November 3, 1962
That fall of 1962, gas ran $0.31 a gallon and Kennedy was in the White House — and the Cuban Missile Crisis had just pushed the United States and Soviet Union to the edge of nuclear confrontation before Soviet cargo ships turned back from a U.S. naval blockade and the standoff began to ease. On the cultural front, The 4 Seasons were at number one with "Sherry," and "The Dick Van Dyke Show" was earning Emmy recognition as one of television's top comedies. The New York Yankees defeated the San Francisco Giants in seven games to claim the World Series, and that same October, astronaut Wally Schirra completed six orbits of the Earth aboard the "Sigma 7" capsule, logging nearly nine hours in space during the Mercury-Atlas 8 mission.
On the cover
Magazine Covers — November 3, 1962
NY Times Headlines — Week of November 3, 1962
Yemen Alerts Units To Strike At Saudis; Yemen Says Her Forces Mass For Invasion Of Saudi Arabia
Cuban Crisis: A Step-By-Step Review; Cuban Crisis: A Step-By-Step Review Of Events That Led To Naval Quarantine Soviet Build-Up Started In July U.S. Reconnaissance Flight Of Oct. 14 Provided Photo Evidence Second Week Of Crisis As Situation Passed Climax Toward An Easing Of Tension
U.S. Forces Keep Watch On Cubans; Most Of Capital Is Relaxed About Crisis--President Visits Glen Ora Retreat U.S. Forces Keep Watch On Cubans Soviet Talks Sought
Soviet Bloc Journal Assails Opponents Of East-West Talks; Confrontation Possible Soviet Journal Assails Faction Recent Editorial Mentioned No Direct Support Dogmatists Criticized Vioations Charged First News To Russians
U.S. Closes Series Of A-Tests In Air; Urges World Ban; Kennedy Seeks Pact To Bar All Blasts After Small One Ends Pacific Program Soviet Fires 31st Shot Nevada Underground Trials To Go On, President Says, While Accord Is Sought Underground Tests Continue U.S. Ends Series Of A-Tests In Air
Gain For Kennedy Program Seen In Results Of Congress Election; Nixon Bitter In Conceding Defeat; President Elated Prestige Is Heightened By His Success In Midterm Voting Campaigning Cut Short Kennedy Policy Helped By Voting New Hampshire Returns
World Events — November 1962
Time Person of the Year — 1962
On the radio
Billboard Charts — November 3, 1962
Grammy Awards
On the bookshelf
On the television
Nielsen Top 10 — 1962–63 Season
Emmy Winners — 1962
At the movies
Box Office & Oscar Winners — November 3, 1962
Ebert 4-Star Films — November 3, 1962
On the field
Sports Champions — November 3, 1962
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