November 1962
month of 1962
The following events occurred in November 1962:
November 1, 1962 (Thursday)
Mars 1, also known as Sputnik 24, was launched by the Soviet Union as part of its Mars program, with an expected arrival date of June. The probe would come within 120,000 miles (190,000 km) of Mars on June 19, 1963, but the system that adjusted the probe's antenna to maintain contact with Earth would fail on March 21, 1963.
The United States resumed its arms blockade of ships bound for Cuba, after a two-day suspension during which negotiations had taken place. Meanwhile, the Soviet Union began dismantling its missiles there.
The Mercury Simulator, which had been moved from Virginia's Langley Field on July 23, was installed and readied for operations in Texas in a Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC) building at Ellington Air Force Base in Houston.
Soviet scientist Lev Landau was awarded the 1962 Nobel Prize for Physics in recognition of "his pioneering theories for condense matter, especially liquid helium".
The first issue of the comic series Diabolik was published in Italy.
Born: Anthony Kiedis, American rock musician and singer for Red Hot Chili Peppers; in Grand Rapids, Michigan
Died:
Pyotr Dolgov, 42, colonel in the Soviet Air Force and balloonist. Dolgov and Col. Yevgeni Nikolayevich Andreyev attempted parachute jumps from a Volga balloon gondola, Andreyev at an altitude of 25,458 metres (83,524 ft) and Dolgov at 28,640 metres (93,960 ft).
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