1962

shot down over Cuba by a surface-to-air missile.” In the database article “Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962” it indicates, "A U.S. U-2 flight over Cuba was shot down that day by Soviet SAMs, which had just become operational.” The U.S.S.R. also sent some soldiers and mechanics to Cuba along with the nuclear missiles. In the database "UXL Encyclopedia: Cuban Missile Crisis” it says, “On October 27, 1962, a Soviet missile shot down a U.S. U2 plane, and its pilot was killed. All totaled, the Soviet…

history filled with records. At their birth, they started as the Philadelphia Warriors from 1946-1962. A sensational game that their team played was on March 2, 1962, when Wilt Chamberlain, the center of their team, scored 100 points in a game. That record still hasn’t been beaten to date. After the Philadelphia Warriors, they moved from Philadelphia to San Francisco and became San Francisco Warriors from 1962-1971. San Francisco took home not 1, but 2 Finals trophies unlike the Philadelphia…

with the growth of racist attitudes and segregation. Harper Lee’s 1960 classic literary novel “To Kill a Mockingbird” was successful in delicately portraying this racial segregation. Just two years later, Robert Mulligan directed the Oscar winning, 1962 film adaptation, taking the novel’s challenged tropes to the big screen, much to the appeal of fans. The novel and film adaptation had displayed similarities and differences that distinctly evoke emotion in its audiences. The film using film…

(INSERT CATCHY THING) Ken Kesey wrote One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest in 1962. The novel presented many hippie, counter culture ideas, such as society’s negative toll on an individual’s psyche, and that sanity and madness is more of a matter of who is and isn’t adjusted to society (Shechner, 2002). The novel also explores the deplorable conditions and treatments mental patients are subjected to, from electroshock therapy to lobotomies to physical and mental abuse, all from the perspective of a…

Gender-roles have always played a huge part in our society. “On Chisel Beach” by Ian McEwan is a great novel that represents gender-roles. This novel was released in 2008, but it is based on the year 1962. In 1962 was the year a huge shift in sexual relations and social relations. In most cases in 1962 young couples were married without knowing much of anything about sex. This novel comprises at…

photo taken by Cecil Stoughton of the two happen to be at a Democratic even taken May 19, 1962 after Marilyn sang “Happy Birthday” at Madison Square Garden just two months before she died. After the public appearance any possible relationship John F. Kennedy had with Marilyn had been severed and she died by overdosing on…

Have you seen the big Wal-Mart stores and superstores in your area? Well it had to be found by somebody. Samuel Walton was born on March 29, 1918 in Kingfisher, Oklahoma. Samuel Moore Walton opened his first Wal-Mart in 1962 after years in the retail management business. This retail discount chain, by 2010 was the one of the worlds largest companies. Samuel Walton’s goal was to make a store that would offer the best prices and attract customers. This can also be revealed by their slogan “Save…

Crucible” is about the Salem witch trials in 1962, where puritan girls were accusing innocent men and women in Salem of witchery. This led to the execution of twenty-one people and jailing of hundred-fifty people. The people of Salem, Massachusetts were of Puritan faith, which stressed the biblical teaching that witches were real and deadly. Characters in author Miller’s play “The Crucible” shows the controversy in Salem during the witch trails of 1962. Reverend John Hale is summoned in Act I…

UN really couldn’t do anything about the issue. The HistoryWorld: History Of Rwanda details the origins of the Rwandan Genocide. It discusses the Ruanda-Urundi region from 1887-1914, the region being colonized by Belgium from 1914-1962, gaining its independence in 1962, the prelude…

the State of Tennessee had not redrawn its legislation districts since 1901. While the population was increasing in the State of Tennessee, its political representative still stayed the same. Charles Baker and other urban residents of Memphis in 1920-1962 sued the appointed Tennessee’s Secretary of State Joseph Carr. The notion of lawsuit argument was that the establishment of the districts was a violation of the 14th Amendment of the Constitution. The case was dismissed in the district court…