1962
January | US
President John Kennedy sends new aid and army units to
South Vietnam. Britain and the USA walk out of nuclear test ban talks with the Soviet Union. |
February
The Drifters
- Save the Last Dance for Me
|
Violent
acts are committed in France and Algeria over the French
Government's work toward independence for Algeria. Astronaut John Glenn is the first American to orbit the earth. The IRA calls off its 5-year campaign of violence. |
March
Chubby Checker
- For Teen Twisters Only
|
The
French army launches an offensive to crush the armed
|
April
Ray Charles
- Modern Sounds in Country and
|
Heavy fighting between the Iraqi army and Kurdish rebels. |
May
Peter, Paul and Mary - Peter, Paul and Mary |
President
Kennedy sends troops to counter Communist forces in
Laos. Adolf Eichmann is hanged for his Nazi war crimes against Jews. |
June
Judy Collins
- Golden Apples of the Sun
|
Three
prisoners escape from Alcatraz Prison in San Francisco.
Brazil wins the World Cup (football/soccer). |
July
The Marvelettes
- Playboy
|
Rwanda
and Burundi become independent.
France proclaims the independence of Algeria. Death of US novelist William Faulkner. Martin Luther King is jailed in Georgia (USA) for an illegal march. The Telstar communicatons satellite becomes effective. |
August | Death
of US actress Marilyn Monroe & German novelist Hermann
Hesse. Jamaica and Trinidad & Tobago achieve independence. East Berlin army shoot an 18-year-old trying to climb the Berlin Wall. |
September
Joan Baez - Joan Baez in Concert |
20
000 die from an earthquake in Iran.
Sonny Liston becomes the heavyweight boxing world champion. Riots follow the first enrolment of a black student at the University of Mississippi. |
October
The Beach Boys
- Surfin' Safari
|
Uganda
achieves independence.
|
November
Chubby Checker - Limbo Party |
Activist Nelson Mandela is jailed for 5 years in South Africa. China wins an armed border dispute with India. |
December
Herb Alpert
& the Tijuana Brass - The Lonely
|
Britain and the USA sign a nuclear missile alliance. |