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'''1962''' '''(MCMLXII)''' was a Common_year_starting_on_Monday (link will take you to calendar). In Chinese Zodiac, the "year" of the Ox ended on February_4, 1962 and the "year" of the Tiger began on February_5, 1962.
==Events==
===January===
* January_1 - Western Samoa becomes independent from New_Zealand
* January_3 - Pope_John_XXIII excommunicates Fidel_Castro
* January_4 - New_York_City introduces a train that operates without a crew on-board
* January_5 - The first record by The_Beatles is released by Deutsche_Grammophon
* January_8 - Leonardo_da_Vinci's ''Mona_Lisa'' is exhibited in the United_States for the first time (National_Gallery_of_Art in Washington,_DC)
* January_9 - Trade pact between Cuba and the Soviet_Union
* January_10 - Avalanche on Nevado_Huascarán in Peru; 4000 deaths
* January_11 - Volcano erupts in the Peruvian Andes and causes an Avalanche that buries 3000
* January_12 - Indonesian army confirms that it has began operations in West_Irian
* January_13 - Albania allies itself with the People's_Republic_of_China
* January_16 - Military_coup in the Dominican_Republic
* January_19 - Counter-coup in the Dominican_Republic - old government returns except for the new president Rafael_Bonnely
* January_22 - The Organization_of_American_States (OAS) suspends Cuba's membership
* January_24 - East German goverment readopts Conscription
* January_24 - OAS bomb in French foreign ministry
* January_26 - Mafioso Lucky_Luciano dies at the Naples_Airport
* January_26 - Ranger_3 is launched to study the Moon. The Space_probe later missed the moon by 22,000 miles
* January_27 - Soviet government changes all place names honoring Molotov, Kaganovich and Georgi_Malenkov
* January_30 - Two of the high-wire "Flying_Wallendas" are killed when their famous seven-person pyramid collapsed during a performance in Detroit,_Michigan
===February===
* February_2 - For the first time in 400 years Neptune and Pluto align
* February_3 - US announces its trade embargo with Cuba
* February_4 - ''The Sunday_Times'' becomes the first paper to print a colour supplement
* February_4 - Latin American Gnostic master Samael_Aun_Weor declares the advent of the New Age_of_Aquarius
* February_5 - French President Charles_De_Gaulle calls for allowing Algeria to be an independent nation
* February_7 - The United_States Government bans all US-related Cuban imports and exports
* February_9 - Taiwan Stock Exchange Corporation opens
* February_10 - February_10 - Captured American spy pilot Francis Gary Powers is exchanged for captured Soviet spy Rudolf_Abel in Berlin
* February_12 - Six members of the Committee of 100 of the Campaign_for_Nuclear_Disarmament are found guilty of a breach of the Official_Secrets_Act
* February_14 - First Lady Jacqueline_Kennedy takes Television viewers on a tour of the White_House
* February_15 - Urho_Kekkonen re-elected president of Finland
* February_16/February_17 - Heavy storm flood on Germany's North_Sea coast, mainly around Hamburg, more than 300 people die, thousands losing their homes
* February_17 - Flooding in North_Sea coasts
* February_20 - Mercury_program: While aboard Friendship 7, John_Glenn orbits the Earth three times in 4 hours, 55 minutes becoming the first American to orbit the Earth
* February_23 - 12 European countries form European_Space_Agency
===March-April===
* March_1 - An American_Airlines Boeing_707 crashes on takeoff at New York International Airport after its rudder separates from the tail, with loss of all life on board
* March_2 - Military coup in Burma
* March_8-12 - In Geneva, France and Algerian FLN begin negotiations
* March_15 - Katangan prime minister Moise_Tshombe begins negotiations to rejoin Congo
* March_19 - Armistice begins in Algeria
* March_18 - France and Algeria sign an agreement in Evian ending the Algerian_War. See Évian_Accords.
