1962 WAS THE FIRST TIME WE SAW Z CARS, THE BEATLES, JAMES BOND AND UNIVERSITY CHALLENGE!
JANUARY: BBC Television broadcasts the first episode of Z-cars.
FEBRUARY: Margot Fonteyn and Rudolf Nureyev first dance together.
Accrington Stanley, members of the Football League Fourth Division, resign due to huge debts.
APRIL: Commonwealth Immigrants Act in the United Kingdom removes free immigration from the citizens of member states
MARCH:
of the Commonwealth of Nations, requiring proof of employment in the UK.
MAY: Acker Bilk’s ‘Stranger on the Shore’ becomes the first British recording to reach number one in the US Billboard Hot 100.
JUNE: The Beatles play their first session at Abbey Road Studios.
JULY: Live television broadcast from the US to Britain for the first time.
AUGUST: Britain’s best selling car for most of the 1960s, the Austin/ Morris 1100 is launched.
SEPTEMBER: First broadcast of University Challenge with Bamber Gascoigne as quizmaster.
OCTOBER: Dr No, the first James Bond film, is premiered at the London Pavilion, with Sean Connery, left, in the lead role.
NOVEMBER: John Charnley makes the world’s first successful whole hip replacement operation.
DECEMBER: Severe smog causes deaths and the ‘Big Freeze’ sees no frost-free nights until March 5.