Adolph Coors III, the chairman of the board of theCoors Brewing Company, is kidnapped in the United States, and his captors demand a ransom of $500,000. Coors is later found murdered, andJoseph Corbett Jr. is indicted for the crime.
July 21 –Francis Chichester, English navigator and yachtsman, arrives in New York aboardGypsy Moth II, having made a record solo Atlantic crossing in 40 days.
July 25 – The Woolworth's counter inGreensboro, North Carolina, the subject of a sit-in that sparked sit-ins and pickets across the southern United States in February 1960, serves its first black customer.
August 16 –Joseph Kittinger parachutes from a balloon overNew Mexico at 102,800 feet (31,300 m). He sets world records for: high-altitude jump;free-fall by falling 16 miles (26 km) before opening hisparachute; and fastest speed by a human without motorized assistance, 982 km/h (614 mi/h). These records would stand unbeaten for over 60 years.
September 1 – Disgruntledrailroad workers effectively halt operations of thePennsylvania Railroad, marking the first shutdown in the company's history (the event lasts two days).
September 30 – Animated sitcomThe Flintstones airs its first episode on theABC network in the United States, becoming Hanna-Barbera's first television series episode lasting half an hour.
October 7 –Frank McGee hosts the second presidential debate.
October 12 –John F. Kennedy speaks before the Ministerial Association ofHouston, Texas, saying, in part, "I believe in an America where the separation of church and state is absolute; where no Catholic prelate would tell the American President, should he be Catholic, how to act; and where no Protestant minister would tell his parishioners for whom to vote."
December 2 – U.S. PresidentDwight D. Eisenhower authorizes the use of $1 million for the relief and resettlement ofCubanrefugees, who have been arriving inFlorida at the rate of 1,000 a week.
December 11 – MGM'sThe Wizard of Oz is rerun onCBS only a year after its previoustelecast, thus beginning the tradition of annual telecasts of the film in the United States.
December 13 – Navy Commander Leroy Heath (Pilot) and Lieutenant Larry Monroe (Bombardier/Navigator) establish a world altitude record of 91,450.8 feet (27,874.2 metres) in anA3J Vigilante carrying a 1,000-kilogram payload, besting the previous record by over 4 miles.
December 16
U.S. Secretary of StateChristian Herter announces that the United States will commit five atomic submarines and eightyPolaris missiles toNATO by the end of 1963.
December 19 – Fire sweeps through theUSSConstellation, the largest U.S. aircraft carrier, while it is under construction at aBrooklyn Navy Yard pier, killing 50 and injuring 150.
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