What Happened in Sep 1962

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

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

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

"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

"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

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