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Atomic Submarine Thresher Sinks In Atlantic
In April 1963, the USS Thresher sank during deep-diving tests killing all 129 crew and shipyard personnel.
#USSThresher
Battle of Ap Bac 1963
Battle of Ap Bac 1963
A Viet Cong battalion inflicted heavy casualties on South Vietnamese government forces and escaped with minor losses.
#BattleofApBac
Top 10 songs of 1962
Top Songs of 1962
#Music1962
JFK Speaks On Vietnam 1962
In 1962 the U.S. government maintained secrecy regarding the extent of U.S. military involvement in South Vietnam, As the Viet Cong insurgency expanded, U.S. military personnel flew combat missions and accompanied South Vietnamese soldiers in ground operations to find...
UN Condemns South African Apartheid
In 1962 the United Nations General Assembly condemned South Africa’s racist apartheid policies.
#Apartheid
#SouthAfrica
Sonny Liston vs Floyd Patterson
#SonnyLiiston
#FloydPatterson
George Wallace “Segregation Forever”
Segregationis George Wallace won 1962 Alabama gubernatorial election
#GeorgeWallace
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
One Day in the Life… by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn was the first open account of Stalinist repression in Soviet literary history.
#AleksandrSolzhenitsyn
The Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuban Missile Crisis of October 1962 was a cold war confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union, which escalated into an international crisis when American deployments of missiles in Italy and Turkey were matched by deployments of Soviet...
Seattle World’s Fair
Seattle World’s Fair
#SealleWorldsFair
Mariner 2 Flies Past Venus
Mariner 2 Flies Past Venus
#Mariner2
Lawrence of Arabia
https://youtu.be/vOlRhGEhG7k Lawrence of Arabia, released in 1962, was a historical drama based on the life of T. E. Lawrence and his 1926 book Seven Pillars of Wisdom. Directed by David Lean, the film starred Peter O'Toole and Alec Guinness. Nominated for ten Oscars...
Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuban Missile Crisis was a confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union in October 1962. The situation escalated into an international crisis when American missiles in Italy and Turkey were matched by Soviet deployments of similar ballistic...
China Invades India
Sino-Indian War 1962 #China
#India
Helicopters in Vietnam War
In July 1962 the first armed helicopter company of the United States Army was formed.
#BellUH-1Helicopter
Supreme Court Rules Against School Prayer
US Supreme Court Rules Against School Prayer
#SupremeCourt
Silent Spring
#RachelCarson
#Silent Spring
East German Killed Crossing Berlin Wall
In August 1962 Peter Fechter, an 18 year old East German bricklayer, the 27th known person to die at the Berlin Wall, was shot and killed by East German border guards while trying to cross over to West Berlin. Source: Wikipedia
JFK 4th of July 1962
JFK 1962 4th of July speech
#JohnFKennedy
Top Songs 1962
Top Hits 1962
Algeria Wins Independence from France
In 1962 Algeria won Independence from France
#Algeria
#France
SDS Port Huron Statement
In 1962 the Port Huron Statement, was adopted by the Students for a Democratic Society at the University of Michigan campus in Ann Arbor
US Submarine Launches Live Nuclear Missile
In May 1962 a US submarine launched a live Polaris missile over the Pacific Ocean.
#PolarisMissile
#UssEthanAllen
Ranger 4 and Saturn Rocket Hit The Moon
US rocket Ranger 4 hits the moon in 1962
#Ranger4
Flight 739 Disappears Over Pacific
#FlyingTigerLine#739