 Oct 1962 Adlai Stevenson speaks at UN about Cuba crisis
24 Oct 1962 In Cuban missile crisis, the US blockade of Cuba begins
25 Oct 1962 1st Belgian nuclear reactor begins operation
26 Oct 1962 Beatles tape Please Please Me andAsk Me Why
27 Oct 1962 Beyond the Fringe opens at John Golden Theater NYC for 673 performances
28 Oct 1962 Khrushchev orders withdrawal of missiles from Cuba, ending crisis
31 Oct 1962 The UN General Assembly asks the United Kingdom to suspend enforcement of the new constitution in Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), but the constitution comes into effect on November 1.
05 Oct 1962 The first of the James Bond film series, based on the novels by Ian Fleming, Dr. No, is released in Britain.