1962

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Events

Dated Events

  • Real World: July 10. The first commercial communications satellite, Telstar, is launched.
  • Real World: September 27. Silent Spring by Rachel Carson is released- the book is credited with inspiring the modern environmentalist movement.
  • Real World: October 14. A U.S. spy plane discovers that Soviet nuclear missiles are being installed on Cuba. This discovery sparks the Cuban Missile Crisis.
  • Real World: October 22. U.S. President John F. Kennedy announces the presence of Soviet nuclear missiles on Cuba in a televised address. Kennedy warns that any nuclear attack from Cuba would be treated as an attack by the Soviet Union, and that the U.S. would respond accordingly. Kennedy also initiates a "quarantine" to prevent Soviet vessels from shipping further weapons to Cuba. The tense stand-off that follows leads to fears of nuclear war.
  • Real World: October 28. After the U.S. agrees to remove its nuclear missiles from Turkey, Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev announces that the Soviet Union will remove its missiles from Cuba, ending the stand-off.

New Fictional Works

Notable Books

The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick, The Spy Who Loved Me by Ian Fleming, A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle.

Notable Films

Burn, Witch, Burn, Carnival of Souls, Creation of the Humanoids, The Day the Earth Caught Fire, Dr. No, Eegah!, Five Weeks in a Balloon, The Fury of Hercules, The Giant of Metropolis, Hands of a Stranger, Jack the Giant Killer, Maciste in Hell, The Magic Sword, The Manchurian Candidate, The Manster, Mothra, Panic in the Year Zero, The Phantom of the Opera, Reptilicus, Rock 'N' Roll Wrestling Women vs. the Aztec Ape, Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace, The Slime People, Son of Captain Blood, Tales of Terror, Varan the Unbelievable, The Yesterday Machine, Zotz!

Notable Comic Books

The Incredible Hulk #1; Fantastic Four #4 (return of the Sub-Mariner); Fantastic Four #5 (first Doctor Doom); Amazing Fantasy #15 (first Spider-Man); Journey Into Mystery #83 (first Thor); The Flash #123 (first Earth-2).

Notable Television Series

  • Beginning: Dr. Syn, alias the Scarecrow (miniseries), Fireball XL5.
  • Continuing: The Avengers (Season 2), The Twilight Zone (Season 4).
  • Ending: The Dick Tracy Show, One Step Beyond, Supercar.


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