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The Cuban Missile Crisis
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Military/Space
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- The U.S. Navy Seals are activated.
- Ranger 3 is launched to study the moon, it misses it by 22,000 miles.
- During a new moon and solar eclipse, an extremely rare grand conjunction of the classical planets occurs (it includes all 5 of the naked-eye planets plus the Sun and Moon), all of them within 16° of one another on the ecliptic.
Music
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-The Beatles have their first audition for Decca records.
Disasters
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-In the Netherlands, the Harmelen Train disaster happened, killing 93 people (worst rail disaster in Netherlands)
-An avalanche in Nevado Huascaran (Peru) kills 4000 people
- An American Airlines Boieng 707 crashes in NY on takeoff killing all life on board.
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What happened at the Bombing of Guernica?
what happend on the day of the geurnica bombings? what happend on the day of the geurnica bombings?
What happend at the end of world war 2?
nothing
What crisis takes place in 1962?
The Cuban Missile Crisis, October 1962.
What happend with arms trafficking in Africa after World War 2?
See: Africa
What was d - day and when did it happen?
it happend in june of 1944 and it was when the Americans invaded Normady succesfully
