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In 1962, cars continued to evolve as more compacts appeared and sold well in the United States. The Cold War continued to escalate when the Russians placed ballistic missiles on Cuban land just 90 miles from the coast of Florida and JFK called the bluff by threatening war unless they were removed, what they were, but for a short time the world was on the brink of nuclear war and self-destruction. The president then set a goal of landing a man on the moon before the end of the decade and became more involved in Southeast Asian politics by training South Vietnamese pilots. Folk music was evolving into protest music thanks to young artists like Bob Dylan and the birth of Surfing music by beach boys gained popularity while in England the Beatles recorded the single "Love Me Do". The new hit on television for that year was "The Beverly Hillbillies" and the first of the James Bond films "Dr No" was an instant success, some of the other films released included "Spartacus" and "El Cid".
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The Beatles refused by Decca Records
Release of the Beatles' first recording: the single “Love Me Do”
Andy Warhol's famous painting of a soup can
Beverly Hill Billies is on TV
The Dick Van Dyke show on television
Johnny Carson debuts as host of The Tonight Show
Popular movies
West Side History
Spartacus
El Cid
Lawrence of Arabia
To kill a mockingbird
Dr No
Popular singers
The Beatles
Bob Dylan
Chubby checker
Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons
Neil Sedaka
Roy Orbison
Shirley Bassey