1962 in the United States

Government [ edit | edit the code ]

 * Chair: John F. Kennedy
 * Vice President: Lyndon Johnson
 * Secretary of State : Dean Rusk


 * House of Representatives - Chairman :

Events [ edit | edit the code ]
This paper presents a chronology of the events of 1962 in the US

January [ edit | edit the code ]
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February [ edit | edit the code ]

 * February 20 : first orbital mission of the United States succeeded by John Glenn in the Mercury Program of NASA

March [ edit | edit the code ]
March 2 ( basketball ): Wilt Chamberlain scored a record 100 points in the match nba championship between his team the Philadelphia Warriors to the New York Knicks .

April [ edit | edit the code ]
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Mai [ edit | edit the code ]

 * May 19 : Marilyn Monroe sang for President Kennedy at the gala organized by the Democratic Party at Madison Square Garden
 * May 24 :  manned flight of the Mercury program by astronaut Scott Carpenter

June [ edit | edit the code ]
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July [ edit | edit the code ]
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August [ edit | edit the code ]

 * August 5 : The singer Marilyn Monroe was found dead at age 36, propablement acute barbiturate imprisonment.

September [ edit | edit the code ]

 * September 12 : Kennedy delivered the speech " We choose to go to the moon . "
 * September 13 : The US warns Moscow against the installation of offensive weapons in Cuba.

October [ edit | edit the code ]

 * October 3 :  flight of the Mercury space program by astronaut Wally Schirra
 * Cuban Missile Crisis .

November [ edit | edit the code ]

 * November 4: The United States announces the cessation of nuclear testing in the atmosphere.

December [ edit | edit the code ]
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Births in 1962 [ edit | edit the code ]

 * February 11 : Tammy Baldwin , Senator from Wisconsin since 2013 .
 * March 11 : Barbara Alyn Woods, actress.
 * March 21 : Matthew Broderick, actor.
 * March 30 : Mark Begich, Senator of Alaska since 2013 .
 * July 3 : Tom Cruise, actor and producer of film.
 * August 16 : Steve Carell, actor, producer and screenwriter.
 * September 11 : Kristy McNichol, actress and singer.
 * November 11 : Demi Moore, actress and producer.
 * November 19 : Jodie Foster, actress, director and producer.
 * December 31 : Jeff Flake, senator from Arizona .

Deaths in 1962 [ edit | edit the code ]

 * August 5 : Marilyn Monroe, actress and singer. (°  June 1926 )
 * November 7 : Eleanor Roosevelt , First Lady of the United States from 1933 to 1945 and wife of the 32nd President of the United States Franklin Delano Roosevelt . (° 11 October 1884 )

Related articles [ edit | edit the code ]

 * General articles


 * Articles 1962 US

External links [ edit | edit the code ]
The year 1962 in the United States on Commons

See also [ edit | edit the code ]

 * The year 1962 in the world