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- From top to bottom, left to right: The Cuban Missile Crisis brings the world to the brink of nuclear war; astronaut John Glenn becomes the first American to orbit the Earth aboard Friendship 7; actress Marilyn Monroe is found dead in Los Angeles; the 1962 FIFA World Cup in Chile sees Brazil defeat Czechoslovakia; the Sino-Indian War erupts along the Himalayan border; the Ole Miss riot of 1962 breaks out over James Meredith’s enrollment; Telstar enables the first live transatlantic TV broadcast; the Évian Accords end the Algerian War, granting Algeria independence; and Wilt Chamberlain scores 100 points in a single NBA game. (en)
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