In Washington D. C., the U. S. House of Representatives approves legislation to establish equal pay regardless of sex. General Maxwell Taylor replaces General Lauris Norstad as head of the U. S. Joint Chiefs of Staff. Hydrogen bomb testing in the Pacific illuminates the night sky from Hawaii to New Zealand. In other news, Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev announces that the Soviet Union would defend China against any attacker. French President Charles De Gaulle officially declares Algeria´s independence from France. The First Wal-Mart discount store is opened by by Sam Walton in Bentonville, Arkansas.
The New York Yankees defeat the Giants, now of San Francisco, to take the World Series in baseball. Jackie Robinson is elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame. In football, the Green Bay Packers become NFL Champions, defeating the New York Giants, 16-7. The Boston Celtics win their fourth straight NBA title, this time defeating the Los Angeles Lakers. Jack Nicklaus wins the U. S. Open Golf title. Dawn Fraser becomes the first woman to swim 100 meters in less than a minute. A horse named Decidedly wins the Kentucky Derby with jockey W. Hartack.
Back in 1962, the popular songs of that time were: "Big Girls Don´t Cry" performed by The Four Seasons; "Duke of Earl" performed by Gene Chandler; "Good Luck Charm" sung by Elvis Presley; as well as "Johnny Angel" by Shelley Fabares. Also topping the musical charts that year were: "Roses Are Red" by Bobby Vinton; "Sherry" by The Four Seasons; "Soldier Boy" by The Shirelles; and the ever popular "The Twist" by Chubby Checker
June 1962 - "The Alfred Hitchcock show" last aires and has a total of 268 episodes.
09/11/1962 - "McHales Navy" debuts on ABC. Show would run 03/30/1962 - The NCB talk show, "The Jack Paar show" has it's last episode on this day. until 8/20/1966 with 138 episodes.
09/17/1962 - The popular CBS/NBC situation comedy, "Father knows best ends. It had 203 episodes.
09/22/1962 - "The Andy Williams show", a musical/variety show, aires. Show ended on 7/17/1971.
09/23/1962 - ABC's 1st color TV series aires-"The Jetsons". There were 24 episodes and the last one was on 9/8/1963.
09/25/1962 - "Bachelor father", a situation comedy ends with 157 episodes to it's credit.
09/26/1962 - "The Beverly Hillbillies debuts on CBS-TV. 274 episodes were made before it's last show on 9/7/1971.
10/02/1962 - "Here's Johnny!" Johnny Carson hosts his 1st Tonight Show on NBC-TV with guest star, Joan Crawford. Johnny hosted until May 22, 1992 and had a total of 4531 episodes!
10/2/1962 - "Combat", a war drama aires on ABC-TV. This show ran until 8/29/1967 and finished with 152 episodes.
10/01/1962 - Lucy Show premieres.
12/20/1962 - Osmond brothers debut on the Andy Williams show. 12/31/1962 - "Match Game" debuts on NBC with host Gene Rayburn.
Best Movie: "Lawrence Of Arabia" - Directed by David Lean
Best Actor: Gregory Peck - "To Kill a Mockingbird"
Best Actress: Anne Bancroft - "The Miracle Worker"
President: 
In Washington D. C., the U. S. House of Representatives approves legislation to establish equal pay regardless of sex. General Maxwell Taylor replaces General Lauris Norstad as head of the U. S. Joint Chiefs of Staff. Hydrogen bomb testing in the Pacific illuminates the night sky from Hawaii to New Zealand. In other news, Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev announces that the Soviet Union would defend China against any attacker. French President Charles De Gaulle officially declares Algeria´s independence from France. 
The New York Yankees defeat the Giants, now of San Francisco, to take the World Series in baseball. Jackie Robinson is elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame. In football, the Green Bay Packers become NFL Champions, defeating the New York Giants, 16-7. The Boston Celtics win their fourth straight NBA title, this time defeating the Los Angeles Lakers. Jack Nicklaus wins the U. S. Open Golf title. Dawn Fraser becomes the first woman to swim 100 meters in less than a minute. A horse named Decidedly wins the Kentucky Derby with jockey W. Hartack.
Back in 1962, the popular songs of that time were: "Big Girls Don´t Cry" performed by The Four Seasons; "Duke of Earl" performed by Gene Chandler; "Good Luck Charm" sung by Elvis Presley; as well as "Johnny Angel" by Shelley Fabares. Also topping the musical charts that year were: "Roses Are Red" by Bobby Vinton; "Sherry" by The Four Seasons; "Soldier Boy" by The Shirelles; and the ever popular "The Twist" by Chubby Checke
