1962 in the Soviet Union
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The following lists events that happened during 1962 in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
Events
June
- 1-2 June - Novocherkassk massacre
- 17 June - K-3 becomes the first Soviet submarine to reach the North Pole. [1]
- 30 June - Aeroflot Flight 902 crashes 28 kilometers east of Krasnoyarsk airport, killing all 84 on board. [2]
October
- 14-28 October - The Cuban Missile Crisis occurs between the United States and Soviet Union over the deployment of Soviet ballistic missiles to Cuba.
Births
- 30 August - Alexander Litvinenko, poisoned former KGB and FSB colonel
Deaths
- 19 September - Nikolai Pogodin, Soviet playwright (b. 1900)
References
- ↑ "The Triumph and Tragedy of the Leninskiy Komsomol". rusnavy.com. Retrieved 2015-04-30.
- ↑ "Criminal occurrence description". Aircraft Safety Network. Flight Safety Foundation. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
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