1962

In 1962 there was:
*suicide of Marilyn Monroe 
On the occasion of Marilyn Monroe’s suicide on August 1962, Warhol used the publicity shot by Gene Korman for the film Niagara made in 1953.
*first issue of Midi Minuit Fantastique
*The Grand Guignol theatre closes its doors
*Founding of the The Film-Makers' Cooperative
*White bikini of Ursula Andress: In one of cinema's most famous moments, Ursula Andress - like a modern day Venus - emerged seductively from the sea and caused bikini sales to skyrocket.
*Sixth Congress of the Situationist International in Antwerp
==Art==
Refrigerator Pies by Wayne Thiebaud
==Music==
*“Bossa Nova: (New Brazilian Jazz)” concert held at the Carnegie Hall on November 21
Singles
*Vuggevise by Ellen Winther
*Danke by Botho Lucas Chor
*Enta chbeb sghir by Samy Elmaghribi
*The Dr. Kildare Theme by Johnnie Spence
*Red, White and Blue (Stars and Stripes Forever) by Oederland-Orchester
*Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht by Der Bielefelder Kinderchor
*Theme From Mutiny on the Bounty by Mantovani
*Sueño de amor by György Sebők
*Silent Night, Holy Night by Mahalia Jackson
Albums
*Symphonie Nr. 5 by Berliner Philharmoniker/Herbert von Karajan
*Symphony No. 3 in D minor by New York Philharmonic/Boys' