Historical Events in 1962
34 curated events dated to this year, and 38 musicalized poets on V2Melody were alive then.
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Aerial reconnaissance reveals Soviet missiles in Cuba
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Cuban Missile Crisis (1962)
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The Opening of the Second Vatican Council
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Algerian Independence from France
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Frost's Last Public Reading
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Publication of 'Share My World'
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Rachel Carson Publishes Silent Spring, Transforming Environmental Literature
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Silent Spring launches modern environmental consciousness
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Silent Spring Makes Pesticides a Literary and Public Issue
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Thomas Kuhn Publishes 'The Structure of Scientific Revolutions'
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Walmart Founded
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Charnley Introduces Low-Friction Hip Replacement
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Conshelf I: First Underwater Habitat
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Cummings' Last Major Publication
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First X-ray Astronomy Detection
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Marshall McLuhan Publishes 'The Gutenberg Galaxy'
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Boston Strangler Murders
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Final Publication of 'Pictures from Brueghel'
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Final Years and Legacy
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First Aquanaut: Robert Sténuit Spends 24 Hours Underwater
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Mariner 2 to Venus
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Nick Holonyak Jr. invents the first visible light LED at General Electric
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Sylvia Plath References Parasitic Imagery in 'Lady Lazarus' and the Bee Poems
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The Creation of the First Commercial Energy Drink by Taisho Pharmaceutical
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Centralia Mine Fire
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First Taco Bell restaurant opens in Downey
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Self-Opening Beer Can Introduced in Pittsburgh
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Tanganyika Laughter Epidemic
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First Felt-Tipped Pen Patented by Yukio Horie in Japan
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Hospital Operating Rooms Adopt Specialized Air Conditioning
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The Art of Cheese in the Works of Wayne Thiebaud
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The Mashed Potato and the Novelty Dance Wave
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The June Bug Epidemic (1962)
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The Welsh, Louisiana School Hysteria (1962)
Poets alive in 1962
38 poets
Poets in 1962
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