* March_19 - Armistice in Algeria - however, Organisation_de_l'armée_secrète continues its terrorist attacks against Algerians
* March_23 - Scandinavian States of Nordic_Council sign Helsinki Convention on Nordic Co-operation
* March_24 - OAS leader Edmond_Jouahud arrested in Oran
* March_26 - France shortens the term for Military_service from 26 months to 18
* April_3 - Nehru elected de facto prime minister of India
* April_4 - James_Hanratty is hanged in Bedford_Gaol for A6_murder - many believe he was innocent
* April_6 - Belgium reforms Diplomatic_relations with Congo
* April_7 - Author Milovan_Djilas arrested in Yugoslavia
* April_8 - In France, the Évian_Accords are adopted in a referendum with a majority of 90%.
* April_10 - In Los Angeles, the first game is played at Dodger_Stadium.
* April_13 - OAS leader Edmond_Jouhaud sentenced to death in France
* April_14 - Cuban Military_tribunal convicts 1179 Bay of Pigs attackers
* April_18 - Commonweath_Immigration_Bill in the United_Kingdom removes free Immigration from the citizens of member states of the British_Commonwealth
* April_20 - OAS leader Raoul_Salan arrested in Algiers
* April_26 - The Ranger_4 spacecraft crashes into the Moon
===May-June===
* May_2 - OAS bomb explodes in Algeria - this and other attacks kill 110 and injure 147
* May_31 - Adolf_Eichmann hanged in Israel
* May_5 - 12 East Germans escape via a tunnel under the Berlin_Wall
* May_14 - Juan Carlos marries the Greek Princess Sophia in Athens
* May_14 - Milovan Djilas, former vice-president of Yugoslavia, is given further sentence for publishing ''Conversations with Stalin''
* May_23 - Drilling for new Montreal, Quebec subway commences
* May_23 - Founder of the French terrorist Organisation_de_l'armée_secrète, Raoul_Salan, is sentenced to life imprisonment in France
* May_24 - In Olima, Peru, unpopular referee ruling in a Peru-Argentina Soccer match leads to riot and panic - 300 dead, over 500 injured
* May_24 - Scott_Carpenter orbits the Earth three times in the ''Aurora_7'' Space_capsule
* May_25 - Consecration of the new Coventry cathedral
* May_29 - Negotiations between OAS ja FLA lead to real armistice
* May_31 - Adolf_Eichmann hanged in Israel
* June_3 - An air crash at Orly_Airport in Paris - 130 dead, two Stewardesses survive
* June_11 - President John_F._Kennedy, gives commencement address at Yale_University.
* June_11 - Frank_Morris, John_Anglin and Clarence_Anglin become the only prisoners to apparently successfully escape from the prison on Alcatraz_Island. There is no conclusive evidence that they survived the attempt.
* June_15 - Students_for_a_Democratic_Society complete the Port_Huron_Statement
* June_17 – OAS signs a truce with FLN in Algeria but a day later announces that it will continue the fight for French Algeria
* June_17 - Brazil beat Czechoslovakia 3-1 to win the 1962 World Cup
* June_25 - The United_States_Supreme_Court rules in ''Engel_v._Vitale'' that prayers in public schools are unconstitutional
* June_26 - Two-day steel Strike begins in Italy in support of increased wages and 5-day working week
* June_30 - Last soldiers of the French_Foreign_Legion leave Algeria
===July===
* July_1 - Independence of Rwanda and Burundi
* July_1 – Supporters of Algerian independence win 99% majority in Referendum
* July_1 - Another heavy Smog over London
* July_2 - Charles_De_Gaulle accepts Algerian independence - France recognizes it the next day
* July_5 - Algeria becomes independent from France.
