Editing 1962 (section)

===September===
{{Main|September 1962}}
* [[September 1]]
** A [[referendum]] in Singapore supports the Malayan Federation.
** [[Typhoon Wanda (1962)|Typhoon Wanda]] strikes Hong Kong, killing at least 130 and injuring more than 600.
* [[September 2]] &ndash; The [[Soviet Union]] agrees to send arms to Cuba.
* [[September 8]] &ndash; Newly independent Algeria, by referendum, adopts a constitution.
* [[September 12]] &ndash; President [[John F. Kennedy]], in his "[[We choose to go to the Moon]]" speech at [[Rice University]], reaffirms that the U.S. will put a man on the Moon by the end of the decade.
* [[September 19]] &ndash; [[Atlantic College]] opens its doors for the first time in [[Wales]], marking the birth of the pioneering United World College educational movement.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.atlanticcollege.org|title=UWC Atlantic College|access-date=2015-12-16}}</ref>
* [[September 22]] &ndash; [[Bob Dylan]] premieres his song "[[A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall]]", at [[Carnegie Hall]] in New York City.
* [[September 23]] &ndash; [[Flying Tiger Line Flight 923]], a [[Lockheed L-1049H Super Constellation]] registered as N6923C, [[ditched]] into the [[Atlantic Ocean]] killing 28 occupants out the 76 onboard. The remaining 48 were rescued six hours later.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Crash of a Lockheed L-1049H-82 Super Constellation into the Atlantic Ocean: 28 killed {{!}} Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives |url=https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-lockheed-l-1049h-82-super-constellation-atlantic-ocean-28-killed |access-date=2024-11-17 |website=www.baaa-acro.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Accident Lockheed L-1049H Super Constellation N6923C, Sunday 23 September 1962 |url=https://asn.flightsafety.org/asndb/333234 |access-date=2024-11-17 |website=asn.flightsafety.org}}</ref>
* [[September 25]] &ndash; [[Sonny Liston]] knocks out [[Floyd Patterson]] two minutes into the first round of his fight for the boxing world title in [[Chicago]].
* [[September 26]] &ndash; The [[North Yemen Civil War]] erupts.
* [[September 27]] &ndash; A [[flash flood]] in [[Barcelona]], Spain, kills more than 440 people.
* [[September 29]] &ndash; The Canadian ''[[Alouette 1]]'', the first satellite built outside the United States and the Soviet Union, is launched from [[Vandenberg Air Force Base]] in [[California]].