The largest
ticker-tape parade in history took place in New York City as an estimated 4 million well-wishers turned out to salute American
astronautJohn Glenn. The city sanitation department collected 3,474 tonnes (3,419 long tons; 3,829 short tons) of tossed paper afterward, compared to an average of 50 tonnes (49 long tons; 55 short tons) for parades in the 21st century.[1][2] "John Glenn Day" also included Mayor
Robert F. Wagner Jr. presenting Glenn and
Robert R. Gilruth with the city's Medal of Honor.[1]
All 95 people aboard
American Airlines Flight 1 were killed when the Boeing 707, crashed shortly after its 10:07 a.m. takeoff from
Idlewild Airport at New York. The dead included
W. Alton Jones, philanthropist and chairman of the board of Cities Service Company (now
CITGO).[3] An investigation concluded that the crash was caused by a rudder malfunction, which sent the plane into an uncontrolled roll resulting and loss of control.[4]
The very first
Kmart discount store was opened by the
S.S. Kresge Corporation in the United States in
Garden City, Michigan.[5] Kresge CEO
Harry Cunningham founded and oversaw the growth of what would be the largest chain of American discount stores by 1964. In 1990, Kmart would yield its #1 spot to
Walmart, also founded in 1962.[6]
Benedicto Kiwanuka became the interim
Prime Minister of Uganda as the United Kingdom granted the African colony self-government. He would be replaced by
Milton Obote the next month, before Uganda's independence on October 9, and would later be murdered by Ugandan President
Idi Amin in 1972.[7]
A three-story hotel collapsed in the
Egyptian city of
Asyut, killing 34 people who were eating after sunset on
Eid ul-Fitr, a feast celebrating the end of the fasting of the month of
Ramadan on the Islamic calendar. Seven survivors were recovered alive from the rubble.[8]
Marvel Comics introduced "
The Incredible Hulk" as the first issue of the comic book, by that name, on the shelves of U.S. stores and newsstands. Issue #1 was post-dated to May 1962 in accordance with industry practice.[9][10]
The first test of another nation's nuclear weapon in the United States took place when the United Kingdom was allowed to perform an underground test of a 9,500-ton bomb at the
Nevada Test Site.[11]
Wilt Chamberlain set a professional basketball record, still standing 50 years later, by scoring
100 points in an
NBA game in
Hershey, Pennsylvania, where his
Philadelphia Warriors were playing the
New York Knickerbockers. Chamberlain broke the previous record of 78, which he had set in January, hitting 36 field goals and 28 foul shots. The Warriors' 169–147 over the Knicks set a record for most points (316) scored by both teams in a game. A crowd of 4,124 witnessed the event.[15][16]
In a nationally broadcast address, U.S. President
John F. Kennedy announced that the United States would resume
atmospheric nuclear testing within six weeks unless the Soviet Union ceased above-ground testing while pursuing the proposed
Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.[17] The U.S. would resume atmospheric testing on
April 25 after the USSR continued. A limited test ban treaty would be signed on July 25, 1963.[18]
In Burma (now
Myanmar), General
Ne Win and the Burmese Army staged a nearly bloodless
coup d'état against the civilian government of
Prime MinisterU Nu. U Nu was arrested, along with the nation's president, the Chief Justice, and five of his cabinet members. Ne Win would rule the nation until his retirement in 1988, and military rule continued.[19][20]
Liu Cheng-sze, a second lieutenant in Communist China's air force, defected to
Taiwan, bringing with him a Soviet-built
MiG-15 jet fighter. Liu had broken away from a training mission, then flew the jet 200 miles (320 km) south and landed near
Taipei, where he surrendered to the Nationalist Chinese Air Force.[28] A parade was held in his honor on March 10, with 200,000 people turning out to honor him.[29]
All 111 people on
Caledonian Airways Flight 153 were killed when the
Douglas DC-7, crashed into a jungle swamp near
Douala in
Cameroon, for the worst single plane crash in history up to that time. The flight had originated in
Lourenço Marques (now
Maputo) in
Mozambique, making multiple stops with an eventual destination in
Luxembourg City, and had taken off bound for
Lisbon.[31] The bodies of the victims, most of them British and South African tourists, were buried in a common grave.[32]
U.S. pilots
Scott Carpenter and
Walter Schirra began water-escape exercises in conjunction with
helicopter pickups, after being selected as pilot and backup pilot, respectively, for May's Mercury 7 mission.[1]
A
B-58 Hustler jet, piloted by
U.S. Air Force Captain Robert Sowers, and a crew of two, set three new records by flying from Los Angeles to New York in 2 hours, 01:15, then back again in 2 hours, 15:02.[36] The
sonic boom, from the jet's speed of more than 1,000 miles per hour (1,600 km/h), broke windows in
Riverside, California, and
Chillicothe, Missouri, when it accelerated at 30,000 feet (9,100 m) and during a refueling, and emergency calls were made in cities beneath the flight path. The USAF received more than 10,000 complaints as a result of the flight.[37]
Giorgio Borġ Olivier became
Prime Minister of Malta for the second time, following the return to power of his Nationalist Party in February elections. Mr. Borg Olivier had served previously from 1950 to 1955 and would serve again until 1971.
Rated by the U.S. Geological Survey as "The most destructive storm ever to hit the mid-Atlantic states" of the U.S., and as one of the ten worst U.S. storms in the 20th century, the
Ash Wednesday Storm of 1962 began forming off the coast of
North Carolina and continued for three days as it moved up the Eastern seaboard as far as New York.[43] Heavy winds and rain coincided with a
perigean spring tide, when a
new Moon occurred when the Moon was making its closest approach to the Earth. The combined tugging of Moon and Sun made the tides higher than normal. Forty people were killed and $500,000,000 of damage was incurred.[44]
In a joint statement issued by U.S. Secretary of State
Dean Rusk and Thailand's Foreign Minister Thanat Khoman, the United States pledged to go to war to defend against any attack on Thailand by Communist guerillas.[45]
U.S. Patent #3,023,527 was granted to Wayne Leek and Charles Morse for the
Remington Nylon 66, a rifle which required no added lubricants because the
stock was made of the nylon variant
Zytel.[46]
In
London, the
Royal College of Physicians issued its report, "Smoking and Health", declaring that "
Cigarette smoking is a cause of
lung cancer. It also causes bronchitis and probably contributes to the development of coronary heart disease and various other less common diseases. It delays healing of gastric and duodenal ulcers."