* July_6 - Irish broadcaster, Gay_Byrne, presents his first edition of The_Late_Late_Show. Byrne would go on to present the show for 37 years making it the longest running Talk_show in the world
* July_10 - AT&T;'s Telstar, the world's first commercial Communications_satellite, is launched into orbit - it is activated the next day
* July_12 - The Rolling_Stones make their debut at London's Marquee_Club, number 165 Oxford Street, opening for Long John Baldry
* July_13 - in what the press dubs "the Night of the Long Knives" United_Kingdom Prime_Minister Harold_Macmillan dismisses one-third of his Cabinet
* July_17 - Nuclear_testing: The "Small Boy" test shot Little_Feller_I becomes the last atmospheric test detonation at the Nevada_Test_Site
* July_20 - French and Tunisia reform Diplomatic_relations
* July_22 - Mariner_program: Mariner_1 spacecraft flies erratically several minutes after launch and has to be destroyed
* July_23 - Telstar relays the first live trans-Atlantic Television signal
* July_28 - Locust Swarm threatens Delhi
* July_31 - Algeria proclaims independence; Ahmed_Ben_Bella is the first President
* July_31 - Crowd assaults the rally of the right-wing Union_Movement of Sir Oswald_Mosley in London
===August-September===
* August_5 - Film actress and Sex icon, Marilyn_Monroe is found dead in her Los_Angeles,_California home after apparently overdosing on Sleeping_pills
* August_6 - Jamaica becomes independent
* August_5 - South_African government arrests Nelson_Mandela in Howick and charges him with incinement to rebellion
* August_15 - Netherlands recognizes that Irian_Java is part of Indonesia
* August_16 - Algeria joins the Arab_League
* August_17 - East German border guards kill 18-year-old Peter_Fechter as he attempts to cross the Berlin_Wall into West Berlin
* August_22 - Failed assassination attempt against Charles_De_Gaulle
* August_23 - John_Lennon secretly marries Cynthia_Powell
* August_24 - Group of armed Cuban refugee fire at hotel in Havana from a speedboat
* August_27 - NASA launches the Mariner_2 space probe
* August_31 - Trinidad_and_Tobago become independent
* September_1 - Referendum in Singapore supports Malayan_Federation
* September_1 - Typhoon_Wanda strikes Hong_Kong, at least 130 died and more than 600 were wounded.
* September_2 - Soviet_Union agrees to send arms to Cuba
* September_8 - Newly independent Algeria, by referendum, adopts a Constitution.
* September_12 - President John_F._Kennedy declares the USA will get a man on the moon by the end of the decade
* September_16 - Malaysia formed with Malaya, Singapore, Sarawak, and North_Borneo
* September_21 - Border conflict between China and India erupts into fighting
* September_21 - New_Musical_Express, a British music magazine, publishes a story about two 13 year old schoolgirls, Sue and Mary, releasing a disc on Decca, adding, “A Liverpool group, The Beatles, have recorded 'Love Me Do' for Parlophone, set for October 5 release.”
* September_26 - Civil war erupts in Yemen
* September_27 - Rachel_Carson's book ''Silent_Spring'' released, giving rise to the modern environmentalist movement
* September_28 - Prime minister Ahmed_Ben_Bella founds the first government in Algeria
* September_29 - The Canadian Alouette_1, the first satellite built outside the United States and Soviet Union, is launched from Vandenberg_AFB in California
===October===
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* October_1 - The first black student James_Meredith registers in University of Mississippi escorted by Federal marshals
* October_5 - French_National_Assembly censures the proposed referendum to sanction presidential elections by popular mandate; prime minister Georges_Pompidou resigns, but President de Gaulle asks him to stay in office
* October_8 - German ''Der_Spiegel'' magazine publishes an article about Bundeswehr's bad preparedness - Spiegel_scandal erupts
* October_8 - Algeria is accepted into United_Nations
* October_9 - Uganda becomes independent within the British_Commonwealth
* October_10 - ''Der_Spiegel'' publishes an article on a NATO exercise criticizing the weakness of the West German army (the offices of the paper are occupied by the police on the 16th)
* October_11 - Second_Vatican_Council: Pope_John_XXIII convenes the first Ecumenical_council of the Roman_Catholic_Church in 92 years
* October_12 - 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 (26 million m³) of timber blown down, $230 million U.S. in damages
* October_13 - ''Who's_Afraid_of_Virginia_Woolf?'' opens on Broadway.
* 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, putting the entire world under threat of a Nuclear_war
* October_26 - Spiegel_scandal - German police occupies ''Der_Spiegel'' offices in Hamburg
* October_28 - Cuban Missile Crisis: Soviet_Union leader Nikita_Khrushchev announces that he had ordered the removal of Soviet missile bases in Cuba
* October_28 - a referendum in France favours the election of the president by universal suffrage
* October_31 - the UN_General_Assembly requests the United_Kingdom to suspend enforcement of the new constitution in Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), but the constitution comes into effect on November_1
===November===
* November_1 – Soviets begins dismantling their missiles in Cuba
* November_5 - Franz Josef Strauß, the West German defence minister, is relieved of his duties over the Spiegel affair because it is alleged that he was involved in police action against the magazine
* November_5 - Saudi_Arabia breaks off diplomatic relations with Egypt following a period of unrest partly caused by the defection of several Saudi princes to Egypt
* November_5 - A coal mining disaster in Ny-Ålesund kills 21 people. The Norwegian government is forced to resign in the aftermath of this accident in August, 1963
* November_6 - Apartheid: The United_Nations General Assembly passes a resolution condemning South_Africa's racist Apartheid policies and calls for all UN member states to cease military and economic relations with the nation
* November_7 - Richard_M._Nixon loses the California governor's race. In his concession speech, he states that this is his "last press conference" and that "you won't have Dick Nixon to kick around any more"
* November_17 - In Washington,_DC, US President John_F._Kennedy dedicates Dulles_International_Airport
* November_20 - Cuban_Missile_Crisis ends: In response to the Soviet_Union agreeing to remove its missiles from Cuba, US President John_F._Kennedy ends the quarantine of the Caribbean nation.
* November_26 - Spiegel_scandal - German police ends its occupation of ''Der_Spiegel'' offices
* November_27 - Charles De Gaulle tells Georges_Pompidou to form a government
* November_29 - An agreement is signed between Britain and France to develop the ''Concorde'' supersonic airliner
* November_30 - The United_Nations General Assembly elects U_Thant of Burma as the new UN_Secretary-General
===December===
* December_2 - Vietnam_War: After a trip to Vietnam at the request of US President John_F._Kennedy, US Senate Majority Leader Mike_Mansfield becomes the first American official to not make an optimistic public comment on the war's progress
* December_7 - Prince Rainier III of Monaco revises the Principality's constitution, devolving some of his formerly autocratic power to several advisory and legislative councils.
* December_8 - Closing of first period of Second_Vatican_Council
* December_8 - In Brunei sheik Azaharin rebels - it lasts only one day
* December_8 - ''North Kalimantan National Army'' revolts in Brunei – first stirrings of Indonesian_Confrontation
* December_9 - Tanganyika (now Tanzania) becomes a republic within the Commonwealth, with Julius_Nyerere as president
* December_11 - Formation in West Germany of coalition government of Christian Democrats, Christian Socialists, and Free Democrats
* December_14 - US spacecraft Mariner_2 flies by Venus, becoming the first probe to successfully transmit data from another planet
* December_19 - Britain acknowledges the right of Nyasaland (now Malawi) to secede from the Central African Federation
* December_19 - The last foreign-occupied territory of India, Daman_and_Diu integrated into India
* December_22 - "Big Freeze" in Britain - no frost-free nights until March_5 1963
* December_24 - Cuba releases last of the 1113 participants of the Bay_of_Pigs_Invasion to USA in exchange of food worth $53 million
* December_30 - United_Nations troops occupy the last rebel positions in Katanga; Moise_Tshombe moves to South_Rhodesia
===Unknown dates===
* Pantyhose becomes available for sale in U.S. Department_stores
* American ad man Martin K. Speckter invents the Interrobang, a new English-language Punctuation mark
* Sino-Indian_War border dispute involving two of the world's largest nations (between India and the People's_Republic_of_China)
* University_of_Szeged assumed the name of the great Hungarian poet, Attila_József, who was a student here in the 1920s.
