In 1962 a further undersea cable was laid by HMTS Ariel between Colwyn Bay and the Island.

There were also several nuclear test missiles that were launched from Johnston Island in 1962 during the " Operation Dominic " series of nuclear tests, from a launchpad at.

* 1962 – Frank Morris, John Anglin and Clarence Anglin allegedly become the only prisoners to escape from the prison on Alcatraz Island.

Nuclear tests were conducted in the region around Christmas Island by the United Kingdom in the late 1950s, and by the United States in 1962.

The United Kingdom detonated some of nuclear payload near and directly above Christmas Island in 1957 / 58, while the United States between 25 April and 11 July 1962 successfully tested nuclear devices of about payload altogether in the vicinity of the island.

* 1962 – In a test of the Nike-Hercules air defense missile, Shot Dominic-Tightrope is successfully detonated 69, 000 feet above Johnston Island.

For example, every transport service operated solely on Great Barrier Island, the Chatham Islands, or Stewart Island / Rakiura is exempt from section 70C of the Transport Act 1962 ( the requirements for drivers to maintain driving-hours logbooks ).

* L ' isola di Arturo (" Arturo's Island ", 1962 )

* Bathurst 1000 held at Mount Panorama Circuit since 1963 ( the race was held at Phillip Island from 1960 – 1962 )

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.

The Ward Hunt Ice Shelf, the largest remaining section of thick (> 10 m, > 30 ft ) landfast sea ice along the northern coastline of Ellesmere Island, lost of ice in a massive calving in 1961 – 1962.

In 1962, Capehart attained his greatest popularity and what would ultimately become his lasting legacy as one of the key figures in the Cuban Missile Crisis by calling for a " crack-down on Cuba " and warning of a missile build-up on the Island.

Two major storms influenced the course of Worcester County history in the 20th century: the hurricane of 1933, which badly damaged Ocean City and Public Landing, but also cut the Ocean City Inlet, and the nor ' easter of 1962, which destroyed much of the residential development on Assateague Island and led to the creation of the National Seashore.

* Hero's Island ( 1962 )

A " sexually ambivalent " young man (' Murugan Mailendra ') in Aldous Huxley's Island ( 1962 ) is likened to Antinous, and his lover Colonel Dipa ( an older man ) to Hadrian, after the narrator discovers the two are having a secret affair.

Vinny Paz, formerly Vinny Pazienza ( born Vincenzo Edward Pazienza on December 16, 1962 in Cranston, Rhode Island ) is an Italian-American former boxer and world champion in the lightweight and light middleweight weight classes.

A fictional drug in Aldous Huxley's 1932 novel, Brave New World in which the population voluntarily consume Soma to dispel any anxieties or negative emotion " One cubic centimetre cures ten gloomy sentiments " and also in the 1962 novel, Island.

Its largely negative view was reversed when the author revisited the same themes in his utopian final novel, Island ( 1962 ).

Washington's achievements included appearances at the Newport Jazz Festival ( 1955 – 59 ), the Randalls Island Jazz Festival in New York City ( 1959 ), and the International Jazz Festival in Washington D. C. ( 1962 ), frequent gigs at Birdland ( 1958, 1961 – 62 ), and performances in 1963 with Count Basie and Duke Ellington.

From there, he moved again to Italy in 1962 where he started a collaboration with the children's comic book magazine Il Corriere dei Piccoli, for which he adapted several classics of adventure literature, including Treasure Island and Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson.

Boorda was selected for potential commissioning under the Integration Program in 1962, by which non-commissioned men were admitted to the Navy's Officer Candidate School in Newport, Rhode Island.

A further instrumental, " Lonely Island "/" Green Hills " ( Liberty 55460 ) under the name of The Shamrocks was to appear on Liberty Records on June 6, 1962.

During the 1940s and 1950s the only airline nonstops were to Los Angeles, San Diego, and sometimes Catalina Island ; in 1962 Western Airlines started one Lockheed Electra flight a day to San Francisco.

To summarize, it may be said that there is no one prevailing practice in Rhode Island with respect to the taxation of movable property, that assessors would like to see an improvement, and of those who have an opinion, that assessment by the town of location is preferred on the basis of their present knowledge.

Assessors in Rhode Island are charged not only with placing a valuation upon real and personal property, but they also have the responsibility to raise by a tax `` a sum not less than nor more than '' a specified amount as ordered by a city council or financial town meeting.

With minor exceptions, this expansion was instituted either by firms based in Rhode Island or out-of-state manufacturers already operating here.

They are conscious of this state's new feeling of optimism and assurance and are definitely impressed by the number of new plants and construction projects in Rhode Island.

We also continued to run a series of ads featuring endorsement of Rhode Island by industrialists who had recently established new plants here.

Other special mailings by the Industrial Division included copies of speeches delivered at the Governor's Conference, letters and brochures to conferees at Med-Chemical Symposium at University of Rhode Island and letters and reprints of industrial advertisements to such organizations as Society of Industrial Realtors.

Recognizing the truth of the statement by the Institute of Public Administration that `` Metropolian Planning ( in Rhode Island ) means, or should mean, state planning '', the state guide plan will take into account the metropolitan nature of many of Rhode Island's problems.

The rural land use study is being carried out under contract by the University of Rhode Island and identifies all agricultural land uses in the state by type of use.

Rhode Island Heritage Week proclamation by John A. Notte, Jr., governor

Miss Rhode Island Pageant Week proclamation by John A. Notte, Jr., Governor

The Miss Rhode Island Pageant is sponsored by the Rhode Island Junior Chamber of Commerce as a part of the nation-wide search for the typical American girl -- a Miss America from Rhode Island.

The State Ballet of Rhode Island Week proclamation by John A. Notte, Jr., Governor

`` Whereas, a Bridge over Merrimack River, from the Land of Hon'ble Jonathan Greenleaf, Esquire, in Newbery, to Deer Island, and from said Island to Salisbury, would be of very extensive utility, by affording a safe Conveyance to Carriages, Teams and Travellers at all seasons of the year, and at all Times of Tide.

More typical is the case of a suburban Long Island housewife described by a marriage counselor.

The tract is bounded by Island Ave., Dicks Ave., 61st St., and Eastwick Ave..

A check for $4,177.37 representing the last payment of a $50,000 federal grant to Rhode Island Hospital was presented to the hospital administrator, Oliver G. Pratt, yesterday by Governor Notte.

The deodorant firm run by Pesce has offices in the headquarters of Glimco's discredited taxi drivers' union at 1213-15 Blue Island Av..

In Nassau County, for example, the heavily settled Long Island suburb of New York City, the system is credited by the state with serving one million persons, a figure that has doubled since 1950.

* 1942 – World War II: Battle of Savo Island – Allied naval forces protecting their amphibious forces during the initial stages of the Battle of Guadalcanal are surprised and defeated by an Imperial Japanese Navy cruiser force.

The House of Representatives has 18 members, elected for a two year term, 17 in single-seat constituencies and one by a public meeting on Swain Island.