The Popular Culture Room : 1962

• January 5, 1962 : Civil defense officials decide to emphasize fallout shelters over evacuation in all future civil defense planning against nuclear attack.

• March 2, 1962 : Philadelphia 76ers' seven-foot basketball center Wilt (the Stilt) Chamberlain scores a record 100 points in a game against the New York Knicks.

• November 18, 1962 : The Seattle World's Fair closes after a highly successful six-month run. Seattle is left with the Space Needle and $30 million worth of new downtown buildings.

• A fictionalized account of life in 1962 can be found in the classic 1973 movie, American Graffiti.

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