September 1962

Saturday 01:

Channel Television launches to 54,000 households in the Channel Islands.

Saturday 08:

Newly independent, Algeria, by referendum, adopts a Constitution.

Tuesday 11:

The Beatles record their debut single, Love Me Do.

Wednesday 12:

President John F. Kennedy declares the USA will get a man on the moon, and bring him back, by the end of the decade.

Saturday 15:

The Soviet ship Poltava heads toward Cuba, one of the events that sets into motion the Cuban Missile Crisis.

Thursday 20:

James Meredith, an African-American, is barred from entering the University of Mississippi.

Sunday 23:

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City opens with the first building completed, Philharmonic Hall, now Avery Fisher Hall home of the New York Philharmonic.

Monday 24:

United States court of appeals orders the University of Mississippi to admit James Meredith.

Tuesday 25:

The People's Democratic Republic of Algeria is formally proclaimed. Ferhat Abbas is elected President of the provisional government.

Wednesday 26:

Premiere of The Beverly Hillbillies on CBS.

Saturday 29:

Alouette 1, the first Canadian satellite is launched.

Sunday 30:

James Meredith enters the University of Mississippi, defying segregation.