* Atlas Computer ( Manchester ) ( 1962 – 1971 ), an early computer built at the University of Manchester

** Atlas Major, a Standard Motor Company van 1962 – 1963

* Atlas ( 1927 – 1962 ), a LMS Royal Scot Class steam locomotive

* 1962 – Leonard Bernstein causes controversy with his remarks from the podium during a New York Philharmonic concert featuring Glenn Gould performing Brahms ' First Piano Concerto.

* 1903 – Mickey Cochrane, American baseball player ( d. 1962 )

* 1962 – Iris Häussler, German artist

* 1901 – Lowell Stockman, American politician ( d. 1962 )

* 1962 – Art Alexakis, American singer, composer, and guitarist ( Everclear, Colorfinger, and The Easy Hoes )

* 1962 – Nobuhiko Takada, Japanese mixed martial arts fighter and wrestler

* 1962 – The Mariner 2 unmanned space mission is launched to Venus by NASA.

* 1962 – Vic Mignogna, American voice actor, singer, and director

* 1962 – Adam Oates, Canadian ice hockey player

* 1962 – Jamaica becomes independent from the United Kingdom.

* 1892 – Hoot Gibson, American actor ( d. 1962 )

* 1962 – Marc Lavoine, French singer and actor

* 1962 – Michelle Yeoh, Malaysian-Hong Kong actress

* 1872 – Archduke Joseph August of Austria, Austrian field marshal ( d. 1962 )

* 1962 – Louis Lipps, American football player

* 1962 – Kevin Mack, American football player

* 1962 – John " Hot Rod " Williams, American basketball player

* 1962 – Representatives from the Russian Orthodox Church and Vatican City meet in Metz, France, and come to an agreement wherein the Russian church would send observers to the Second Vatican Council and in exchange, the Roman Catholic Church would refuse to condemn Communism.

* 1879 – John Ireland, English composer ( d. 1962 )

* 1890 – Ellen Osiier, Danish fencer ( d. 1962 )

* 1962 – Thanos Kalliris, Greek singer-songwriter ( Bang )

* 1962 – John Slattery, American actor

* 1962 – First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy takes television viewers on a tour of the White House.

The club was promoted back into the First Division in 1962 and won it in 1964, for the first time in 17 years.

More recent uses include: by France during the First Indochina War ( 1946 – 1954 ), the Algerian War ( 1954 – 1962 ), the Portuguese Colonial War ( 1961 – 1974 ) and the Western Sahara War ( 1975 – 1991 ), The Six-Day War by Israel ( 1967 ), in Nigeria ( 1969 ), India and Pakistan ( 1965 and 1971 ), Turkey during the invasion of Cyprus ( 1974 ), by Morocco during the Western Sahara War ( 1975 – 1991 ), Iran ( 1980 – 88 ), Brazil ( 1972 ), Egypt ( 1973 ), Iraq ( 1980 – 88, 1991, 2003 – 2011 ), Angola ( 1993 ), Yugoslavia ( 1991-1996 ), and by Argentina ( 1982 ).

* 1884 – Eleanor Roosevelt, First Lady of the United States and humanitarian ( d. 1962 )

** Eleanor Roosevelt, First Lady of the United States ( d. 1962 )

* 1962: First flight of the A-12 Blackbird.

* 1962: First year of 50 cc class.

* First African-American to win Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical: Diahann Carroll for No Strings in 1962.

In 1962, his district was merged with the 3rd District in western Kansas to form the 1st Congressional District, a huge 60-county district that soon became known as the " Big First.

* 1962 – First Oral Polio Vaccine ( Sabin )

Alcatraz Island appears often in popular culture, including the films The Book of Eli ( 2010 ), X-Men: The Last Stand ( 2006 ), Catch Me If You Can ( 2002 ), The Rock ( 1996 ), Murder in the First ( 1995 ), Escape from Alcatraz ( 1979 ), Birdman of Alcatraz ( 1962 ), and J. J. Abrams ' 2012 television series Alcatraz.

* Mercury-Atlas 6 – 20 February 1962 – First American manned Earth orbiter

* Mariner 2 – 27 August 1962 – First successful planetary encounter, First successful Venus flyby

Because of his recommendation, First Lady of the United States Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy undertook her 1962 diplomatic missions in India and Pakistan.

) In 1962 Bernstein caused controversy with his comments before a performance by Glenn Gould of the First Piano Concerto of Johannes Brahms.

Although they reached the top flight of English football when promoted to Football League First Division in 1962, Orient currently play in Football League One.

At the 1962 First World Conference on National Parks in Seattle the effect the Industrial Revolution had had on the world's natural environment was acknowledged and the need to preserve it for future generations was established.

The First International Jazz Festival, held in Washington, D. C. in 1962, featured another extended work.

* NHL First All-Star Team Left Wing ( 1960, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, and 1972 )

* First traffic light, 1962 ( Which was run over by the nightwatchman only 1 week later and was never reinstalled )

* Your First Impression ( 1 episode, 1962 )

** Sir Solomon Hochoy 何才 ( 1905-1983 ; born in Jamaica ), First and only non-white, non-British Governor, 1960 – 1962 and Governor General, 1962 – 1972, Trinidad and Tobago