Editing 1962 (section)

===March===
{{Main|March 1962}}
* March–May &ndash; [[Yi–Ta incident]]: At least 60,000 [[Chinese nationality law|Chinese citizens]] migrate from the People's Republic of [[China]] to the [[Soviet Union]], predominantly (but not exclusively) ethnic [[Kazakhs in China|Kazakhs]].<ref>{{cite journal|last=Mao|first=Sheng|title=More Than a Famine: Mass Exodus of 1962 in Northwest Xinjiang|journal=China Review|year=2018|volume=18|issue=2|pages=155–184|jstor=26435651|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/26435651|issn=1680-2012}}</ref>
* [[March 1]] &ndash; In the United States:
** [[American Airlines Flight 1 (1962)|American Airlines Flight 1]] (a [[Boeing 707]]) crashes on takeoff at [[John F. Kennedy International Airport|New York International Airport]], after a rudder malfunction causes an uncontrolled roll, resulting in the loss of control of the aircraft, with the loss of all 95 on board.
** [[Hulk]], created by [[Stan Lee]] and [[Jack Kirby]], is introduced by [[Marvel Comics]] with the publication of ''[[The Incredible Hulk (comic book)|The Incredible Hulk #1]]'' as the first issue of the comic book, with cover date of May 1962.
** The S. S. Kresge Company opens its first [[Kmart (United States)|Kmart]] discount store in [[Garden City, Michigan]].
* [[March 2]] &ndash; A military coup in [[Burma]] brings General [[Ne Win]] to power.
* [[March 7]] &ndash; [[Ash Wednesday Storm]]: A snow storm batters the Mid-Atlantic.
* [[March 8]]–[[March 12|12]] &ndash; In [[Geneva]], France and the [[Algeria]]n [[National Liberation Front (Algeria)|FLN]] begin negotiations.
* [[March 15]] &ndash; [[State of Katanga|Katanga]]n Prime Minister [[Moise Tshombe]] begins negotiations to rejoin the [[Democratic Republic of the Congo|Congo]].
* [[March 16]] &ndash; [[Flying Tiger Line Flight 739]], a [[Lockheed Constellation|Lockheed L-1049H Super Constellation]] chartered by the United States [[Military Air Transport Service]], and carrying mainly [[United States Army]] personnel bound for [[South Vietnam]], vanishes over the western Pacific Ocean, with the loss of all 107 on board (no wreckage or bodies are ever found).
* [[March 18]]
** [[Évian Accords]]: France and Algeria sign an agreement in [[Évian-les-Bains]], ending the [[Algerian War]].
** "Un premier amour", sung by [[Isabelle Aubret]] (music by Claude-Henri Vic, lyrics by Roland Stephane Valade), wins the [[Eurovision Song Contest 1962]] (staged in Luxembourg) for France.
* [[March 19]] &ndash; An [[armistice]] begins in Algeria; however, the [[Organisation armée secrète|OAS]] continues its [[Terrorism|terrorist]] attacks against Algerians.
* [[March 23]] &ndash; The Scandinavian States of the [[Nordic Council]] sign the [[Helsinki]] Convention on Nordic Co-operation.
* [[March 24]] &ndash; [[Organisation armée secrète|OAS]] leader [[Edmond Jouhaud]] is arrested in [[Oran]].
* [[March 26]] &ndash; France shortens the term for [[Conscription|military service]] from 26 months to 18.