Editing 1962 (section)

===June===
{{Main|June 1962}}
* [[June]] &ndash; [[Rachel Carson]]'s ''[[Silent Spring]]'' begins serialization in ''[[The New Yorker]]''; it is released as a book on September 27 in the U.S., giving rise to the modern [[Environmentalism|environmentalist]] movement.
* [[June 3]] &ndash; [[Air France Flight 007]] (a [[Boeing 707]]) crashes on take-off at [[Orly Airport]] in [[Paris]]; 130 of 132 people on board are killed, 2 [[flight attendant]]s survive. Most victims are cultural and civic leaders of [[Atlanta]].
* [[June 5]] &ndash; [[Spider-Man]], created by [[Stan Lee]] and [[Steve Ditko]], is introduced by [[Marvel Comics]] with the publication of ''[[Amazing Fantasy|Amazing Fantasy #15]]'' with a cover date of August.
* [[June 11]] &ndash; U.S. President John F. Kennedy gives the [[commencement address]] at [[Yale University]].
* [[June 12]] &ndash; [[June 1962 Alcatraz escape attempt|Alcatraz escape attempt]]: Frank Morris, John Anglin and Clarence Anglin escape from the [[Alcatraz Island]] prison in the United States; it is never confirmed that they make it ashore.
* [[June 15]] &ndash; [[Students for a Democratic Society]] in the United States complete the [[Port Huron Statement]].
* [[June 17]]
**The [[Organisation armée secrète|OAS]] signs a truce with the [[National Liberation Front (Algeria)|FLN]] in Algeria, but a day later announces that it will continue the fight on behalf of French Algerians.
**[[Brazil national football team|Brazil]] beats [[Czechoslovakia national football team|Czechoslovakia]] 3–1, to win the [[1962 FIFA World Cup]].
* [[June 22]] &ndash; [[Air France Flight 117]] (a [[Boeing 707]] jet) crashes into terrain during bad weather in [[Guadeloupe]] in the West Indies, killing all 113 on board, the airline's second fatal accident in just 3 weeks, and the third fatal 707 crash of the year.
* [[June 25]]
** ''[[Engel v. Vitale]]'': The [[United States Supreme Court]] rules that mandatory prayers in public schools are unconstitutional.
** ''[[MANual Enterprises v. Day]]'': The United States Supreme Court rules that photographs of nude men are not obscene, decriminalizing nude male pornographic magazines.
** [[İsmet İnönü]] of the [[Republican People's Party|CHP]] forms the new government of [[Turkey]] (27th government, coalition partners; YTP and [[Nation Party (Turkey, 1948)|CKMP]]).
* [[June 26]] &ndash; A 2-day steel [[Strike action|strike]] begins in Italy in support of increased wages and a five-day working week.
* [[June 30]] &ndash; The last soldiers of the [[French Foreign Legion]] leave Algeria.