June 5, 1962
The federal minimum wage stood at $1.15/hr that summer of 1962, and the Dow Jones sat at 652 — with the U.S. and Soviet Union locked in ongoing negotiations over a nuclear test ban treaty, casting a shadow over international relations even as everyday American life moved forward. Bobby Vinton's "Roses Are Red (My Love)" sat at the top of the charts, and audiences were filling theaters to see Cary Grant and Doris Day in "That Touch of Mink," the summer's top-grossing film. On July 10, AT&T's Telstar satellite launched into orbit and transmitted the first live transatlantic television pictures, marking the first time a commercial communications satellite had ever relayed a signal between continents.
On the cover
Magazine Covers — June 5, 1962
NY Times Headlines — Week of June 5, 1962
H-Bomb Destroyed In Air After Rocket'S Radio Fails; Fragments Of High-Altitude Device Fall Into Pacific--A.E.C. Terms Hazard Small--Soviet Charges A U.S. Plot H-Bomb Blown Up As Radio Falters
Kennedy Pledges To Push Tax Cuts Effective Jan. 1; Would Slash Both Personal And Corporate Levies Bars Reduction Now Senate Panel Prodded President Urges Appropriate Moves To Make Certain Recovery Is Strong
Makarios Warns Of Nuclear Peril; Cyprus Leader, At U.N., Bids Atom Powers Act To Avert Impending Catastrophe
U.S.-Soviet Pact On Space Drafted; Accord Includes Provisions For Weather Satellites 'Important Step' Seen U.S.-Soviet Pact On Space Drafted
7th Army On Red Borders Gets Small Nuclear-Capable Weapons; 7th Army Carries Small A-Weapons
Pentagon To Take Major Space Role To Balk Russians; Assigns Air Force To Work On Manned-Satellite Plans For Combat Purposes Policy Study Started White House Backs Move To Enlarge Program In Shift From Civilian Emphasis Pentagon To Take Major Space Role
World Events — June 1962
Time Person of the Year — 1962
On the radio
Billboard Charts — June 5, 1962
Grammy Awards
On the bookshelf
On the television
Nielsen Top 10 — 1961–62 Season
Emmy Winners — 1962
At the movies
Box Office & Oscar Winners — June 5, 1962
Ebert 4-Star Films — June 5, 1962
On the field
Sports Champions — June 5, 1962
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