Sir Robert Platt, the president of the organization, led a committee of nine physicians to compile the research.[48][49] A panel led by the U.S. Surgeon General would draw a similar conclusion nearly two years later on January 11, 1964.
OSO I, the first of nine
Orbiting Solar Observatory satellites, launched by the United States, was launched from Cape Canaveral and put into orbit around the Earth, to measure radiation from the Sun.[50] OSO I performed remarkably well in conducting the 13 different experiments for which it was programmed. Especially relevant to
human spaceflight were its measurements of
solar radiation in high frequency ranges, of
cosmic dust effects, and of the thermal properties of spacecraft surface materials.[1]
McDonnell awarded a $6.5 million subcontract to
Minneapolis-Honeywell Regulator Company,
Minneapolis,
Minnesota, to provide the
attitude control and maneuvering electronics system for the Gemini spacecraft.[38] The Gemini Project Office accepted McDonnell's preliminary design of the spacecraft's main undercarriage for use in land landings and authorized McDonnell to proceed with detail design. Dynamic model testing of the undercarriage was scheduled to begin about April 1.[38]
The
Tipsport Arena opened in
Prague, as the Sportovni Hala Praha. In addition to concerts and entertainment, it is the host to the ice hockey team
HC Sparta Praha.[51]
American drug manufacturer
Richardson-Merrell Pharmaceuticals withdrew its request for the
U.S. Food and Drug Administration to approve the prescription of
thalidomide, which the company had developed under the name Kelvadon. On the same day, the company withdrew the drug from sale in Canada. American marketing of the medicine, which had caused severe birth defects in 15,000 babies, primarily in West Germany, had been blocked by FDA reviewer
Frances Oldham Kelsey, who was later given an award by President Kennedy.[52]
The MSC directed
North American Aviation to develop an emergency parachute recovery system for the Paraglider Development Program and authorized North American to subcontract the emergency recovery system to
Northrop's
Radioplane Division for $225,000. North American also subcontracted $227,000 to
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company to study materials and test fabrics for inflatable structures.[38]
Born:Kim Ung-yong, South Korean engineer and former child prodigy listed by Guinness for "Highest IQ", with a measured intelligence quotient of 210; in
Seoul[54]
Three babies at the Binghamton General Hospital in
Binghamton, New York, United States, died suddenly of
heart failure. Three more were dead the next day, with four others in critical condition, and all had abnormally high sodium levels. The deaths of the six infants, three boys and three girls who ranged in age from 3 days to 8 months old, were traced to a nurse's mistaken placement of salt, three days earlier, into a sugar container used for the making of baby formula. Ironically, the discovery was made by another nurse who broke hospital rules when she made herself a cup of coffee in the formula room.[55][56] The deaths were subsequently ruled as accidental.[57]
In the second deadly mine explosion in West Germany in as many months, 29 underground coal miners were killed at the Saachen mine near
Hamm.[58]
Scottish football club
Kilmarnock's home attendance record was broken when a crowd of 35,995 turned out to see them play Glasgow Rangers in the Scottish Cup, at the
Rugby Park stadium.
Newly independent from France, the Kingdom of
Morocco adopted its first constitution.[59]
Died:John Henry Turpin, 85, African-American U.S. Navy officer and one of the last survivors of the 1898 explosion and sinking of the U.S. Navy cruiser
USS Maine[61]
Mars Rafikov, one of the original 20 Soviet
cosmonauts, was arrested for public intoxication, along with
Ivan Anikeyev. Rafikov, who had been reprimanded on several other occasions, was dismissed from the
program on March 14.[64]
Cuba began the rationing of rice, beans, and lard throughout the nation, and of beef, chicken, fish, eggs, and milk in
Havana, and introduced the "libreta", literally the "little book", of rationing coupons for families.[65]
The "
Franc Zone" was created among former French African colonies that had become independent nations, with France managing their economic policies, treasuries, and currencies.[66]
U.S. Army General
L. L. Lemnitzer,
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, presented
Operation Northwoods, a top-secret proposal to use American funding for terror attacks within the United States, to U.S. Secretary of Defense
Robert McNamara. With the goal of carrying out violent acts that could be blamed on the Communist government in
Cuba in order to get support for an invasion, the proposals included exploding an empty U.S. Navy ship in Guantanamo Bay and creating a false list of casualties; and faking an attack, to be blamed on Cuba, on a chartered airliner flying from the United States. The most incredible proposal was to simulate a "Communist Cuban terror campaign in the Miami area, other Florida cities, and even in Washington", including "exploding a few plastic bombs in carefully chosen spots", and directed against Cuban refugees "even to the point of wounding." McNamara vetoed the plan, which would be declassified in 2001, before it reached President Kennedy.[70][71]
Wing Luke, a native of China who moved to the United States as a child, was elected as the first non-white person to serve on the city council of
Seattle, and the first
Asian American to hold an elective office in the State of Washington. Luke would serve until May 17, 1965, when he was killed in a plane crash.[72]
Specifications for the
ejection seat for the Gemini spacecraft were made by the Project Office, with the seats to be operated manually. Under the design proposal, both seats had to eject simultaneously if either system was activated. Although ejection seats had been widely used in military aircraft for years, Gemini requirements, notably for off-the-pad abort capability, were beyond the capabilities of existing flight-qualified systems. McDonnell awarded a $1.8 million subcontract to Weber Aircraft for the Gemini ejection seats on April 9 and a $741,000 subcontract to
Rocket Power, Inc. on May 15 for the escape system rocket catapult.[38]
Edward M. "Teddy" Kennedy, the 30-year-old brother of U.S. President
John F. Kennedy and U.S. Attorney General
Robert F. Kennedy, announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for the United States Senate seat that had been held by JFK. The incumbent,
Benjamin A. Smith II, was a Kennedy family friend who had been appointed to fill the seat until a special election could be scheduled. Ted Kennedy, who had to wait until his 30th birthday, on February 22, to become eligible, would win the primary and general election, and then re-election in 1964, 1970, 1976, 1982, 1988, 1994, 2000 and 2006, serving for almost 47 years until his death in 2009.[73]
The MSC revised the Gemini program schedule to increase the number of test vehicles. The first uncrewed qualification flight was still scheduled for
July 1963, but crewed flight was postponed to late
October 1963, and the first Agena flight to
April 1964.[38]
In an address to a joint session of the U.S. Congress and a milestone in the history of
consumer protection, President Kennedy asked for the passage of the "
Consumer Bill of Rights". The President listed four basic rights that should be guaranteed by the federal government to American purchasers of goods and services— the right to safety, the right to be informed, the right to choose and the right to be heard. After being passed into law, the idea would be taken up worldwide and serve as the inspiration for the
United Nations Guidelines for Consumer Protection.[76]
Flying Tiger Line Flight 739, a
Lockheed Constellation airliner carrying 96 Army personnel and a crew of 11 to the
Philippines, disappeared at 1:30 a.m. local time (1530 GMT on March 15) after taking off from
Guam.[83] Despite a massive search of the Pacific Ocean, no trace of the airliner, nor the 107 people on board, was ever found.[84]
Kosmos 1, the first of a
series of earth-orbiting satellites from the Soviet space program, was launched. Kosmos 1000 would be sent up in 1978, and Kosmos 2000 in 1989.[85] Over the first fifty years, 2479 of the series would be launched.
