Biggest Events of the Year 1962

The Top Ten
1 Cuban Missile Crisis - world stands on brink nuclear war
2 U.S. establishes semi-permanent military presence in Vietnam
3 1962 FIFA World Cup, in Chile

Brazil won their second straight title

4 Chinese-Indian war
5 Industrial robots introduced to perform repetitive manufacturing tasks
6 Telstar, the world's first active communications satellite, is launched

Relays television signals between North America and Europe

7 Pope John XXIII convenes the Second Vatican Council, which will modernize many practices of the Catholic Church when it concludes three years later
8 Rachel Carson publishes Silent Spring, bringing attention to a number of environmental crises for the first time
9 Marilyn Monroe dies, apparently from an overdose of sleeping pills
10 Algeria wins independence from France
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11 Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago independent from UK
12 The Rolling Stones form

This is what music IS all about, not some prima donnas or divas. This band stayed together through tragedies and emereged as a true hitmaker. a 4-time Grammy Award Winner , 7 of their albums hit number one in the United States Billboard Charts,and 8 of their songs hit number one on Billboard's hot 100 Charts, this is why we listen to them on the radio.
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13 Liston beats Patterson

Billy Joel sang those words on We Didn't Start The Fire. It was the TALK of the Sports World and on that September 26, it was vintage Liston who beat Floyd Patterson in only the first round. Despite the win, he suffered a major setback, after the bout he chartered a plane back to his hometown in Philadelphia expecting a big crowd to welcome him home AS the new heavyweight champion. Instead at a Philadelphia airport, nobody showed up to welcome him home. Something it would haunt him for the rest of his life.
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14 The New York Mets and the Houston Astros debut in the National League
15 The Beatles release "Love Me Do"
16 Amazing Fantasy #15 is released, debut of Spider-Man
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