WHAT ALL HAPPENED APRIL TO SEPTEMBER 1962
Find out what all happened April to September 1962

The first official Panda crossing is opened outside London Waterloo station. (2. April 1962)

Continental Airlines Flight 11 crashes after bombs explode on board. (22. May 1962)

James Joseph Dresnok defects to North Korea after running across the Korean Demilitarized Zone. Dresnok still resides in the capital, Pyongyang. (15. August 1962)

Marvel Comics publishes the first issue of The Incredible Hulk. (10. May 1962)

The first Wal-Mart store opens for business in Rogers, Arkansas. (2. July 1962)

Nelson Mandela is jailed. He would not be released until 1990. (5. August 1962)

The International Agreement on the Neutrality of Laos is signed. (23. July 1962)

Nuclear weapons testing: The "Small Boy" test shot Little Feller I becomes the last atmospheric test detonation at the Nevada National Security Site. (17. July 1962)

The Soviet ship Poltava heads toward Cuba, one of the events that sets into motion the Cuban Missile Crisis. (15. September 1962)

The North Yemen Civil War begins when Abdullah as-Sallal dethrones the newly crowned Imam al-Badr and declares Yemen a republic under his presidency. (25. September 1962)

Mexican-American labor leader César Chávez founds the National Farm Workers Association, which later becomes United Farm Workers. (30. September 1962)

Project Mercury: American astronaut Scott Carpenter orbits the Earth three times in the Aurora 7 space capsule. (24. May 1962)

The Starfish Prime high-altitude nuclear test is conducted by the United States. (9. July 1962)

Frank Morris, John Anglin and Clarence Anglin allegedly become the only prisoners to escape from the prison on Alcatraz Island. (11. June 1962)

The Algerian War of Independence against the French ends. (3. July 1962)

During the 1962 FIFA World Cup, police had to intervene multiple times in fights between Chilean and Italian players in one of the most violent games in football history. (2. June 1962)

Representatives from the Russian Orthodox Church and Vatican City meet in Metz, France, and come to an agreement wherein the Russian church would send observers to the Second Vatican Council and in exchange, the Roman Catholic Church would refuse to condemn Communism. (13. August 1962)

Burundi, Jamaica, Rwanda and Trinidad and Tobago are admitted to the United Nations. (18. September 1962)

The Pilkington Committee on Broadcasting concludes, among other things, that the British public did not want commercial radio broadcasting. (1. June 1962)

The NS Savannah, the world's first nuclear-powered civilian ship, embarks on its maiden voyage. (20. August 1962)