At least there's one honest person on this board that can at least come up with a simple answer to a simple question.
1962?
John F. Kennedy announces U.S. will resume above ground nuclear testing
U.S. promise Thailand assistance against communist aggression
U.S. advisors in South-Vietnam join the fight
U.S. national debt above $300,000,000,000
New Orleans Citizens Co gives free 1-way ride to blacks to move North
Suit alleging de facto school segregation filed in Rochester, New York
U.S. stock market drops $20.8 billion in 1 day
Lee Harvey Oswald departs Rotterdam on SS Maasdam to U.S.
Martin Luther King, Jr. arrested during demonstration in Georgia
House passes bill requiring equal pay for equal work regardless of sex
Martin Luther King, Jr. jailed in Albany, Georgia
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals orders Meredith admitted to University of Miss
Black church is destroyed by fire in Macon Georgia
John F. Kennedy authorized use of federal troops to integrate University of Mississippi
James Meredith registers for classes at University of Mississippi
John F. Kennedy routes 3,000 federal troops to Mississippi
John F. Kennedy imposes naval blockade on Cuba, beginning missile crisis
Saudi Arabia proclaims abolishing slavery
Edith Spurlock Sampson sworn-in as 1st U.S. black female judge
It was a very good year.
Seems the government was involved with nearly everything.
Don't forget the heavy push for science because of Sputnik a few years before. Science was in it's heyday.