1962

Centuries: Year in Review 20th Century (19th century - 20th century - 21st century)

Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s - 1960s - 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s

Years: 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 - 1962 - 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967

Events

July 1 - Independence of Rwanda and Burundi
Brazil wins Football World Cup in Chile
October - Cuban missile crisis
Rachel Carson's book Silent Spring released, giving rise to the modern environmentalist movement.

Births

February 11 - Sheryl Crow American singer.
February 11 - Scott Kolden, actor.

Deaths

May 31 - Adolf Eichmann, aged 56, Nazi official responsible for the execution of the holocaust (executed)
July 6 - William Faulkner, American novelist
Niels Bohr, Danish physicist

Nobel Prizes

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