==Births==
===January-February===
* January_5 - Joe_Monzo, American composer
* January_14 - Michael_McCaul, American politician
* January_17 - Jim_Carrey, Canadian actor and comedian
* January_18 - Jeff_Yagher, American actor
* January_21 - Marie_Trintignant, French actress (d. 2003)
* February_1 - Tomoyasu_Hotei, Japanese guitarist
* February_4 - Clint_Black, American musician
* February_5 - Jennifer_Jason_Leigh, American actress
* February_6 - Axl_Rose, American singer (Guns_N'Roses)
* February_7 - Garth_Brooks, American musician
* February_7 - Eddie_Izzard, British actor and comedian
* February_8 - Malorie_Blackman, Chilldrens' author
* February_10 - Bobby_Czyz, American boxer
* February_10 - Cliff_Burton, American bassist (Metallica) (d. 1986)
* February_11 - Sheryl_Crow, American singer
* February_11 - Scott_Kolden, actor
* February_12 - Jimmy_Kirkwood, Irish-born field hockey player
* February_12 - Nana_Ioseliani, Georgian chess player
* February_13 - Aníbal_Acevedo_Vilá, American politician
* February_17 - Lou_Diamond_Phillips, American actor
* February_21 - Vanessa_Feltz, British television presenter
* February_21 - Chuck_Palahniuk, American author
* February_21 - David_Foster_Wallace, American writer
* February_22 - Steve_Irwin, Australian herpetologist and television personality
* February_24 - Michelle_Shocked, American musician
===March===
* March_2 - Jon_Bon_Jovi, American singer, songwriter, and actor
* March_3 - Jackie_Joyner-Kersee, American athlete
* March_3 - Herschel_Walker, American football player
* March_8 - Michael_Graham, American singer, entertainer
* March_7 - Taylor_Dayne, American singer
* March_12 - Darryl_Strawberry, baseball player
* March_15 - Terence_Trent_D'Arby, American-born singer
* March_17 - Clare_Grogan, Scottish actress and singer
* March_18 - Thomas_Ian_Griffith, American actor
* March_19 - Ivan_Calderón, Puerto Rican Major_League_Baseball player (d. 2003)
* March_20 - Stephen_Sommers, American film director
* March_21 - Matthew_Broderick, American actor
* March_21 - Rosie_O'Donnell, American comedian, actress, talk show host, and publisher
* March_23 - Steve_Redgrave, English rower
* March_26 - John_Stockton, American basketball player
* March_30 - MC_Hammer, American rapper
===April-May===
* April_2 - Mark_Shulman, American children's author
* April_9 - Imran_Sherwani, British field hockey player
* April_10 - Steve_Tasker, American football player
* April_11 - Vincent_Gallo, American actor
* April_12 - Art_Alexakis, American singer and musician (Everclear)
* April_15 - Nawal_El_Moutawakel, Moroccan hurdler
* April_16 - Ian_MacKaye, American musician
* April_19 - Al_Unser,_Jr., American race car driver
* April_23 - John_Hannah, Scottish actor
* May_3 - Anders_Graneheim, Swedish bodybuilder
* May_9 - David_Gahan, English singer (Depeche_Mode)
* May_10 - David_Fincher, American film director
* May_12 - Emilio_Estevez, American actor
* May_13 - Eduardo_Palomo, Mexican actor (d. 2003)
* May_17 - Lise_Lyng_Falkenberg, Danish writer
* May_20 - Mike_Jeffries, American soccer coach
* May_24 - Gene_Anthony_Ray, American actor (d. 2003)
* May_26 - Bobcat_Goldthwait, American actor and comedian
* May_27 - Ravi_Shastri, Indian cricketer
===June-August===
* June_2 - Clyde_Drexler, American basketball player
* June_5 - Jeff_Garlin, American comedian
* June_8 - Nick_Rhodes, English musician (Duran_Duran)
* June_10 - Gina_Gershon, American actress
* June_13 - Ally_Sheedy, American actress
* June_19 - Paula_Abdul, American dancer, choreographer, and singer
* June_29 - Amanda_Donohoe, English actress