The U.S. Air Force made its first test launch of a
Titan IIintercontinental ballistic missile. The launch was successful, as the missile flew 5,000 miles (8,000 km) out over the Atlantic Ocean.[38]
The annual
Gaelic Games competition was televised for the first time, as RTÉ broadcast the finals of the
Railway Cup, hurling championship of the
Gaelic Athletic Association.
Leinster beat defending champion
Munster by a score of 1 goal, 11 points to 1 goal, nine points, equivalent to 14–12.[88]
Kalpana Chawla, Indian-born American astronaut and aerospace engineer who was one of the seven crew members who died in the
Space Shuttle Columbia disaster when the spacecraft disintegrated during its re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere; in
Karnal,
East Punjab[92]
Representatives of France and of the
Front de Libération Nationale (FLN) leading the independence movement in
Algeria signed the
Évian Accords, an agreement in
Évian-les-Bains ending the
Algerian War.[95]Krim Belkacem and
Saad Dahlab negotiated for the FLN, while the Minister for Algerian Affairs,
Louis Joxe, appeared for France. Krim successfully resisted a threatened partition of Algeria into European and Arab sections, as well as a plan to give dual citizenship to European Algerians, while Joxe was able to secure French military bases in the former overseas department.[96] The agreement would be approved by 91% of French voters and nearly 100% of Algerian voters in separate referendums, and Algeria would become independent on July 3.[97]
After more than seven years of fighting between the French Army and the Algerian FLN, a
ceasefire was declared in the
Algerian War at noon local time pursuant to Article 1 of the
Évian Accords.[99] Sporadic fighting continued in
Saint-Denis-du-Sig (now
Sig), where 52 people were killed in fighting between Muslim crowds and a Muslim unit of the French Army.[100]
Advanced Technology Laboratories, Inc. received a $3.2 million subcontract from McDonnell to provide the horizon sensor system for the Gemini spacecraft, while
Thiokol Chemical Corporation was awarded a $400,000 subcontract to provide the
retrograde rockets for the Gemini spacecraft.[38]
At an extraordinary session of the National Assembly, French deputies and senators approved the statements made by the President of the Republic,
Charles de Gaulle, and by the Government following the signing of the Évian Accords on Algeria.
The U.S. town of
Woodruff Place, Indiana, incorporated in 1876, came to an end as a separate town after the United States Supreme Court declined to review a state court decision that allowed the area to be annexed by
Indianapolis.[105]
Mercury spacecraft No. 19, the latest in the U.S. human spaceflight program was delivered to Cape Canaveral in the orbital-manned configuration, but this mission would be canceled after the
successful six-orbit flight of Wally Schirra.[1]
Defying the ceasefire between the French Army and the Algerian FLN guerillas, the dissident European Algerian group, the
OAS fired five mortar shells into a crowd of civilians at the Casbah in Algiers, killing four and wounding 67 people.[106]
Died:Stan Wootton, 66, Australian rules footballer and cricketer
The U.S. Air Force Space Systems Division awarded a contract to
Aerojet-General Corporation for the research, development, and procurement of 15 propulsion systems for the Gemini launch vehicle. The final engine was scheduled for delivery by
April 1965.[38]
McDonnell Aircraft awarded a $4,475,000 subcontract to the Western Military Division of
Motorola, Inc. to design and build the digital command system (DCS) for the Gemini spacecraft.[38]
Protesting the decision of the military government to require approval of any candidates for political office,
Yun Po Sun resigned as
President of South Korea.[107]
FBI Director
J. Edgar Hoover met at the White House with
John F. Kennedy, to advise him about what findings from a wiretap revealed. Not only was Hoover aware that President Kennedy was conducting an extramarital affair with
Judith Exner, Hoover advised that Ms. Exner was also romantically involved with organized crime figures
Sam Giancana and
Johnny Roselli, and with
Frank Sinatra.[113] After the meeting, Kennedy called Exner to terminate the relationship. The affair would not become public knowledge until Congressional hearings were held in 1975.[114]
As part of the Evian Accords, France and
Algeria granted a general amnesty to Algerian nationalists who "aided or abetted the
Algerian insurrection" and to French and Algerian servicemen who "have committed infractions during the maintenance of order against the Algerian insurrection". On June 17, 1966, France would extend the amnesty to OAS members who "committed infractions against state security during the events in Algeria".[115]
Having moved to the Soviet Union,
Lee Harvey Oswald received a March 7 notice advising that his discharge from the U.S. Marines had been changed from "honorable" to "undesirable" and wrote an unsuccessful protest to the
U.S. Department of Defense.[116]
Adolf Eichmann began an appeal to an Israeli court, as his lawyer,
Robert Servatius sought to spare Eichmann from the death sentence ordered in his 1961 war crimes conviction.[117] The verdict would be upheld, and Eichmann would be executed on May 31.[118]
The Air Force Space Systems Division published the "Development Plan for the Gemini Launch Vehicle System". From experience in Titan II and Mercury programs, the planners estimated a budget of $164,400,000, including a 50% contingency for cost increases and unforeseen changes.[38]
Louis Joxe, France's Minister for Algerian Affairs, broadcast on radio to clarify the substance of the Franco-Algerian Accords signed in Évian five days previously, as well as the future outlook for Algeria.
