The year I was born...so is Jerry Rice, Bo Jackson, Roger Clemens, Axl Rose, Jon Bon Jovi, Flea, Paula Abdul, MC Hammer, Sheryl Crow, Tom Cruise, Jim Carrey, Emilio Estevez, Ferris Buehler, Demi Moore, Jodi Foster and for you Brits Courtney Walsh.
Also of note...Supreme Court rules prayer in school unconstitutional, Eichman is hung in Israel, talks break off between Saudis and Egyptians, US sends a U-2 over Cuba and the entire world is under threat of nuclear war, panty hose is introduced, the inventor of the Pap Smear dies, Kennedy claims the US will put a man on the moon within a decade, Ranger-3 misses the moon by 22,000 miles, Ranger-4 crashes into the moon, One Flew Over the Cukoo's Nest is written, The Longest Day and To Kill a Mockingbird are in theaters, the 1st Beatles tune Love Me Do is out.
Hometown boy Ray Kroc has figured out how to efficiently make fries with cheeseburgers and if you believe in conspiracies villager Sam Giancanna is plotting Kennedys murder.
1962