What events of 1962 will Mad Men use on their second season?
Here are some events of 1962. Which events do you predict Mad Men writers will use?
The Sunday Times becomes the first paper to print a colour supplement.
The United States Government bans all U.S.-related Cuban imports and exports
Best Picture of 1962 - West Side Story
Other Pictures of 1962 - Breakfast at Tiffany's
World's Fair in Seattle Washington - The Space Needle is highlighted
Dayton Hudson Corporation opens the first of its Target discount stores
Engel v. Vitale: The United States Supreme Court rules that mandatory prayers in public schools are unconstitutional
The first Wal-Mart store opens for business in Rogers, Arkansas
AT&T's Telstar, the world's first commercial communications satellite, is launched into orbit, and activated the next day
Telstar relays the first live trans-Atlantic television signal
Amazing Fantasy #15 is released, and is the first published work featuring Spider-Man.
NASA launches the Mariner 2 space probe.
President John F. Kennedy, at a speech at Rice University, reaffirms that the U.S. will put a man on the moon by the end of the decade
Rachel Carson's book Silent Spring is released, giving rise to the modern environmentalist movement.
Cuban Missile Crisis begins: A U-2 flight over Cuba takes photos of Soviet nuclear weapons being installed. A stand-off then ensues the next day between the United States and the Soviet Union, threatening the world with nuclear war
The term "Personal computer" is first mentioned by the media.
Richard M. Nixon loses the California governor's race. In his concession speech, he states that this is his "last press conference" and that "you won't have Dick Nixon to kick around any more
Vietnam War: After a trip to Vietnam at the request of U.S. President John F. Kennedy, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield becomes the first American official not to make an optimistic public comment on the war's progress.
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