January 9, 1962 — The first batch of Rainbow Herbicides arrives in Vietnam
Give the US Army some credit: their solution to the fact that they were ill-trained for fighting in jungles was...
October 14, 2017
1962
May 23, 1962 — Graham Young is arrested for murder
Graham Young was only 14 years old when he was arrested for murder – and the murder in question was...
October 9, 2017
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
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
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