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Christian Anti-Communist Crusade rally, Los Angeles; Schwarz sees '62 drive grossing close to $1 million despite attacks on orgn; rally televised; $5,000 gift by P J Frawley Jr pays cost
Spaak calls Tshombe rebel, says Belgium would back central Govt in mil action against Katanga, repts M Dubuisson sent to Tshombe as special envoy to try to arrange talks with Adoula, s, Brussels U; central Govt urges 17 nations to embargo imports from Katanga
1 of 2 launched from Kwajale in Is intercepts Atlas ICBM, launched from Vandenberg Base, Calif, in flight; other Nike-Zeus destroyed in flight because of malfunction; other details; Nike-Zeus program revd
Brit officials rept deadlock broken by accord to set up special com to study agr proposals
1962Rex Ryan, American football coach and analyst[†]
Rex Ashley Ryan is an American former football coach and analyst. Ryan was formerly the head coach of the New York Jets and Buffalo Bills of the National Football League (NFL), and also held various coaching positions with seven other NFL and college teams.
1962Harry Barris, American singer-songwriter and pianist (born 1905)[†]
Harry Barris was an American popular singer and songwriter. He was one of the earliest singers to use "scat singing" in recordings. Barris, one of Paul Whiteman's Rhythm Boys, along with Bing Crosby and Al Rinker, scatted on several songs, including "Mississippi Mud," which Barris wrote in 1927.
1962NASA launches Relay 1, the first active repeater communications satellite in orbit.[†]
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is an independent agency of the US federal government responsible for the United States's civil space program, aeronautics research and space research. Established in 1958, it succeeded the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) to give the American space development effort a distinct civilian orientation, emphasizing peaceful applications in space science. It has since led most of America's space exploration programs, including Project Mercury, Project Gemini, the 1968–1972 Apollo program missions, the Skylab space station, and the Space Shuttle. Currently, NASA supports the International Space Station (ISS) along with the Commercial Crew Program and oversees the development of the Orion spacecraft and the Space Launch System for the lunar Artemis program.
In 1962, the world population was approximately 3,123,374,315 people[†]