147 notable events from 1962 — air crashes, wars and murders. Page 1 of 2.
- Cuban Missile Crisis
Oct 14, 1962–Oct 28, 1962 · Cuba · War & armed conflict
- Death of Marilyn Monroe
Aug 5, 1962 · United States · Suicide & execution
- Operation Northwoods
Mar 13, 1962 · Cuba · War & armed conflict
- Veerappan
Jan 1, 1962–Jan 1, 2002 · Murder & homicide
- Albert DeSalvo
Jun 14, 1962–Jan 1, 1964 · United States · Attack (other)
- Centralia mine fire
from May 27, 1962 · United States · Fire
- Boston Strangler
Jun 14, 1962–Jan 4, 1964 · United States · Scandal & controversy
- Starfish Prime
Jul 9, 1962 · United States · War & armed conflict
- Novocherkassk massacre
Jun 1962 · Russian Federation · Massacre
- Mikawashima train crash
May 3, 1962 · Japan · Rail accident
- American Airlines Flight 1 (1962)
Mar 1, 1962 · United States · Aviation accident
- Papua conflict
from Oct 1, 1962 · Indonesia · War & armed conflict
- Sino-Indian border dispute
from Oct 20, 1962 · China · Crisis
- Évian Accords
Mar 18, 1962 · France · War & armed conflict
- Petit-Clamart attack
Aug 22, 1962 · France · Murder & homicide
- Patrick Kearney
Jan 1, 1962–Apr 6, 1977 · United States · Murder & homicide
- Jürgen Bartsch
Mar 31, 1962–May 6, 1966 · Germany · Murder & homicide
- Tanganyika laughter epidemic
Jan 30, 1962–1963 · Epidemic & disease
- Kusaka Jiro case
Nov 4, 1962 · Japan · Crime & justice
- Continental Airlines Flight 11
May 22, 1962 · United States · Terrorism
- Oran massacre of 1962
Jul 7, 1962 · Algeria · Massacre
- Ole Miss riot of 1962
Sep 1962 · United States · Riot & unrest
- 1962 Mexico City radiation accident
1962 · Mexico · Industrial & structural disaster
- Sedan (nuclear test)
Jul 6, 1962 · United States · Bombing & explosion
- North Sea flood of 1962
Feb 16, 1962–Feb 17, 1962 · Germany · Natural disaster
- Charonne subway massacre
Feb 8, 1962 · France · Stampede & crowd crush
- Children of Creuse
1962–1984 · France · Kidnapping & hostage
- Flying Tiger Line Flight 739
Mar 16, 1962 · Micronesia · Disappearance
- Brunei revolt
Dec 8, 1962–Dec 17, 1962 · Brunei Darussalam · War & armed conflict
- Hans-Georg Neumann
Jan 13, 1962 · Murder & homicide
- Air France Flight 007
Jun 3, 1962 · France · Aviation accident
- Béryl incident
May 1, 1962 · Algeria · Industrial & structural disaster
- João Acácio Pereira da Costa
Jan 1, 1962–Jan 1, 1967 · Brazil · Murder & homicide
- 1962 Burmese coup d'état
Mar 2, 1962 · Myanmar · War & armed conflict
- Cross border attacks in Sabah
Dec 8, 1962 · Malaysia · War & armed conflict
- Persecution of Muslims in Myanmar
from 1962 · Myanmar · Genocide & ethnic violence
- Hakusan Junior High School incident
Sep 21, 1962 · Japan
- Anthony Strollo
Apr 8, 1962 · United States · Disappearance
- Tetsuyuki Morikawa
Jan 1, 1962–Jan 1, 1985 · Japan · Murder & homicide
- Harmelen train disaster
Jan 8, 1962 · Netherlands · Rail accident
- 1962 Isly massacre
Mar 26, 1962 · Algeria · Massacre
- George Wright (fugitive)
Nov 23, 1962 · Murder & homicide
- Independence Day (Algeria)
Jul 5, 1962 · Algeria · War & armed conflict
- Benny Paret vs. Emile Griffith III
Mar 24, 1962 · United States · Scandal & controversy
- Tuareg rebellion (1962–1964)
Jan 1, 1962–Jan 1, 1964 · Mali · War & armed conflict
- Alitalia Flight 771
Jul 7, 1962 · India · Aviation accident
- Air France Flight 117
Jun 22, 1962 · Guadeloupe · Aviation accident
- Battle of Bab El Oued
Mar 23, 1962–Apr 6, 1962 · Algeria · War & armed conflict
- Communist insurgency in Sarawak
Jun 22, 1962–Nov 3, 1990 · Malaysia · War & armed conflict
- Killing of Peter Fechter
