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This event is widely regarded as crucial in averting a worldwide nuclear war. [19] October 28. Cuban Missile Crisis ends: Soviet Union leader Nikita Khrushchev announces that he has ordered the removal of Soviet missile bases in Cuba. In a secret deal between Kennedy and Khrushchev, Kennedy agrees to the withdrawal of U.S. missiles from Turkey.
Events from the year 1962 in the United States. Incumbents. Federal government ... U.S. Senator from New Mexico from 1935 to 1962 (born 1888) December 4 ...
1962 events in Europe by month (13 C) * 1962 sports events by month (12 C) 0–9. January 1962 events (3 C) February 1962 events (3 C, 1 P) March 1962 events (3 C)
February 20: John Glenn, aboard the Friendship 7 space capsule, becomes the first American to orbit the Earth. February 12 – As Commander-in-chief, Kennedy commutes the military death sentence of seaman Jimmie Henderson to life imprisonment, marking the last time in the 20th century that an American president was faced with such a decision (As of 28 July 2008, the most recent such decision ...
1962 – John Glenn orbits the Earth in Friendship 7, becoming the first American to do so; 1962 – Cuban Missile Crisis, the closest nuclear confrontation involving the U.S. and USSR; 1962 – Baker v. Carr, enabling federal courts to intervene in and to decide reapportionment cases; 1962 – Engel v.
22 November – 1962 Chippenham by-election: the Conservatives are narrowly re-elected in Chippenham, Wiltshire, ahead of a challenge from the Liberals. 24 November – The first episode of influential satire show That Was the Week That Was , hosted by David Frost , is broadcast on BBC Television .
1962 events in the United States by month (12 C) / 1962 disestablishments in the United States (33 C, 12 P) 1962 establishments in the United States (57 C, 28 P) A.
October 1962 events in the United States (1 C, 3 P) November 1962 events in the United States (2 C, 45 P) December 1962 events in the United States (1 C, 1 P)