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1962
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World Events
U.S. Events
Economics
US GDP (1998 dollars): $585.2 billion Federal spending: $106.82 billion Federal debt: $302.9 billion Consumer Price Index: 30.2 Unemployment: 6.7% Cost of a first-class stamp: $0.04
Sports
World SeriesNY Yankees d. San Francisco Giants (4-3)NBA ChampionshipBoston d. LA Lakers (4-3)Stanley CupToronto d. Chicago (4-2)WimbledonWomen: Karen Susman d. V. Sukova (6-4 6-4) Men: Rod Laver d. M. Mulligan (6-2 6-2 6-1)Kentucky Derby ChampionDecidedlyNCAA Basketball ChampionshipCincinnati d. Ohio St. (71-59)NCAA Football ChampionsUSC (11-0-0)World CupBrazil d. Czechoslovakia (3-1)
Entertainment
Entertainment Awards
Pulitzer Prizes Fiction: The Edge of Sadness, Edwin O'Connor Music: The Crucible, Robert Ward Drama: How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Frank Loesser and Abe Burrows Oscars awarded in 1962 Academy Award, Best Picture: West Side Story, Robert Wise, producer (United Artists) Nobel Prize for Literature: John Steinbeck (US) 1962 Emmy Awards 1962 Tony Awards Grammys awarded in 1962 Record of the Year: "Moon River," Henry Mancini Album of the Year: Judy at Carnegie Hall, Judy Garland (Capitol) Song of the Year: "Moon River," Henry Mancini and Johnny Mercer, songwriters Miss America: Maria Fletcher (NC) More Entertainment Awards...
Events- Marilyn Monroe dies of a drug overdose at age 36.
- The first transatlantic television transmission occurs via the Telstar Satellite, making worldwide television and cable networks a reality.
- Government regulations force studios out of the talent agency business.
- Johnny Carson takes over hosting duties of The Tonight Show.
Movies- Lawrence of Arabia, To Kill a Mockingbird, The Manchurian Candidate, Divorce-Italian Style
Books- James Baldwin, Another Country
- Jorge Luis Borges, Labyrinths, Ficciones
- Rachel Carson, Silent Spring
- Robert Frost, In the Clearing
- Günter Grass, The Tin Drum
- Ken Kesey, One Flew Over the Cuckoo' Nest
- Sylvia Plath, The Colossus and Other Poems
- Anne Sexton, All My Pretty Ones
- William Stafford, Traveling through the Dark
- Richard Yates, Eleven Kinds of Loneliness
Science
Nobel Prizes in Science
Chemistry: Max F. Perutz and John C. Kendrew (UK), for mapping protein molecules with X-rays Physics: Lev D. Landau (USSR), for his theories about condensed matter Physiology or Medicine: James D. Watson (US), Maurice H. F. Wilkins, and Francis H. C. Crick (both UK), for determining structure of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)
Deaths
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