November 1962

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The following events occurred in November, 1962

November 1, 1962 (Thursday)

• The Soviet Union begins dismantling its missiles in Cuba.
• The first issue of Diabolik is published in Italy.
• Died: Ricardo Rodríguez, 20, Mexican racing driver, during practice for the Mexican Grand Prix at Magdalena Mixhuca Circuit.

November 2, 1962 (Friday)

• Died: Godfrey Lowell Cabot, 101, American industrialist and philanthropist; Tripuraneni Gopichand, 52, Telugu writer

November 3, 1962 (Saturday)

• First recorded use of the term "personal computer" by the media.

November 4, 1962 (Sunday)

• Mars 2MV-3 No.1, also known as Sputnik 24, is launched by the Soviet Union as part of its Mars program.
• The first Mexican Grand Prix is won by Jim Clark and Trevor Taylor.
• Born: Jean-Pierre Bemba, Congolese politician, in Bokada
• Died: Enos (chimpanzee), age unknown, the first chimpanzee to orbit the earth. His death could not be attributed directly to his experiences of spaceflight.

November 5, 1962 (Monday)

• Franz Josef Strauß, West Germany's defence minister, is relieved of his duties as a result of the Spiegel scandal; he is alleged to have been involved in police action against the magazine Der Spiegel.
• Saudi Arabia breaks off diplomatic relations with Egypt, following a period of unrest partly caused by the defection of several Saudi princes to Egypt.
• A coal mining disaster in Ny-Ålesund kills 21 people. The Norwegian government is forced to resign in the aftermath of this accident in August, 1963.

November 6, 1962 (Tuesday)

• Apartheid: The United Nations General Assembly passes a resolution condemning South Africa's racist apartheid policies, and calls for all UN member states to cease military and economic relations with the nation.
• United States Senate special election in Massachusetts, 1962: Edward Kennedy is elected to the senate seat vacated by his brother John F. Kennedy becoming President of the USA two years earlier.

November 7, 1962 (Wednesday)

• Richard M. Nixon loses the California governor's race. In his concession speech, he states that this is his "last press conference" and that "you don't have Nixon to kick around any more".
• The Convention on Consent to Marriage, Minimum Age for Marriage, and Registration of Marriages is opened for signature and ratification by United Nations General Assembly resolution 1763 A (XVII).

November 8, 1962 (Thursday)

• Parliamentary elections are held in the Faroe Islands. The Social Democratic Party wins 8 of the 29 seats, to become the largest single party in the Løgting.

November 9, 1962 (Friday)

• Brigadier Sir Bernard Fergusson becomes Governor-General of New Zealand, the last British-born person to be appointed to that position.
• Died: Louise Hanson Dyer, 78, Australian music publisher and patron of the arts

November 10, 1962 (Saturday)

• Thai educator and writer Mom Luang Pin Malakul is awarded the West German Federal Cross of Merit, and the Belgian Order of Leopold,
• Born: Demon Kakka, Japanese musician and entertainer, in Shibuya
• Died: John Alden, 54, Australian actor and Shakespearean director (coronary occlusion)

November 11, 1962 (Sunday)

• The French ship Jean Gougy runs aground at Land's End, Cornwall, United Kingdom and capsizes. Eight of the twenty crew are rescued by helicopter or breeches buoy. Sergeant Eric Smith of 22 Squadron, Royal Air Force is awarded a George Medal for his actions in the rescue.

November 12, 1962 (Monday)

• Born: Mariella Frostrup, Norwegian journalist and television presenter, in Oslo; Naomi Wolf, American author and political consultant, in San Francisco, California

November 13, 1962 (Tuesday)

• Died: Baron Stasys Šilingas, 77, Lithuanian lawyer and statesman

November 14, 1962 (Wednesday)

• In the Quebec general election, the Quebec Liberal Party, led by Jean Lesage, is re-elected.

