* 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

She was also a member of the influential Pilkington Committee on Broadcasting from 1960 to 1962.

The 1962 Pilkington Report criticised ITV, and Tyne Tees in particular.

Hoggart was a member of numerous public bodies and committees, including the Albermarle Committee on Youth Services ( 1958 – 1960 ); the Pilkington Committee on Broadcasting ( 1960 – 1962 ); the Arts Council of Great Britain ( 1976 – 1981 ); and the Statesman and Nation Publishing Company Ltd ( 1977 – 1981 ).

Beginning in 1962, Pilkington entered into patent and know-how license agreements with all of its principal competitors.

Next year 1962, at Westminster, the Bench Show Committee has raised the requirements so that a junior must win 3 or more Junior Classes in the open division only to qualify for Westminster.

For instance, at the congresses in 1962 and 1971 the delegates elected the Central Committee unanimously.

In 1962 the United Nations set up a Special Committee on Decolonization, often called the Committee of 24, to encourage this process.

After being debriefed extensively by the CIA, Lockheed, and the Air Force, on March 6, 1962, Powers appeared before a Senate Armed Services Select Committee hearing chaired by Senator Richard Russell and including Senators Prescott Bush and Barry Goldwater Sr.

In 1955 joined the Central Committee of the Slovak branch and in 1962 became a member of the presidium.

In 1958 he also joined the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia, which he served as a secretary from 1960 to 1962 and as a member of the presidium after 1962.

In 1961, he was elected full member of the CPSU Central Committee and was promoted to the Secretariat of the CPSU Central Committee in 1962.

In 1962, Spock joined The Committee for a Sane Nuclear Policy, otherwise known as SANE.

In 1962, when the Eastern Interconnection was established in its current form, The Interconnected Systems Group ( composed of Southern and Midwestern utility companies ), the PJM Interconnection, and the Canada-United States Eastern Interconnection ( CANUSE ) formed the Interconnection Coordination Committee to recommend an informal operations structure, which led to the formation of the North American Power Systems Interconnection Committee ( NAPSIC ).

In July 1962 Glenn testified before the House Space Committee in favor of excluding women from the NASA astronaut program.

The Executive Committee of the National Security Council ( EXCOMM ) was established in the autumn of 1962 to manage the emerging Cuban Missile Crisis.

Both plans were endorsed by the Tri-State Transportation Committee in 1962, and the acquisition for the right-of-ways began almost immediately.

Arendt also taught at the University of Chicago, where she was a member of the Committee on Social Thought ; The New School in New York City ; Yale University, where she was a fellow ; and, the Center for Advanced Studies at Wesleyan University ( 1961 – 1962, 1962 – 1963 ).

* Ed Gillespie ( born 1962 ), Chairman, US Republican National Committee ( 2003 – 2004 ) Presidential Advisor for George W. Bush ( 2007 – 2009 ).

The first mayor, called the Chairman of the Township Committee until 1962, was William S. Hogencamp.

In 1962, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee began one of its first voter-registration projects in Hattiesburg under the auspices of Council of Federated Organizations ).

* Seventy-Fifth Anniversary of Roaring Spring, PA. Roaring Spring: Roaring Spring Historical Committee, 1962.

Further reports followed, and in 1962 the Advisory Committee reported that the canal should be redeveloped, and allocated £ 20, 000 for maintenance and £ 20, 000 to begin restoration.