Centuries: Year in Review 20th Century (19th century - 20th century - 21st century)
Decades: 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s - 1960s - 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s
Years: 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 - 1967 - 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972
Births
- February 11 - Barbara Byrne, American rower.
- February 11 - Chris Reohr, American fencer.
- February 11 - John Patterson US baseball player.
- June 20 - Nicole Kidman, actress
Deaths
Events
- The first open heart transplantation performed by Christiaan Barnard in Capetown, South-Africa.
Sport
- January 15 - Super Bowl I Green Bay Packers (35) def. Kansas City Chiefs (10)
- Physics - Hans Albrecht Bethe
- Chemistry - Manfred Eigen, Ronald George Wreyford Norrish, George Porter
- Medicine - Ragnar Granit, Haldan Keffer Hartline, George Wald
- Literature - Miguel Angel Asturias
- Peace - Not Awarded.