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August - September
This is all the important events that happened during August and September 1962 -
Nelson Mandela arrested for leaving country illegally
On 5 August 1962 Mandela was arrested after living on the run for seventeen months, and was imprisoned in the Johannesburg Fort.The arrest was made possible because the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) tipped off the security police as to Mandela's whereabouts and disguise. -
Actress Marilyn Monroe found dead in her Los Angeles home
Marilyn Monroe was found dead in the bedroom of her Brentwood home by her psychoanalyst Ralph S. Greenson after he was called by Monroe's live-in housekeeper Eunice Murray on August 5, 1962. She was 36 years old at the time of her death. Her death was ruled to be "acute barbiturate poisoning" by Dr. Thomas Noguchi of the Los Angeles County Coroners office and listed as "probable suicide". -
Jamaica became an independent dominion within the British Commonwealth
This is when Jamaica split from the british commonwealth -
Robbers held up a U.S. mail truck in Plymouth, Mass., making off with more than $1.5 million
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Shady Grove Baptist Church was burned in Leesburg, Georgia
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The Beatles dropped Pete Best as their drummer.
George Martin, after hearing their demo tape and listening to them live in studio was "less than impressed" with Pete's drumming abilities. He told Brian Epstein that while he wouldn't interfere with their live shows, he wanted to do what was done quite often in those days: replace a so-called "lesser" player in a band with a studio musician when recording. -
UN announced Earth’s that human population has hit 3 billion.
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The Beatles recorded their first single for EMI, "Love Me Do" and "P.S. I Love You,"
The Beatles recorded their first single for EMI, "Love Me Do" and "P.S. I Love You," at EMI studios in London. The recording contract was offered by producer George Martin. Drummer Ringo Starr joined John, Paul and George for his first recording session as a Beatles, replacing Pete Best. "Love Me Do" was the result and it took 17 takes to complete. -
The first federal suit to end public school segregation was filed by the U.S. Justice Department
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"The Jetsons," a TV animated Hanna-Barbera cartoon series about a Space Age family, premiered as the ABC television network's first color program
"The Jetsons," a TV animated Hanna-Barbera cartoon series about a Space Age family, premiered as the ABC television network's first color program. It was a futuristic mirror image of the Flintstones. Penny Singleton (1908-2003) was the voice of Jane Jetson.