World welterweight boxing champion
Benny Paret of Cuba lost his title to former champion
Emile Griffith of the U.S. Virgin Islands
in a bout at
Madison Square Garden in New York City. In the 12th round, Griffith unleashed a torrent of punches as Paret was on the ropes, and referee Ruby Goldstein stopped the fight. Peret sagged, then collapsed.[122] Paret, who had knocked down Griffith at the end of the sixth round, was taken to Roosevelt Hospital, where he underwent emergency brain surgery. He never regained consciousness and died on April 2.[123]
Edmond Jouhaud, former General of the French Army who had become second-in-command of the European Algerian
OAS, was arrested in
Oran. It was not until six hours after his capture that police discovered that Messr. Gerberd was actually General Jouhaud. OAS Commander
Raoul Salan remained at large.[127]
In Baker v. Carr, the
U.S. Supreme Court ruled, 6–2, that federal courts could order state legislatures to reapportion seats.[131] In doing so, the Court overturned its 1946 ruling, in Colegrove v. Green, that it had no jurisdiction to decide redistricting disputes were political issues. Within a year after the ruling, lawsuits had been filed in 36 states to redraw the legislative maps.[132]
After having withdrawn from public view for several months, Cuban Premier
Fidel Castro went on television to denounce
Anibal Escalante, who had been a high-ranking official of the Cuban Communist Party. Escalante, whom Castro accused of "sectarianism" and using the Party to further his personal ambition, was fired the next day.[133]
Hundreds of European settlers in Algeria staged a peaceful march in
Algiers to protest against the
sealing off of their neighborhood at
Bab El Oued. As they approached French Army barricades, fighting broke out, leaving 51 dead, mostly European, and 130 wounded.[134]
France shortened the term for
military service from 26 months to 18.
After an eleven-day showdown with the Argentine armed forces over the gains of Peronists in the March 18 elections, President
Arturo Frondizi was forced to resign. Frondizi, who had reportedly avoided overthrow in 25 previous coups d'état, was arrested at his home and then flown to a military base on
Martín García Island.[138] Two days later, Senate President
José María Guido would be approved by the armed forces as the new president.[139]
McDonnell awarded a $2,500,000 subcontract to
Collins Radio Company for voice communications systems for the Gemini spacecraft.[38]
Died:Robert Neyland, 70, former U.S. Army Brigadier General and long time (1926 to 1953) football coach of the
University of Tennessee, including the
1951 college football championship ranking. Neyland received the Distinguished Service Medal during World War II and was an inductee into the National College Football Hall of Fame.[142] Tennessee's
Neyland Stadium, with more than 100,000 seats, would be named in his honor.
U.S. Comedian
Jack Paar concluded his last appearance as host of The Jack Paar Show, then known informally as The Tonight Show on NBC, after five years.[143] The guests on the last show were Jack E. Leonard, Alexander King, Robert Merrill and Buddy Hackett. Among those appearing in taped farewell messages were Richard Nixon, Robert Kennedy, Billy Graham, Bob Hope and Jack Benny. Hugh Downs was the announcer, and Jose Melis led the band. The show would continue as The Tonight Show the following week, with guest hosts, until Johnny Carson took over on
October 1, 1962. Paar's last regular appearance was on a Thursday. On the next day, the final show was a "Best Of Paar" rerun.
Honeywell received an $18,000,000 subcontract from McDonnell to provide the
inertial measuring unit (IMU) for the Gemini spacecraft, a stabilized inertial platform including an electronic unit and a power supply, designed to provide a stable reference for determining
spacecraft attitude and to indicate changes in spacecraft velocity.[38]
The conveying of a life peerage on British Conservative MP Sir
Ian Macdonald Horobin was announced. Two weeks later he would withdrew his acceptance[144] and would be subsequently jailed for an indecency offence.
Danish cargo ship Kirsten Skou collided with a West German ship, Karpfanger, in the English Channel and sank. Luckily, all 35 crew members were rescued.[145]
Ted Kennedy, running for the U.S. Senate seat vacated by his older brother, President
John F. Kennedy, disclosed that he had been required to drop out of
Harvard University in 1951, after having cheated on a freshman examination.[147] Nevertheless, the younger Kennedy would win the 1962 primary and general elections, and be re-elected for more terms by
Massachusetts voters.
