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The year 1962 in
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and
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included many events, some of which are listed below.
ASTRONOMY AND SPACE EXPLORATION
January 26
-
Ranger 3
is launched to study the
Moon
. The
Space Probe
later missed the Moon by 22,000 miles.
February 2
- For the first time in 400 years
Neptune
and
Pluto
align.
,
John Glenn
orbits the
Earth
three times in 4 hours, 55 minutes becoming the first American to orbit the Earth.
April 26
- The
Ranger 4
spacecraft crashes into the
Moon
.
AWARDS
Nobel Prize
s
---
Physics
-
Lev Davidovich Landau
---
Chemistry
-
Max Ferdinand Perutz
,
John Cowdery Kendrew
---
Medicine
-
Francis Harry Compton Crick
,
James Dewey Watson
,
Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins
DEATHS
February 19
-
Georgios Papanikolaou
(b.
1883
),
Inventor
of the
Pap Smear
.
March 24
-
Auguste Piccard
(b.
1884
),
Physicist
and
Explorer
.
November 18
-
Niels Bohr
(b.
1885
),
Danish
Physicist
.
December 20
-
Emil Artin
(b.
1898
),
Mathematician
.
December 24
-
Wilhelm Ackermann
(b.
1896
),
Mathematician
.