Aug 17, 1962 · Germany · Murder & homicide
- Aeroflot Flight 902
Jun 30, 1962 · Russian Federation · Aviation accident
- Eniwa case
1962 · Japan · Crime & justice
- Archie E. Mitchell
May 30, 1962 · Vietnam · War & armed conflict
- 1962 Bundeswehr Starfighter formation crash
Jun 19, 1962 · Germany · Aviation accident
- Murder of Carol Ann Dougherty
Oct 22, 1962 · United States · Murder & homicide
- Massacre of Harkis
Mar 19, 1962 · Algeria · Massacre
- 1962 French Évian Accords referendum
Apr 8, 1962 · France · War & armed conflict
- Varig Flight 810
Nov 27, 1962 · Peru · Aviation accident
- 1962 LOT Vickers Viscount Warsaw crash
Dec 19, 1962 · Poland · Aviation accident
- 1962 Peruvian coup d'état
Jul 18, 1962 · Peru · War & armed conflict
- 1962 Algerian crisis
Sep 9, 1962 · Algeria · Crisis
- Yi–Ta incident
Mar 1962–May 1962 · China · Riot & unrest
- Luisenthal mine disaster
Feb 7, 1962 · France · Industrial & structural disaster
- Trebbin rail accident
Mar 1, 1962 · Germany · Rail accident
- Bitter murder case
Aug 24, 1962 · Murder & homicide
- 1962 Senegalese political crisis
Dec 1962 · Senegal · Crisis
- 1962 South Vietnamese Independence Palace bombing
Feb 27, 1962 · Vietnam · War & armed conflict
- Eleanor Ardel Vietti
May 30, 1962 · Vietnam · War & armed conflict
- Northern Miyagi earthquake
Apr 30, 1962 · Japan · Earthquake
- Voghera train crash
May 31, 1962 · Italy · Rail accident
- 1962 Vallés floods
Sep 25, 1962 · Spain · Natural disaster
- Viktor Selikhov
Jan 1, 1962–Jan 1, 1964 · Murder & homicide
- United Air Lines Flight 297
Nov 23, 1962 · United States · Aviation accident
- United Arab Airlines Flight 869 (1962)
Jul 19, 1962 · Thailand · Aviation accident
- 1962 Irpinia earthquake
Aug 21, 1962 · Italy · Earthquake
- Palma Sola massacre
Dec 28, 1962 · Dominican Republic · Massacre
- Saïb Hachani
Nov 16, 1962–Feb 13, 1963 · Murder & homicide
- 1962 Uetsu Main Line collision
Nov 29, 1962 · Japan · Rail accident
- Caledonian Airways Flight 153
Mar 4, 1962 · Cameroon · Aviation accident
- 1962 Taurus Mountains Turkish Airlines F-27 crash
Mar 8, 1962 · Türkiye · Aviation accident
- Flying Tiger Line Flight 923
Sep 23, 1962 · Iceland · Aviation accident
- William Ebeneezer Jones Jr.
Dec 17, 1962 · Kidnapping & hostage
- Eastern Air Lines Flight 512
Nov 30, 1962 · United States · Aviation accident
- 1962 Szczecin military parade accident
Oct 9, 1962 · Poland · War & armed conflict
- 1962 All Nippon Airways Viscount crash
Nov 19, 1962 · Japan · Aviation accident
- Malév Flight 355
Nov 23, 1962 · France · Aviation accident
- Sam Sary
Jan 1, 1962 · Murder & homicide
- Escalante affair
1962 · Cuba · Scandal & controversy
- Academic Crisis
1962 · Portugal · Riot & unrest
- Murder of Thomas Bates
Jun 2, 1962 · United Kingdom · Murder & homicide
- Operation Sunrise (Vietnam War)
Mar 22, 1962–Apr 30, 1962 · Vietnam · War & armed conflict
- Aeroflot Flight 03
Sep 3, 1962 · Russian Federation · Aviation accident
- Canadian Pacific Air Lines Flight 301
Jul 22, 1962 · United States · Aviation accident
- August 30 massacre
Aug 30, 1962–Aug 31, 1962 · Cuba · Murder & homicide
- 1962 Ceylonese coup attempt
Jan 27, 1962 · Sri Lanka · War & armed conflict
- Coppenhall Junction railway accident
Dec 26, 1962 · United Kingdom · Rail accident
- 1962 Tunisian coup attempt
Dec 18, 1962 · Tunisia · Scandal & controversy
- 1962 Godthab Catalina crash
May 12, 1962 · Greenland · Aviation accident
- 1962 Air Nautic Boeing 307 crash
Dec 29, 1962 · France · Aviation accident
- 1962 Issy-les-Moulineaux bombing
Mar 10, 1962 · France · Murder & homicide