Martin-Baltimore submitted a "Description of the Launch Vehicle for the Gemini Spacecraft" to Air Force Space Systems Division. This document laid the foundation for the design of the Gemini launch vehicle by defining the concept and philosophy of each proposed subsystem.[38]
President Kennedy nominated former college and pro football player
Byron "Whizzer" White, the Deputy Attorney General of the United States, to succeed Charles Whittaker.[148]
The McDonnell Aircraft Company formally froze further changes in the configuration of the Gemini spacecraft, and the specifications were submitted to
NASA and approved.[38]
The
Whitecliffs Branch Railway, serving the Canterbury region of New Zealand's South Island, was closed.[150]
A tornado killed 15 people in the city of
Milton, Florida, and injured more than 75.[151]
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The largest
ticker-tape parade in history took place in New York City as an estimated 4 million well-wishers turned out to salute American
astronautJohn Glenn. The city sanitation department collected 3,474 tonnes (3,419 long tons; 3,829 short tons) of tossed paper afterward, compared to an average of 50 tonnes (49 long tons; 55 short tons) for parades in the 21st century.[1][2] "John Glenn Day" also included Mayor
Robert F. Wagner Jr. presenting Glenn and
Robert R. Gilruth with the city's Medal of Honor.[1]
All 95 people aboard
American Airlines Flight 1 were killed when the Boeing 707, crashed shortly after its 10:07 a.m. takeoff from
Idlewild Airport at New York. The dead included
W. Alton Jones, philanthropist and chairman of the board of Cities Service Company (now
CITGO).[3] An investigation concluded that the crash was caused by a rudder malfunction, which sent the plane into an uncontrolled roll resulting and loss of control.[4]
The very first
Kmart discount store was opened by the
S.S. Kresge Corporation in the United States in
Garden City, Michigan.[5] Kresge CEO
Harry Cunningham founded and oversaw the growth of what would be the largest chain of American discount stores by 1964. In 1990, Kmart would yield its #1 spot to
Walmart, also founded in 1962.[6]
Benedicto Kiwanuka became the interim
Prime Minister of Uganda as the United Kingdom granted the African colony self-government. He would be replaced by
Milton Obote the next month, before Uganda's independence on October 9, and would later be murdered by Ugandan President
Idi Amin in 1972.[7]
A three-story hotel collapsed in the
Egyptian city of
Asyut, killing 34 people who were eating after sunset on
Eid ul-Fitr, a feast celebrating the end of the fasting of the month of
Ramadan on the Islamic calendar. Seven survivors were recovered alive from the rubble.[8]
Marvel Comics introduced "
The Incredible Hulk" as the first issue of the comic book, by that name, on the shelves of U.S. stores and newsstands. Issue #1 was post-dated to May 1962 in accordance with industry practice.[9][10]
The first test of another nation's nuclear weapon in the United States took place when the United Kingdom was allowed to perform an underground test of a 9,500-ton bomb at the
Nevada Test Site.[11]
Wilt Chamberlain set a professional basketball record, still standing 50 years later, by scoring
100 points in an
NBA game in
Hershey, Pennsylvania, where his
Philadelphia Warriors were playing the
New York Knickerbockers. Chamberlain broke the previous record of 78, which he had set in January, hitting 36 field goals and 28 foul shots. The Warriors' 169–147 over the Knicks set a record for most points (316) scored by both teams in a game. A crowd of 4,124 witnessed the event.[15][16]
In a nationally broadcast address, U.S. President
John F. Kennedy announced that the United States would resume
atmospheric nuclear testing within six weeks unless the Soviet Union ceased above-ground testing while pursuing the proposed
Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.[17] The U.S. would resume atmospheric testing on
April 25 after the USSR continued. A limited test ban treaty would be signed on July 25, 1963.[18]
In Burma (now
Myanmar), General
Ne Win and the Burmese Army staged a nearly bloodless
coup d'état against the civilian government of
Prime MinisterU Nu. U Nu was arrested, along with the nation's president, the Chief Justice, and five of his cabinet members. Ne Win would rule the nation until his retirement in 1988, and military rule continued.[19][20]
Liu Cheng-sze, a second lieutenant in Communist China's air force, defected to
Taiwan, bringing with him a Soviet-built
MiG-15 jet fighter. Liu had broken away from a training mission, then flew the jet 200 miles (320 km) south and landed near
Taipei, where he surrendered to the Nationalist Chinese Air Force.[28] A parade was held in his honor on March 10, with 200,000 people turning out to honor him.[29]
All 111 people on
Caledonian Airways Flight 153 were killed when the
Douglas DC-7, crashed into a jungle swamp near
Douala in
Cameroon, for the worst single plane crash in history up to that time. The flight had originated in
Lourenço Marques (now
Maputo) in
Mozambique, making multiple stops with an eventual destination in
Luxembourg City, and had taken off bound for
Lisbon.[31] The bodies of the victims, most of them British and South African tourists, were buried in a common grave.[32]
U.S. pilots
Scott Carpenter and
Walter Schirra began water-escape exercises in conjunction with
helicopter pickups, after being selected as pilot and backup pilot, respectively, for May's Mercury 7 mission.[1]
A
B-58 Hustler jet, piloted by
U.S. Air Force Captain Robert Sowers, and a crew of two, set three new records by flying from Los Angeles to New York in 2 hours, 01:15, then back again in 2 hours, 15:02.[36] The
sonic boom, from the jet's speed of more than 1,000 miles per hour (1,600 km/h), broke windows in
Riverside, California, and
Chillicothe, Missouri, when it accelerated at 30,000 feet (9,100 m) and during a refueling, and emergency calls were made in cities beneath the flight path. The USAF received more than 10,000 complaints as a result of the flight.[37]
Giorgio Borġ Olivier became
Prime Minister of Malta for the second time, following the return to power of his Nationalist Party in February elections. Mr. Borg Olivier had served previously from 1950 to 1955 and would serve again until 1971.
Rated by the U.S. Geological Survey as "The most destructive storm ever to hit the mid-Atlantic states" of the U.S., and as one of the ten worst U.S. storms in the 20th century, the
Ash Wednesday Storm of 1962 began forming off the coast of
North Carolina and continued for three days as it moved up the Eastern seaboard as far as New York.[43] Heavy winds and rain coincided with a
perigean spring tide, when a
new Moon occurred when the Moon was making its closest approach to the Earth. The combined tugging of Moon and Sun made the tides higher than normal. Forty people were killed and $500,000,000 of damage was incurred.[44]
In a joint statement issued by U.S. Secretary of State
Dean Rusk and Thailand's Foreign Minister Thanat Khoman, the United States pledged to go to war to defend against any attack on Thailand by Communist guerillas.[45]
U.S. Patent #3,023,527 was granted to Wayne Leek and Charles Morse for the
Remington Nylon 66, a rifle which required no added lubricants because the
stock was made of the nylon variant
Zytel.[46]
In
London, the
Royal College of Physicians issued its report, "Smoking and Health", declaring that "
Cigarette smoking is a cause of
lung cancer. It also causes bronchitis and probably contributes to the development of coronary heart disease and various other less common diseases. It delays healing of gastric and duodenal ulcers."
