1962
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1962 is 962nd year of the 2nd millennium, the 62nd year of the 20th century, and the 3rd year of the 1960s decade.
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Art and culture
- suicide of Marilyn Monroe
- On the occasion of Marilyn Monroe’s suicide on August 1962, Warhol used this publicity shot by Gene Korman for the film Niagara made in 1953.
- first issue of Midi-Minuit Fantastique
- The Grand Guignol theatre closes its doors
- Founding of the The Film-Makers' Cooperative
- In one of cinema's most famous moments, Ursula Andress - like a modern day Venus - emerged seductively from the sea and caused bikini sales to skyrocket.
Art
- Refrigerator Pies by Wayne Thiebaud
Music
- “Bossa Nova: (New Brazilian Jazz)” concert held at the Carnegie Hall on November 21
Singles
- Green Onions by Booker T. & the M.G.'s
- Watermelon Man by Herbie Hancock
- Afrikaan Beat by Toots Thielemans
- Bluesette by Bert Kaempfert
- Miss Jamaica by Jimmy Cliff
- Something's Got a Hold on Me by Etta James (for the intro)
- Misirlou by Dick Dale
- Our Day Will Come by Ruby & the Romantics
Albums
- Serge Gainsbourg N° 4 by Serge Gainsbourg
- Abstract, an album by Jamaican saxophonist Joe Harriott
Films
- Carnival of Souls
- The Intruder by Roger Corman
- Lolita by Stanley Kubrick
- Mondo Cane
- La Jetée
- Jules and Jim
- Confessions of an Opium Eater by Albert Zugsmith
- The Awful Dr. Orloff by Jesus Franco
Literature
Fiction
- A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
- Labyrinths by Jorge Luis Borges
Non-fiction
- An Anecdoted Topography of Chance by Daniel Spoerri (with Roland Topor)
- Sex and the Single Girl
- Einzelheiten by Hans Magnus Enzensberger
- White Elephant Art vs. Termite Art
- Metaphor of the Eye
- "Notes on the Auteur Theory"
- "Invisible Insurrection of a Million Minds"
Births
Deaths
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