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In 1962, the world population was approximately 3,123,374,315 people[†]
1962Gavin Larsen, New Zealand cricketer and sportscaster[†]
Gavin Rolf Larsen is a former New Zealand international cricketer who specialised in the art of economical bowling. He was known playfully by his teammates as "The Postman". He is currently chief selector for the national side.
1962The Yemen Arab Republic is established.[†]
The Yemen Arab Republic, commonly known as North Yemen or Yemen (Sanaʽa), was a country that existed from 1962 until its unification with the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen in 1990, in the northwestern part of what is now Yemen. Its capital was at Sana'a. It bordered the South Yemen to the southeast, Saudi Arabia to the north and Red Sea to the west, sharing maritime borders with Djibouti and the People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
1962Rachel Carson's book Silent Spring is published, inspiring an environmental movement and the creation of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.[†]
Silent Spring is an environmental science book by Rachel Carson. Published on September 27, 1962, the book documented the environmental harm caused by the indiscriminate use of DDT, a pesticide used by soldiers during World War II. Carson accused the chemical industry of spreading disinformation, and public officials of accepting the industry's marketing claims unquestioningly.
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Rusk confs with Latin-Amer foreign mins, NYC, on creating Caribbean mil orgn to guard against Cuban-based aggression and subversion; problems of lining up Latin-Amer support noted
USSR MIG jet flies to within 150 yds of Pan Amer airliner in Frankfurt-W Berlin corridor; other air harassment noted; US protests; 2 E Berlin youths escape to W Berlin
Barcelona hit by flash flood; some 350 dead, 1,000 hurt; damage over $80 million; illus; map
US angry and concerned over fishing port project; sees possible mil aims; HR votes 384-7, to complete action on joint resolution; Repub objections that it is too weak rejected
Consol Edison plans hydroelec plant on Hudson River near Cornwall, NY; $115-million project will have pumped storage plant with 1.35-million-kw capacity, making it 3d-biggest hydroelec plant in US and biggest owned by private co; co chmn Forbes comments; map; drawing
Cong conf, in upset for Adm, votes to ban most-favored-nation treatment for Poland and Yugoslavia; ban backed by Mills; other action
Meredith barred from regis, Oxford, as Johnson and state ptl block campus entry to him, McShane and Doar; illus; Johnson cites 'Interposition,' scuffles briefly with McShane, refuses to accept ct papers for Barnett from Doar; exch detailed; Citizens Councils exec W J Simmons hails Johnson
Assembly, 141-13, asks Ben Bella to form govt; 31 blank votes cast
indus orders shutdown, charges Local 807 refuses to bargain
Appeals Ct issues 2 new show-cause orders on contempt charges against Barnett, 1 on Justice Dept and 1 on Meredith attys plea; Barnett apparently eludes efforts to have papers served; refuses to accept mail delivery and wire; details; Tuttle orders entire Appeals Ct to sit at hearing; bars comment on issue of service of papers; ct also sets contempt proceedings against Johnson
Rockefeller rejects Morgenthau charge on new indus, int, NYC; holds 604 plants have located or expanded in NYS in past 17 mos
press confs, NYC