Sir Robert Platt, the president of the organization, led a committee of nine physicians to compile the research.[48][49] A panel led by the U.S. Surgeon General would draw a similar conclusion nearly two years later on January 11, 1964.
OSO I, the first of nine
Orbiting Solar Observatory satellites, launched by the United States, was launched from Cape Canaveral and put into orbit around the Earth, to measure radiation from the Sun.[50] OSO I performed remarkably well in conducting the 13 different experiments for which it was programmed. Especially relevant to
human spaceflight were its measurements of
solar radiation in high frequency ranges, of
cosmic dust effects, and of the thermal properties of spacecraft surface materials.[1]
McDonnell awarded a $6.5 million subcontract to
Minneapolis-Honeywell Regulator Company,
Minneapolis,
Minnesota, to provide the
attitude control and maneuvering electronics system for the Gemini spacecraft.[38] The Gemini Project Office accepted McDonnell's preliminary design of the spacecraft's main undercarriage for use in land landings and authorized McDonnell to proceed with detail design. Dynamic model testing of the undercarriage was scheduled to begin about April 1.[38]
The
Tipsport Arena opened in
Prague, as the Sportovni Hala Praha. In addition to concerts and entertainment, it is the host to the ice hockey team
HC Sparta Praha.[51]
American drug manufacturer
Richardson-Merrell Pharmaceuticals withdrew its request for the
U.S. Food and Drug Administration to approve the prescription of
thalidomide, which the company had developed under the name Kelvadon. On the same day, the company withdrew the drug from sale in Canada. American marketing of the medicine, which had caused severe birth defects in 15,000 babies, primarily in West Germany, had been blocked by FDA reviewer
Frances Oldham Kelsey, who was later given an award by President Kennedy.[52]
The MSC directed
North American Aviation to develop an emergency parachute recovery system for the Paraglider Development Program and authorized North American to subcontract the emergency recovery system to
Northrop's
Radioplane Division for $225,000. North American also subcontracted $227,000 to
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company to study materials and test fabrics for inflatable structures.[38]
Born:Kim Ung-yong, South Korean engineer and former child prodigy listed by Guinness for "Highest IQ", with a measured intelligence quotient of 210; in
Seoul[54]
Three babies at the Binghamton General Hospital in
Binghamton, New York, United States, died suddenly of
heart failure. Three more were dead the next day, with four others in critical condition, and all had abnormally high sodium levels. The deaths of the six infants, three boys and three girls who ranged in age from 3 days to 8 months old, were traced to a nurse's mistaken placement of salt, three days earlier, into a sugar container used for the making of baby formula. Ironically, the discovery was made by another nurse who broke hospital rules when she made herself a cup of coffee in the formula room.[55][56] The deaths were subsequently ruled as accidental.[57]
In the second deadly mine explosion in West Germany in as many months, 29 underground coal miners were killed at the Saachen mine near
Hamm.[58]
Scottish football club
Kilmarnock's home attendance record was broken when a crowd of 35,995 turned out to see them play Glasgow Rangers in the Scottish Cup, at the
Rugby Park stadium.
Newly independent from France, the Kingdom of
Morocco adopted its first constitution.[59]
Died:John Henry Turpin, 85, African-American U.S. Navy officer and one of the last survivors of the 1898 explosion and sinking of the U.S. Navy cruiser
USS Maine[61]
Mars Rafikov, one of the original 20 Soviet
cosmonauts, was arrested for public intoxication, along with
Ivan Anikeyev. Rafikov, who had been reprimanded on several other occasions, was dismissed from the
program on March 14.[64]
Cuba began the rationing of rice, beans, and lard throughout the nation, and of beef, chicken, fish, eggs, and milk in
Havana, and introduced the "libreta", literally the "little book", of rationing coupons for families.[65]
The "
Franc Zone" was created among former French African colonies that had become independent nations, with France managing their economic policies, treasuries, and currencies.[66]
U.S. Army General
L. L. Lemnitzer,
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, presented
Operation Northwoods, a top-secret proposal to use American funding for terror attacks within the United States, to U.S. Secretary of Defense
Robert McNamara. With the goal of carrying out violent acts that could be blamed on the Communist government in
Cuba in order to get support for an invasion, the proposals included exploding an empty U.S. Navy ship in Guantanamo Bay and creating a false list of casualties; and faking an attack, to be blamed on Cuba, on a chartered airliner flying from the United States. The most incredible proposal was to simulate a "Communist Cuban terror campaign in the Miami area, other Florida cities, and even in Washington", including "exploding a few plastic bombs in carefully chosen spots", and directed against Cuban refugees "even to the point of wounding." McNamara vetoed the plan, which would be declassified in 2001, before it reached President Kennedy.[70][71]
Wing Luke, a native of China who moved to the United States as a child, was elected as the first non-white person to serve on the city council of
Seattle, and the first
Asian American to hold an elective office in the State of Washington. Luke would serve until May 17, 1965, when he was killed in a plane crash.[72]
Specifications for the
ejection seat for the Gemini spacecraft were made by the Project Office, with the seats to be operated manually. Under the design proposal, both seats had to eject simultaneously if either system was activated. Although ejection seats had been widely used in military aircraft for years, Gemini requirements, notably for off-the-pad abort capability, were beyond the capabilities of existing flight-qualified systems. McDonnell awarded a $1.8 million subcontract to Weber Aircraft for the Gemini ejection seats on April 9 and a $741,000 subcontract to
Rocket Power, Inc. on May 15 for the escape system rocket catapult.[38]
Edward M. "Teddy" Kennedy, the 30-year-old brother of U.S. President
John F. Kennedy and U.S. Attorney General
Robert F. Kennedy, announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for the United States Senate seat that had been held by JFK. The incumbent,
Benjamin A. Smith II, was a Kennedy family friend who had been appointed to fill the seat until a special election could be scheduled. Ted Kennedy, who had to wait until his 30th birthday, on February 22, to become eligible, would win the primary and general election, and then re-election in 1964, 1970, 1976, 1982, 1988, 1994, 2000 and 2006, serving for almost 47 years until his death in 2009.[73]
The MSC revised the Gemini program schedule to increase the number of test vehicles. The first uncrewed qualification flight was still scheduled for
July 1963, but crewed flight was postponed to late
October 1963, and the first Agena flight to
April 1964.[38]
In an address to a joint session of the U.S. Congress and a milestone in the history of
consumer protection, President Kennedy asked for the passage of the "
Consumer Bill of Rights". The President listed four basic rights that should be guaranteed by the federal government to American purchasers of goods and services— the right to safety, the right to be informed, the right to choose and the right to be heard. After being passed into law, the idea would be taken up worldwide and serve as the inspiration for the
United Nations Guidelines for Consumer Protection.[76]
Flying Tiger Line Flight 739, a
Lockheed Constellation airliner carrying 96 Army personnel and a crew of 11 to the
Philippines, disappeared at 1:30 a.m. local time (1530 GMT on March 15) after taking off from
Guam.[83] Despite a massive search of the Pacific Ocean, no trace of the airliner, nor the 107 people on board, was ever found.[84]
Kosmos 1, the first of a
series of earth-orbiting satellites from the Soviet space program, was launched. Kosmos 1000 would be sent up in 1978, and Kosmos 2000 in 1989.[85] Over the first fifty years, 2479 of the series would be launched.
