| In Seattle, the 21st Century World's Fair 1962 was held. Elvis had a show appearance there. |
| The New York Yankees won the Baseball World Series Chamionship 1962. |
| In 1962, Freckles Brown was the World Champion Bullrider. |
| Brazil won the World Championship Soccer battle in Chile. |
| Graham Hill won the World Drivers' Chamionship. |
| In 1962 the President of the United States was J.F. Kennedy. |
| The Cuba Crisis happened in 1962. |
| UFO's were seen in California and New Jersey. |
| In 1962, Maria Fletcher from Asheville, North Carolina, became Miss America. |
| The Beatles performed their famous The Star Club concert in Hamburg, Germany. |
Marylin Monroe
performed at Madison Square Guarden "Happy Birthday, Mr. President". She also commited suicide in 1962. |
| The first industrial robot was set to market by Unimation. |
| John Glenn was the third US American to cruise in outer space around the world. |
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The Top 40 # 1 Hits
of 1962 were: "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do" by Neil Sedaka, "Good Luck Charm" by Elvis Presley, "Duke of Earl" by Gene Chandler, "He's a Rebel" by The Crystals, "I Can't Stop Loving You" by Ray Charles, "Johnny Angel" by Shelly Fabares, "The Loco-Motion" by Little Eva, "Mashed Potatoe Time" by Dee Dee Sharp, "Roses are Red (My Love)" by Bobby Vinton, "Sheila" by Tommy Roe, "Sherry" by The 4 Seasons, "Soldier Boy" by The Sherelles, "Stranger on the Shore" by Mr. Acker Bilk, which was an instrumental, "Telstar" by The Tornadoes, also an instrumental and "The Twist" by Chubby Checker. "Can't Help Falling in Love" by Elvis Presley only was a # 2 song ! |
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I hope you had some
fun and experienced some astonishments and maybe you felt a bit like being back to 1962. By the way... the countdown to my birthdate was 4 years in 1962. |