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February 26, 1962: John Glenn receives key to the city in Washington, D.C., as six-year-old Maria Shriver looks on John Glenn Day in Washington, D.C. , featured the reception of the astronaut at the White House , a parade, and his address to a joint session of the United States Congress .
This is a list of films which placed number one at the weekly box office in the United States during 1962 per Variety's weekly National boxoffice survey. The results are based on a sample of 20-25 key cities and therefore, any box office amounts quoted may not be the total that the film grossed nationally in the week.
The Border campaign (12 December 1956 – 26 February 1962) was a guerrilla warfare campaign (codenamed Operation Harvest) carried out by the Irish Republican Army (IRA) against targets in Northern Ireland, with the aim of overthrowing British rule there and creating a united Ireland. [1]
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 ...
February 3 – The United States embargo against Cuba is announced. February 4 – Danny Thomas founds St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. February 6 – Negotiations between U.S. Steel and the United States Department of Commerce begin. February 7 – The United States Government bans all U.S.-related Cuban imports and exports.
February 26 is the 57th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; ... 1962 – Ahn Cheol-soo, South Korean physician, academic, and politician;
February 14 – First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy takes television viewers on a tour of the White House. February 15 – Urho Kekkonen is re-elected president of Finland. February 17 – Heavy storms and high tides result in the North Sea flood of 1962 on Germany's North Sea coast, mainly around Hamburg; more than 300 people die and thousands lose ...
17 February – Sarah Wollaston, physician and politician; 21 February Vanessa Feltz, British television presenter; Randy Lerner, American entrepreneur, owner of Aston Villa F.C. 25 February – John Lanchester, British journalist and novelist; 26 February – Pen Hadow, Arctic explorer; 4 March Simon Bisley, British comic book artist