November 15, 1962 (Thursday)

• Danish Cabinet minister Poul Hansen moves from his position as Defence Minister to replace the recently deceased Hans R. Knudsen as Minister of Finance.
• Died: Irene Lentz, 61, American costume designer (committed suicide by jumping from a hotel window in Los Angeles)

November 16, 1962 (Thursday)

• The Detroit trolleybus system goes out of service, for the second and last time.
• Project Highwater: SA-3, an unmanned craft in the Apollo program, is launched by the USA from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 34 and is detonated five minutes later, as part of an experiment.
• Born: Nabil Gabol, Pakistani politician, in Karachi

November 17, 1962 (Saturday)

• In Washington, D.C., U.S. President John F. Kennedy dedicates Dulles International Airport.
• In the UK, the Seaham life-boat George Elmy capsizes while entering harbour after rescuing the crew of a fishing boat: all five crew and four of the five survivors are killed.
• Alabama Crimson Tide football: Alabama lose to Georgia Tech 7–6, bringing to an end a 19-game winning streak.

November 18, 1962 (Sunday)

• The first draft Constitution of Morocco is proposed.
• The first round of voting takes place in the French legislative election, 1962.
• The Greek liberty ship Captain George explodes and sinks with the loss of all 18 crew.
• Died: Niels Bohr, 77, Danish physicist and Nobel laureate

November 19, 1962 (Monday)

• The Newfoundland general election is won by the Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador, led by Joey Smallwood.
• A message in Morse code is transmitted from EPR (Evpatoria Planetary Radar), directed at the planet Venus.
• Born: Jodie Foster, US actress, in Los Angeles, California

November 20, 1962 (Tuesday)

• Cuban Missile Crisis: In response to the Soviet Union agreeing to remove its missiles from Cuba, President John F. Kennedy ends the US quarantine of the Caribbean.

November 21, 1962 (Wednesday)

• Born: Igor Škamperle, Slovenian mountaineer, sociologist and writer, in Trieste, Italy
• Died: Sao Shwe Thaik, 68, first president of the Union of Burma and the last Saopha of Yawnghwe

November 22, 1962 (Thursday)

• In the UK, the Chippenham by-election, caused by previous MP David Eccles, having been raised to the House of Lords, is won by Daniel Awdry of the Conservative Party.

November 23, 1962 (Friday)

• United Airlines Flight 297, a Vickers Viscount 754D, strikes a flock of whistling swans and crashes north of Columbia, Maryland, killing all 17 people on board.

November 24, 1962 (Saturday)

• General elections are held in Jordan, where all political parties are banned.
• The first episode of influential British satire show That Was The Week That Was is broadcast on BBC Television.

November 25, 1962 (Sunday)

• The second round of voting takes place in the French legislative election, 1962.
• Katherine Batis, later Katherine, Crown Princess of Yugoslavia, marries her first husband, Jack W. Andrews.

November 26, 1962 (Monday)

• Spiegel scandal: German police end their occupation of Der Spiegel's offices.
• Mies Bouwman starts presenting the first live TV-marathon fundraising show (Open Het Dorp), which lasts 23 hours non-stop.
• The Beatles make their definitive recording of "Please Please Me" at EMI Studios in London. George Martin produces.

November 27, 1962 (Tuesday)

• French President Charles De Gaulle orders Georges Pompidou to form a government.
• Mátyás Tímár becomes Minister of Finance in the government of Hungary.

November 28, 1962 (Wednesday)

• Georges Pompidou begins his second term as Prime Minister of France.
• Anthony Cox marries fellow-artist Yoko Ono.
• Mrs Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit, sister of the Indian Prime Minister, becomes Governor of Maharashtra.

November 29, 1962 (Thursday)

• An agreement is signed between Britain and France to develop the Concorde supersonic airliner.
• The Norwegian cargo liner Ragna Ringdal runs aground off Vatoa, Fiji. All passengers and crew are rescued after three days.
• Died: Erik Scavenius, 85, former Prime Minister of Denmark

November 30, 1962 (Friday)

• The United Nations General Assembly elects U Thant of Burma as the new UN Secretary-General.
• Eastern Air Lines Flight 512, a Douglas DC-7B, crashes while trying to land in heavy fog at Idlewild Airport in New York City. Twenty-five of the 51 people on board are killed.