Editing 1962 (section)

===August===
{{Main|August 1962}}
* "Sherry" by the Four Seasons was released, their first number one hit!
* [[August 5]]
** [[Death of Marilyn Monroe]]: Actress [[Marilyn Monroe]] is found dead aged 36 from an overdose of sleeping pills and chloral hydrate at her home in [[Brentwood, Los Angeles]]; it is officially ruled a "probable suicide" (the exact cause has been disputed).
** Anti-apartheid activist [[Nelson Mandela]] is arrested by the South African government near [[Howick, KwaZulu-Natal|Howick]], and charged with incitement to rebellion. On November 7, he is sentenced to imprisonment.
* [[August 6]] &ndash; The Caribbean island of [[Jamaica]] becomes independent of the U.K.
* [[August 11]] &ndash; ''[[King Kong vs. Godzilla]]'' is released in Japan, becoming the first ''[[Godzilla (franchise)|Godzilla]]'' and ''[[King Kong (franchise)|King Kong]]'' film in colour. It also becomes the 3rd film in both franchises.
* [[August 13]] &ndash; First successful ascent of the [[Matterhorn]]'s west face, by Renato Daguin and Giovanni Ottin.<ref>{{HDS|8780|Matterhorn}}</ref>
* [[August 15]] &ndash; The [[New York Agreement]] is signed, transferring the Dutch [[Western New Guinea|West New Guinea]] colony to Indonesia.
* [[August 16]] &ndash; [[Algeria]] joins the [[Arab League]].
* [[August 17]] &ndash; [[East Germany|East German]] border guards kill 18-year-old [[Peter Fechter]] as he attempts to cross the [[Berlin Wall]] into West Berlin, leading to mass protests on the Western side.
* [[August 18]] &ndash; [[Norway]] launches its 1st [[sounding rocket]], ''Ferdinand 1'', from [[Andøya Space Center]] and becomes a space nation.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.romsenter.no/Laer-om-rommet/Norge-som-romnasjon|title=Norge som romnasjon|last=Romsenter|first=Norsk|website=Norsk Romsenter|language=no|access-date=2020-03-12}}</ref>
* [[August 22]] &ndash; An assassination attempt is made against French President [[Charles de Gaulle]] by machine-gunning his car in the Paris suburbs. The mastermind, [[Jean Bastien-Thiry]], will later be executed.<ref>{{cite book|last=Gordon|first=David C.|title=The Passing of French Algeria|year=1966|location=London|publisher=Oxford University Press}}</ref>
* [[August 24]] 
** A group of armed [[Cuban exile]] terrorists fire at a hotel in [[Havana]] from a speedboat.
** Indonesia officially launches television with the establishment of [[TVRI]] television network or ''Televisi Republik Indonesia'' (Indonesian National Channel), broadcasting the opening of the [[1962 Asian Games]].
* [[August 27]] &ndash; [[NASA]] launches the ''[[Mariner 2]]'' space probe.
* [[August 31]] &ndash; The Caribbean island nation of [[Trinidad and Tobago]] becomes fully independent of the U.K.