The U.S. Air Force made its first test launch of a
Titan IIintercontinental ballistic missile. The launch was successful, as the missile flew 5,000 miles (8,000 km) out over the Atlantic Ocean.[38]
The annual
Gaelic Games competition was televised for the first time, as RTÉ broadcast the finals of the
Railway Cup, hurling championship of the
Gaelic Athletic Association.
Leinster beat defending champion
Munster by a score of 1 goal, 11 points to 1 goal, nine points, equivalent to 14–12.[88]
Kalpana Chawla, Indian-born American astronaut and aerospace engineer who was one of the seven crew members who died in the
Space Shuttle Columbia disaster when the spacecraft disintegrated during its re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere; in
Karnal,
East Punjab[92]
Representatives of France and of the
Front de Libération Nationale (FLN) leading the independence movement in
Algeria signed the
Évian Accords, an agreement in
Évian-les-Bains ending the
Algerian War.[95]Krim Belkacem and
Saad Dahlab negotiated for the FLN, while the Minister for Algerian Affairs,
Louis Joxe, appeared for France. Krim successfully resisted a threatened partition of Algeria into European and Arab sections, as well as a plan to give dual citizenship to European Algerians, while Joxe was able to secure French military bases in the former overseas department.[96] The agreement would be approved by 91% of French voters and nearly 100% of Algerian voters in separate referendums, and Algeria would become independent on July 3.[97]
After more than seven years of fighting between the French Army and the Algerian FLN, a
ceasefire was declared in the
Algerian War at noon local time pursuant to Article 1 of the
Évian Accords.[99] Sporadic fighting continued in
Saint-Denis-du-Sig (now
Sig), where 52 people were killed in fighting between Muslim crowds and a Muslim unit of the French Army.[100]
Advanced Technology Laboratories, Inc. received a $3.2 million subcontract from McDonnell to provide the horizon sensor system for the Gemini spacecraft, while
Thiokol Chemical Corporation was awarded a $400,000 subcontract to provide the
retrograde rockets for the Gemini spacecraft.[38]
At an extraordinary session of the National Assembly, French deputies and senators approved the statements made by the President of the Republic,
Charles de Gaulle, and by the Government following the signing of the Évian Accords on Algeria.
The U.S. town of
Woodruff Place, Indiana, incorporated in 1876, came to an end as a separate town after the United States Supreme Court declined to review a state court decision that allowed the area to be annexed by
Indianapolis.[105]
Mercury spacecraft No. 19, the latest in the U.S. human spaceflight program was delivered to Cape Canaveral in the orbital-manned configuration, but this mission would be canceled after the
successful six-orbit flight of Wally Schirra.[1]
Defying the ceasefire between the French Army and the Algerian FLN guerillas, the dissident European Algerian group, the
OAS fired five mortar shells into a crowd of civilians at the Casbah in Algiers, killing four and wounding 67 people.[106]
Died:Stan Wootton, 66, Australian rules footballer and cricketer
The U.S. Air Force Space Systems Division awarded a contract to
Aerojet-General Corporation for the research, development, and procurement of 15 propulsion systems for the Gemini launch vehicle. The final engine was scheduled for delivery by
April 1965.[38]
McDonnell Aircraft awarded a $4,475,000 subcontract to the Western Military Division of
Motorola, Inc. to design and build the digital command system (DCS) for the Gemini spacecraft.[38]
Protesting the decision of the military government to require approval of any candidates for political office,
Yun Po Sun resigned as
President of South Korea.[107]
FBI Director
J. Edgar Hoover met at the White House with
John F. Kennedy, to advise him about what findings from a wiretap revealed. Not only was Hoover aware that President Kennedy was conducting an extramarital affair with
Judith Exner, Hoover advised that Ms. Exner was also romantically involved with organized crime figures
Sam Giancana and
Johnny Roselli, and with
Frank Sinatra.[113] After the meeting, Kennedy called Exner to terminate the relationship. The affair would not become public knowledge until Congressional hearings were held in 1975.[114]
As part of the Evian Accords, France and
Algeria granted a general amnesty to Algerian nationalists who "aided or abetted the
Algerian insurrection" and to French and Algerian servicemen who "have committed infractions during the maintenance of order against the Algerian insurrection". On June 17, 1966, France would extend the amnesty to OAS members who "committed infractions against state security during the events in Algeria".[115]
Having moved to the Soviet Union,
Lee Harvey Oswald received a March 7 notice advising that his discharge from the U.S. Marines had been changed from "honorable" to "undesirable" and wrote an unsuccessful protest to the
U.S. Department of Defense.[116]
Adolf Eichmann began an appeal to an Israeli court, as his lawyer,
Robert Servatius sought to spare Eichmann from the death sentence ordered in his 1961 war crimes conviction.[117] The verdict would be upheld, and Eichmann would be executed on May 31.[118]
The Air Force Space Systems Division published the "Development Plan for the Gemini Launch Vehicle System". From experience in Titan II and Mercury programs, the planners estimated a budget of $164,400,000, including a 50% contingency for cost increases and unforeseen changes.[38]
Louis Joxe, France's Minister for Algerian Affairs, broadcast on radio to clarify the substance of the Franco-Algerian Accords signed in Évian five days previously, as well as the future outlook for Algeria.