* June_30 - Tony_Fernandez, baseball player
* July_3 - Tom_Cruise, American actor
* July_5 - Amrozi_bin_Nurhasyim, Indonesian Terrorist
* July_19 - Anthony_Edwards, American actor
* July_31 - Wesley_Snipes, American actor
* August_1 - Robert_Clift, British field hockey player
* August_4 - Roger_Clemens, baseball player
* August_5 - Patrick_Ewing, Jamaican-born basketball player
* August_6 - Michelle_Yeoh, Hong Kong actress
* August_9 - Kevin_Mack, American football player
* August_20 - Sophie_Aldred, British actress and television presenter
* August_24 - Craig_Kilborn, American talk show host
* August_25 - David_Packer, American actor
* August_29 - Rebecca_De_Mornay, American actress
===September-October===
* September_1 - Ruud_Gullit, Dutch footballer
* September_5 - Peter_Wingfield, Welsh actor
* September_11 - Elizabeth_Daily, American actress
* September_15 - Earnest_Byner, American football player
* September_17 - Baz_Luhrmann, Australian film director
* September_24 - Jack_Dee, British comedian
* September_25 - Aida_Turturro, American actress
* September_26 - Melissa_Sue_Anderson, American actress
* September_26 - Tracey_Thorn, British singer
* September_28 - Grant_Fuhr, Canadian hockey player
* September_30 - Frank_Rijkaard, Dutch football player and manager
* October_1 - Esai_Morales, American actor
* October_11 - Joan_Cusack, American actress and comedienne
* October_11 - Nicola_Bryant, British actress
* October_13 - T'Keyah_Crystal_Keymáh, American actress and comedian
* October_13 - Kelly_Preston, American actress
* October_13 - Jerry_Rice, American football player
* October_16 - Flea, Australian actor and bassist (Red_Hot_Chili_Peppers)
* October_16 - Dmitri_Hvorostovsky, Russian baritone
* October_19 - Evander_Holyfield, American boxer
* October_23 - Doug_Flutie, American football player
* October_23 - Mike_Tomczak, American football player
* October_25 - Nick_Hancock, British actor and television presenter
* October_26 - Cary_Elwes, British actor
* October_27 - Ang_Peng_Siong, Singapore Sportsman
* October_30 - Courtney_Walsh, Welsh cricketer
===November-December===
* November_1 - Magne_Furuholmen, Norwegian keyboardist (A-ha)
* November_3 - Marilyn, British musician
* November_4 - Jeff_Probst, American television personality
* November_11 - Demi_Moore, American actress
* November_19 - Jodie_Foster, American actress and director
* November_21 - Steven_Curtis_Chapman, American musician
* November_24 - John_Kovalic, Anglo-American cartoonist
* November_27 - Samantha_Bond, British actress
* November_28 - Jon_Stewart, American actor and comedian
* November_29 - Andrew_McCarthy, American actor
* November_30 - Bo_Jackson, American football and baseball player
* November_30 - Daniel_Keys_Moran, American writer
* December_5 - José_Cura, Argentine tenor
* December_8 - Marty_Friedman, American guitarist
* December_9 - Felicity_Huffman, American actress
* December_10 - Scott_Capurro, American comedian
* December_12 - Tracy_Austin, American tennis player
* December_22 - Ralph_Fiennes, English actor
* December_25 - Dean_Cameron, American actor
* December_28 - Michel_Petrucciani, French musician (d. 1999)
* December_28 - Marco_Marella, Italian Illustrator
* December_30 - Alessandra_Mussolini, Italian politician
===Unknown date===
* Frank_Wynne, Irish translator
==Deaths==
===January-June===
* January_13 - Ernie_Kovacs, American comedian (b. 1919)
* January_20 - Robinson_Jeffers, American poet (b. 1887)
* January_26 - Lucky_Luciano, American gangster (b. 1897)
* January_29 - Fritz_Kreisler, Austrian violinist (b. 1875)
