What Happened in Sep 1962
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Publication of Rachel Carson's "Silent Spring"
Silent Spring is a book written by Rachel Carson and published by Houghton Mifflin in September 1962. The book is widely credited with helping... Read more
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First Nuclear Ballistic Missiles Arrive in Cuba
The first consignment of SS-3 MRBMs (medium range ballistic missiles) arrived on the night of September 8, followed by a second on September 16.... Read more
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John F. Kennedy Delivers "Moon" Speech at Rice University
We choose to go to the Moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard. Read more
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"Divorce, Italian Style" Is Released
Divorce, Italian Style (Italian: Divorzio all'italiana) is a 1961 Italian comedy film directed by Pietro Germi, written by Ennio De Concini, Pietro... Read more
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"The Longest Day" Is Released
The Longest Day is a 1962 war film based on the 1959 history book The Longest Day by Cornelius Ryan, about "D-Day", the invasion of Normandy on 6... Read more
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Rachel Carson Breaks to Silence on DDT
Excerpted in the New Yorker three months before it was published as a book, biologist Rachel Carson's eloquent, rigorous attack on the overuse of... Read more