World welterweight boxing champion
Benny Paret of Cuba lost his title to former champion
Emile Griffith of the U.S. Virgin Islands
in a bout at
Madison Square Garden in New York City. In the 12th round, Griffith unleashed a torrent of punches as Paret was on the ropes, and referee Ruby Goldstein stopped the fight. Peret sagged, then collapsed.[122] Paret, who had knocked down Griffith at the end of the sixth round, was taken to Roosevelt Hospital, where he underwent emergency brain surgery. He never regained consciousness and died on April 2.[123]
Edmond Jouhaud, former General of the French Army who had become second-in-command of the European Algerian
OAS, was arrested in
Oran. It was not until six hours after his capture that police discovered that Messr. Gerberd was actually General Jouhaud. OAS Commander
Raoul Salan remained at large.[127]
In Baker v. Carr, the
U.S. Supreme Court ruled, 6–2, that federal courts could order state legislatures to reapportion seats.[131] In doing so, the Court overturned its 1946 ruling, in Colegrove v. Green, that it had no jurisdiction to decide redistricting disputes were political issues. Within a year after the ruling, lawsuits had been filed in 36 states to redraw the legislative maps.[132]
After having withdrawn from public view for several months, Cuban Premier
Fidel Castro went on television to denounce
Anibal Escalante, who had been a high-ranking official of the Cuban Communist Party. Escalante, whom Castro accused of "sectarianism" and using the Party to further his personal ambition, was fired the next day.[133]
Hundreds of European settlers in Algeria staged a peaceful march in
Algiers to protest against the
sealing off of their neighborhood at
Bab El Oued. As they approached French Army barricades, fighting broke out, leaving 51 dead, mostly European, and 130 wounded.[134]
France shortened the term for
military service from 26 months to 18.
After an eleven-day showdown with the Argentine armed forces over the gains of Peronists in the March 18 elections, President
Arturo Frondizi was forced to resign. Frondizi, who had reportedly avoided overthrow in 25 previous coups d'état, was arrested at his home and then flown to a military base on
Martín García Island.[138] Two days later, Senate President
José María Guido would be approved by the armed forces as the new president.[139]
McDonnell awarded a $2,500,000 subcontract to
Collins Radio Company for voice communications systems for the Gemini spacecraft.[38]
Died:Robert Neyland, 70, former U.S. Army Brigadier General and long time (1926 to 1953) football coach of the
University of Tennessee, including the
1951 college football championship ranking. Neyland received the Distinguished Service Medal during World War II and was an inductee into the National College Football Hall of Fame.[142] Tennessee's
Neyland Stadium, with more than 100,000 seats, would be named in his honor.
U.S. Comedian
Jack Paar concluded his last appearance as host of The Jack Paar Show, then known informally as The Tonight Show on NBC, after five years.[143] The guests on the last show were Jack E. Leonard, Alexander King, Robert Merrill and Buddy Hackett. Among those appearing in taped farewell messages were Richard Nixon, Robert Kennedy, Billy Graham, Bob Hope and Jack Benny. Hugh Downs was the announcer, and Jose Melis led the band. The show would continue as The Tonight Show the following week, with guest hosts, until Johnny Carson took over on
October 1, 1962. Paar's last regular appearance was on a Thursday. On the next day, the final show was a "Best Of Paar" rerun.
Honeywell received an $18,000,000 subcontract from McDonnell to provide the
inertial measuring unit (IMU) for the Gemini spacecraft, a stabilized inertial platform including an electronic unit and a power supply, designed to provide a stable reference for determining
spacecraft attitude and to indicate changes in spacecraft velocity.[38]
The conveying of a life peerage on British Conservative MP Sir
Ian Macdonald Horobin was announced. Two weeks later he would withdrew his acceptance[144] and would be subsequently jailed for an indecency offence.
Danish cargo ship Kirsten Skou collided with a West German ship, Karpfanger, in the English Channel and sank. Luckily, all 35 crew members were rescued.[145]
Ted Kennedy, running for the U.S. Senate seat vacated by his older brother, President
John F. Kennedy, disclosed that he had been required to drop out of
Harvard University in 1951, after having cheated on a freshman examination.[147] Nevertheless, the younger Kennedy would win the 1962 primary and general elections, and be re-elected for more terms by
Massachusetts voters.
Martin-Baltimore submitted a "Description of the Launch Vehicle for the Gemini Spacecraft" to Air Force Space Systems Division. This document laid the foundation for the design of the Gemini launch vehicle by defining the concept and philosophy of each proposed subsystem.[38]
President Kennedy nominated former college and pro football player
Byron "Whizzer" White, the Deputy Attorney General of the United States, to succeed Charles Whittaker.[148]
The McDonnell Aircraft Company formally froze further changes in the configuration of the Gemini spacecraft, and the specifications were submitted to
NASA and approved.[38]
The
Whitecliffs Branch Railway, serving the Canterbury region of New Zealand's South Island, was closed.[150]
A tornado killed 15 people in the city of
Milton, Florida, and injured more than 75.[151]
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