1962

1962

• The Beatles' first record, "My Bonnie" with Tony Sheridan, is released by Polydor.
• Adolf Eichmann is hanged in Israel.
• The Rolling Stones make their debut at London's Marquee Club, Number 165 Oxford Street,
• John Lennon secretly marries Cynthia Powell.
• Dr. No, the first James Bond film, premiers in UK theaters.
• October 12 - The infamous Columbus Day Storm strikes the U. S. Pacific Northwest with wind
• gusts up to 170 mph (270 km/h); 46 dead, 11 billion board feet of timber is
• blown down, with $230 million U.S. in damages.
• October 14 - Cuban Missile Crisis begins: A U-2 flight over Cuba takes photos of Soviet
• nuclear weapons being installed. A stand-off then ensues the next day between the United
• States and the Soviet Union, threatening the world with nuclear war.
• October 22 - In a televised address, U.S. President John F. Kennedy announces to the nation the existence of Soviet missiles in Cuba.
• October 28 - Cuban Missile Crisis: Soviet Union leader Nikita Khrushchev announces that he has ordered the removal of Soviet missile bases in Cuba.
• The term "Personal computer" is first mentioned by the media.
• The films "American Graffiti" and "Animal House" are set in 1962.
• American Broadcasting Company (ABC) begins color telecast for 3.5 hours a week.
• Diet Rite is the first sugar-free soda introduced.
• Pull tabs on cans are introduced.