The Media Room : 1962

• The top-rated television shows for 1962 were :
  • The Beverly Hillbillies
  • The Andy Griffith Show
  • The Dick Van Dyke Show

• February 14, 1962 : First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy gives "A Tour of the White House" via television. Over 46 million people tune in.

• February 20, 1962 : John Glenn soars into orbit aboard the Mercury spacecraft, Friendship 7, and becomes the first person to orbit the earth.
  Back home, Walter Cronkite' senthusiastic reporting pushes him into the limelight, too.

• August 5, 1962 : Actress Marilyn Monroe is found dead, an apparent suicide.

• November 5, 1962 : Rachel Carson's book,Silent Spring, an assessment of the dangers of pesticides and insecticides, tops the non-fiction bestseller list.

• The Academy Awards for 1962 go to :
  • Best Actor : Gregory Peck in To Kill a Mockingbird
  • Best Actress : Anne Bancroft in The Miracle Worker
  • Best Film : Lawrence of Arabia

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