* February_5 - Jacques_Ibert, French composer (b. 1890)
* February_10 - Eduard_von_Steiger, President_of_Switzerland (b. 1881)
* February_17 - Bruno_Walter, German conductor (b. 1876)
* February_19 - Georgios_Papanikolaou, Greek inventor (b. 1883)
* March_15 - Arthur_Compton, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1892)
* March_24 - Jean_Goldkette, Greek-born musician (b. 1899)
* March_24 - Auguste_Piccard, Swiss physicist and explorer (b. 1884)
* April_10 - Michael_Curtiz, Austrian-born film director (b. 1886)
* April_10 - Stuart_Sutcliffe, English artist and musician (The_Beatles) (b. 1940)
* April_13 - Culbert_Olson, Governor of California (b. 1876)
* May_5 - Ernest_Tyldesley, English cricketer (b. 1889)
* May_27 - Egon_Petri, German pianist (b. 1881)
* May_31 - Adolf_Eichmann, Nazi official (executed) (b. 1906)
* June_2 - Vita_Sackville-West, English writer and landscape gardener (b. 1892)
* June_4 - Charles_William_Beebe, American oceanic pioneer (b. 1877)
* June_6 - Yves_Klein, French painter (b. 1928)
* June_12 - John Ireland, English composer (b. 1879)
* June_13 - Eugène Aynsley Goossens, English composer (b. 1893)
* June_15 - Alfred_Cortot, Swiss pianist (b. 1877)
* June_28 - Mickey_Cochrane, baseball player (b. 1903)
===July-December===
* July_6 - William_Faulkner, American writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1897)
* July_6 - Joseph_August,_Archduke_of_Austria, Austrian field marshal (b. 1872)
* July_9 - Georges_Bataille, French writer (b. 1897)
* July_12 - Roger_Wolfe_Kahn, American band leader (b. 1907)
* July_20 - George_Macaulay_Trevelyan, English historian (b. 1876)
* July_27 - Richard_Aldington, English poet (b. 1892)
* August_5 - Marilyn_Monroe, American actress (b. 1926)
* August_9 - Hermann_Hesse, German-born writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1877)
* August_15 - Lei_Feng, Chinese soldier (b. 1940)
* September_3 - E._E._Cummings, American poet (b. 1894)
* September_6 - Hanns_Eisler, German-born composer (b. 1898)
* September_7 - Isak_Dinesen, Danish writer (b. 1885)
* October_6 - Tod_Browning, American film director (b. 1882)
* October_9 - Milan_Vidmar, Slovenian chess player (b. 1885)
* October_27 - Enrico_Mattei, Italian politician (b. 1906)
* November_7 - Eleanor_Roosevelt, First_Lady_of_the_United_States (b. 1884)
* November_18 - Niels_Bohr, Danish physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1885)
* November_28 - Queen Wilhelmina_of_the_Netherlands (b. 1880)
* November_29 - Erik_Scavenius, Prime_Minister_of_Denmark (b. 1877)
* December_7 - Kirstin_Flagstad, Norwegian soprano (b. 1895)
* December_15 - Charles_Laughton, English actor and director (b. 1899)
* December_20 - Emil_Artin, Austrian mathematician (b. 1898)
* December_24 - Wilhelm_Ackermann, German mathematician (b. 1896)
==Nobel Prizes==
* Physics - Lev_Davidovich_Landau
* Chemistry - Max_Ferdinand_Perutz, John Cowdery Kendrew
* Medicine - Francis_Harry_Compton_Crick, James_Dewey_Watson, Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins
* Literature - John_Steinbeck
* Peace - Linus Carl Pauling
== Fields Medalists==
*Lars_Hörmander, John_Milnor
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Ko:1962년
Hr:1962
Io:1962
Id:1962
Ia:1962
Ie:1962
Is:1962
It:1962
He:1962
Ka:1962
Csb:1962
Kw:1962
La:1962
Lt:1962
Lb:1962
Hu:1962
Mk:1962
Nl:1962
Ja:1962年
No:1962
Nn:1962
Os:1962
Pl:1962
Pt:1962
Ro:1962
Ru:1962
Sq:1962
Scn:1962
Simple:1962
Sk:1962
Sl:1962
Sr:1962
Fi:1962
Sv:1962
Tl:1962
Tt:1962
Th:พ.ศ._2505
Tr:1962
Uk:1962
Wa:1962
Zh:1962年