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January   February   March   April   May   June   July   August   September   October   November   December     General 1962 Miss World 1962 Catharina Lodders ( Miss Holland ) Miss Universe 1962 Norma Nolan (Argentina) 1962 Eurovision Song Contest Winner: France Isabelle Aubret - 'Un Premier Amour'         1962 Academy Awards - The 'Oscars' Best Actor: Gregory Peck ( To Kill A Mockingbird ) Best Actress: Anne Bancroft ( The Miracle Worker ) Best Film: Lawrence Of Arabia                 1962 - General The Average Wage: £15.17s.3d Charles M.Schulz creates 'Snoopy' Beatle Stuart Sutcliffe dies of a brain haemorrhage Elvis has his 50th U.S. chart entry with 'Return To Sender' Gary Powers is released in exchange for a Russian spy Charles DeGaulle narrowly escapes assassination attempts Construction begins on the World Trade Centre Unemployment quoted at 403,000 The World Fair is held in Seattle, U.S.A. Actor Sean Connery marries Diane Cilento Sony develop the 5" micro television Martin Luther King is jailed in Georgia The first industrial robots are produced Peter Fechter is the first person to be killed on the Berlin Wall Rod Laver achieves the Grand Slam in tennis winning all four major tournaments Oswald Moseley attempts to revive fascism in Britain, leading to civil unrest The Duchess of Kent gives birth to her first son, George Phillip Nicholas The 1,000 space Hyde Park underground car park opens The first self-service petrol station opens on London's Southwark Bridge Ford open their £50 million car plant at Halewood on Merseyside The world's largest movable radio telescope is built at Eifelsberg, Germany Grand Prix driver Ricardo Rodriguez dies in a crash January 1962 1st The Beatles' audition at Decca Records is unsuccessful 9th The DeHavilland Trident makes its maiden flight 15th Yves Saint-Laurent, protégé of Christian Dior sets up his Paris fashion house 26th The U.S. spacecraft Ranger 3 goes off course, missing the moon by 20.000 miles 29th Britain and America walk out of Nuclear test ban talks with the Soviet Union in Geneva February 1962 Duane Eddy marries singer Miriam Johnson Don Everly marries Hollywood starlet Venetia Stevenson 11th An Essex schoolboy claims the world record for 'The Twist' after dancing non-stop for 33 hours 14th Jackie Kennedy conducts a televised tour of the White House 17th James Hanratty is sentenced to death for the 'A6' murder 20th John Glenn in 'Friendship 7' becomes the first American to orbit the Earth 24th Football League founder members Accrington Stanley play their last game, vs Rochdale, at Peel Park before winding up with debts of £60,000 26th The I.R.A. announces a cease-fire in Northern Ireland March 1962 The Beatles make their radio debut on 'Teenager's Turn - Here We Go' 2nd In India, President Nehru's Congress Party wins the general election 3rd The British Antarctic Territory is created in the South Atlantic 4th Malta becomes fully independent 16th The first Russian 'Cosmos' satellite is launched 19th A 300 year-old skull is discovered beneath 10 Downing Street April 1962 2nd Push-button 'Panda' road crossings are introduced 4th James Hanratty is executed at Bedford Prison 23rd Stirling Moss is seriously injured crashing his Lotus 7 in a race at Goodwood 24th President Kennedy announces that the U.S.A. are to resume atmospheric atomic testing 26th The first British satellite 'Ariel' is launched 26th The American spacecraft Ranger 4 crashes on the dark side of the moon May 1962 Prince Charles enters Gordonstoun school Don and Phil Everly are discharged from the U.S. Marines 2nd The government warns it will fine pedestrians who do not use the new 'Panda' crossings 8th The last trolleybus runs in London 23rd The first reattachment of a human limb is performed in America 25th The New Coventry Cathedral, designed by Basil Spence, is consecrated 31st Adolf Eichmann is executed for Nazi war crimes June 1962 3rd Britain's first legal casino is opened at The Metropole, Brighton 10th England lose the football World Cup quarter final 3-1 to Brazil in Chile 12th Three prisoners dig their way out of Alcatraz using spoons 17th Brazil retain the World Cup beating Czechoslovakia 3-1 in Santiago 30th Police 5 is seen on television for the first time July 1962 The 137th and last annual 'Players vs Gentlemen' amateur vs professional cricket match is held at Lord's 1st The government's Immigration Bill becomes law 10th The first motorway opens in Ireland 10th Telstar, the first proper telecommunications satellite, is put into orbit 11th The first signals are beamed between U.S.A. and France via Telstar 11th Fred Baldasare becomes the first man to swim The Channel underwater 20th The world's first experimental hovercraft passenger service opens between Moreton, Wirral and Rhyl, using a 24-seater VA3 23rd An 18 minute live transmission is beamed to 16 European countries via Telstar at 8p.m. August 1962 Beatle John Lennon marries Cynthia Powell 5th Marilyn Monroe, aged 36, is found dead from a drink and drugs overdose 11th An experimental hovercraft service is launched between Portsmouth and Ryde 12th Two Soviet Vostok spacecraft orbit simultaneously 14th The last 10 feet of the 7.5 mile Mont Blanc tunnel is completed 16th Ringo Starr becomes the drummer for The Beatles 26th The spacecraft Mariner II is launched towards Venus September 1962 2nd London sees fierce street battles between East Enders and Moseley's Fascists 9th A U2 spy plane used by Taiwan is shot down in China 14th Distillers agree to pay £250,000 for research into damage done by Thalidomide 18th 29 refugees escape by tunnelling under the Berlin Wall 25th Sonny Liston beats Floyd Patterson to become World Heavyweight Boxing Champion October 1962 The Beatles release their first record for E.M.I. 'Love Me Do' Alf Ramsey succeeds Walter Winterbottom as England football manager 8th Elizabeth Lane becomes the first female high court judge 10th Spacecraft Mariner II reveals the existence of solar 'winds' 17th The Hyde Park underpass opens in London, causing huge traffic jams 17th The Beatles make their first television appearance 22nd The spy William Vassall is jailed for 18 years 22nd President Kennedy appears on U.S. television to announce the siting of Soviet missiles in Cuba, 90 miles from the U.S.A. 22nd The trial of Nelson Mandela begins 28th Kruschev capitulates and orders the Cuban rockets to be dismantled and returned to the Soviet Union, ending the 'Cuban Missile Crisis' 30th The first James Bond film 'Dr. No' premieres 31st Singer Michelle Phillips marries film star Dennis Hopper - it only lasts a couple of weeks November 1962 Prince Philip opens the Commonwealth Games in Perth, Australia 1st Russia launches the first spacecraft to Mars 5th The government halves the purchase tax on cars in a bid to boost the economy 7th Eleanor Roosevelt dies 7th Nelson Mandela is sentenced to 5 years imprisonment 8th Queen Wilhelmina of The Netherlands dies December 1962 The Rolling Stones are formed Alan Freed goes on trial in New York on 'payola' charges 3rd Start of the four-day smog cloud which brings London to a standstill 14th Mariner II sends back the first close-up pictures of Venus 15th Actor Charles Laughton dies 21st The U.S.A. agrees to sell Polaris missiles to Britain