August 5, 1962 — Marilyn Monroe dies in suspicious circumstances
Was it suicide? Was she killed? Or was it an accidental overdose, like the death certificate claimed? Marilyn Monroe was...
October 4, 2017
The Complete History
September 4, 1962 — The Beatles release “Love Me Do”
“Love Me Do” was a number one hit for the Beatles in the USA (and Australia and New Zealand), their...
September 29, 2017
September 15, 1962 — “Green Onions” by Booker T and the MGs reaches #1 on the charts
“Green Onions” is probably the single best known instrumental of the rock era, and routinely appears on lists of the...
September 24, 2017
September 25, 1962 — Sonny Liston defeats Floyd Patterson
Charles L. ‘Sonny’ Liston pushed hard to get his shot at the title. He was a kid from the wrong...
September 19, 2017
September 30, 1962 — César Chávez founds the United Farm Workers
César Chávez is perhaps the most famous Latino or Mexican-American civil rights activist in history. He was a very astute...
September 9, 2017
October 27, 1962 — Vasily Arkhipov prevents the Cuban Missile Crisis from escalating
Vasili Alexandrovich Arkhipov was a Soviet Navy officer with the rank of Flotilla Commander who saw action during the Cuban...
September 7, 2017
February 19, 1963 — Betty Friedan’s “The Feminine Mystique” is published
“The Feminine Mystique” is the book most credited with kick-starting Second Wave Feminism. Betty Friedan took aim at a number...
August 29, 2017
March 5, 1963 — Patsy Cline dies
About a month after finishing recording her fourth, and, alas, final album Sentimentally Yours, Patsy Cline died in what has...
August 24, 2017
March 30, 1963 — The last streetcars of Los Angeles make their final runs
Like most other cities the world over, Los Angeles moved away from the inflexibility of light rail public transportation after...
August 19, 2017
April 27, 1963 — “The Day of the Triffids” premieres
Based on an original novel written by John Wyndham and published in 1951, “The Day of the Triffids” starred Howard...
August 14, 2017
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