1962 – INFORMATION AND EVENTS FROM 1962

Kerry won the All Ireland Senior Football Champions
Tipperary won the All Ireland Senior Hurling Champions

ALSO, BORN THAT YEAR WERE

Ralph Fiennes (Actor)
Tom Cruise (Actor)
Jim Carrey (Actor)

INVENTIONS IN 1962 INCLUDED

Audio cassette
Fiber tip
Spacewar first computer video game
Silicone breast implants

FAMOUS IRISH MOVIES INCLUDED

Long Day’s Journey Into Night
The Playboy of the Western World
The Quare Fellow

ALSO THAT YEAR

Cuban Missile Crisis when USSR plans to deploy Missiles in Cuba brings the world to the brink of world war, the US blockades Cuba and the USSR agrees to dismantle Soviet Silos Begins On October 15th ends on November 20th
The United Nations General Assembly passes a resolution condemning South Africa’s racist apartheid policies and calls for all UN member states to cease military and economic relations with the nation.
In the US the first ever flavoured crisps are sold

Return to Sender by Elvis is Chrismas number 1