Editing 1962

Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.

The edit can be undone. Please check the comparison below to verify that this is what you want to do, and then publish the changes below to finish undoing the edit.

Latest revision Your text
Line 3: Line 3:
== Events ==
== Events ==
*January 11 to February 7 - The [[Communist Party of China]] hosts the Seven Thousand Cadres Conference in Beijing to discuss the consequences of the Great Leap Forward, which is declared over.
*January 11 to February 7 - The [[Communist Party of China]] hosts the Seven Thousand Cadres Conference in Beijing to discuss the consequences of the Great Leap Forward, which is declared over.
*January 26 - [[Tsui Yin]] kills 7 people and injures 3 others with a gun at Li Shing High School.
*March 2 - [[Ne Win]] seizes control of Burma in a successful military coup.
*March 19 - The Évian Accords are signed, ending the [[Algerian War of Independence]].
*June 1 - [[Adolf Eichmann]] is hanged for [[crimes against humanity]] committed during [[the Holocaust]] at Ayalon Prison in Ramla, Israel.
*June 1 - [[Adolf Eichmann]] is hanged for [[crimes against humanity]] committed during [[the Holocaust]] at Ayalon Prison in Ramla, Israel.
*June 2 - The [[Novocherkassk massacre]] takes place in Novocherkassk, Russia when the Soviet Army and the [[KGB]] use deadly force to put down a labor strike, killing 26 people and injuring 87.
*October 16 to 28 - The [[Cuban Missile Crisis]]: the United States and the Soviet Union have a 12-day standoff after it is revealed that the Soviet Union had constructed missile launch facilities in Cuba. After intense negotiations between President John F. Kennedy and Premier [[Nikita Khrushchev]], the Soviet Union agrees to dismantle the Cuban weapons, and in exchange, the United States agrees to remove their weapons from Turkey. The confrontation is often considered the closest the [[Cold War]] came to escalating into a full-scale nuclear war.
*July 1 - Rwanda declares independence from Belgium, marking the end of the Rwandan Revolution. [[Grégoire Kayibanda]] is named the first President of Rwanda, with his [[Parmehutu]] party becoming the country's ruling party. Kayibanda becomes the first person to promote [[Hutu Power]].
*July 4 - The [[Burma Socialist Programme Party]] is established to serve as the governing political party of Burma.
*August 17 - [[Harry J. Anslinger]] steps down as Commissioner of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics.
*September 26 - Beginning of the North Yemen Civil War.
*October 16 to 28 - The [[Cuban Missile Crisis]]: the United States and the Soviet Union have a 12-day standoff after it is revealed that the Soviet Union had constructed missile launch facilities in Cuba. After intense negotiations between President John F. Kennedy and Premier [[Nikita Khrushchev]], the Soviet Union agrees to shut down their Cuban missile facilities, and in exchange, the United States agrees to remove their weapons from Turkey. The confrontation is often considered the closest the [[Cold War]] came to escalating into a full-scale nuclear war.
 
== Births ==
== Births ==
=== Villain births ===
=== Villain births ===
*January 3 - [[Guillermo Fariñas]]
*January 3 - [[Guillermo Fariñas]]
*January 22 - [[Oscar Bolin]]
*January 29 - [[Ismail Haniyeh]]
*January 29 - [[Ismail Haniyeh]]
*February 15 - [[Milo Đukanović]]
*February 15 - [[Milo Đukanović]]
*March 5 - [[Antonio Cárdenas Guillén]]
*March 17 - [[Cesar Sayoc]]
*March 17 - [[Cesar Sayoc]]
*March 23 - [[Bassel al-Assad]]
*April 3 - [[Brenda Spencer]]
*April 3 - [[Brenda Spencer]]
*April 10 - [[Mariusz Trynkiewicz]]
*May 30 - [[Innocent Sagahutu]]
*May 30 - [[Innocent Sagahutu]]
*June 6 - [[Terrence Brown]]
*June 6 - [[Terrence Brown]]
Line 31: Line 18:
*July 15 - [[Glen Edward Rogers]]
*July 15 - [[Glen Edward Rogers]]
*July 18 - [[Abu Sabaya]]
*July 18 - [[Abu Sabaya]]
*August 4 - [[Martin O'Prey]]
*August 29 - [[Richard Angelo]]
*November 1 - [[Adolfo Constanzo]]
*November 1 - [[Adolfo Constanzo]]
*November 4 - [[Jean-Pierre Bemba]]
*November 4 - [[Jean-Pierre Bemba]]
*November 23 - [[Nicolás Maduro]] & [[Thomas J. Grasso]]
*November 23 - [[Nicolás Maduro]] & [[Thomas J. Grasso]]
*December 9 - [[Felicity Huffman]]
*December 22 - [[Scott Erskine]]
*December 22 - [[Scott Erskine]]
*December 29 - [[Sergei Ryakhovsky]]
*Unknown - [[Brian Robinson]]
*Unknown - [[Brian Robinson]]
*Unknown - [[David Wayne Hull]]
*Unknown - [[David Wayne Hull]]
*Unknown - [[Gang Lu]]


=== Victim births ===
=== Victim births ===
* April 5 - Lana Clarkson
 
* May 6 - Lynette Culver
* May 10 - Vidar Lillelid
* July 9 - Lucinda Schaefer
* September 26 - James Closs
* October 3 - Mary Fisher
* Unknown - Steven Tuomi


== Deaths ==
== Deaths ==
=== Villain deaths ===
=== Villain deaths ===
*January 26 - [[Lucky Luciano]]
*April 4 - [[James Hanratty]]
*April 4 - [[James Hanratty]]
*April 8 - [[Anthony Strollo]] ''(disappeared; presumed deceased)''
*May 31 - [[Adolf Eichmann]]
*May 31 - [[Adolf Eichmann]]
*July 26 - [[Tsui Yin]]
=== Victim deaths ===
=== Victim deaths ===
Please note that all contributions to Real-Life Villains may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here.
You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Real-Life Villains:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission!
Cancel Editing help (opens in new window)

Template used on this page: