| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| January 11 1962 | Alex Shapiro Was Born |
| January 01 1962 | United States Navy SEALs Established |
| January 01 1962 | Western Samoa Achieves Independence, Changes Name |
| January 03 1962 | Pope John XXIII Excommunicates Castro |
| January 08 1962 | Netherlands Harmelen Train Disaster Kills 93 People |
| January 10 1962 | NASA Announces Plan To Build C-5 Rocket Launcher |
| January 11 1962 | Soviet Submarine B-37 Destroyed In Polyarny |
| January 11 1962 | A Peruvian Avalanche Kills 4,000 |
| January 12 1962 | U.S. Begins Combat In Vietnam |
| January 15 1962 | Europe's Oldest Manuscript Found In Northern Greece |
| January 22 1962 | OAS Suspends Cuba |
| January 26 1962 | Ranger 3 Launched. Misses Moon By 22,000m |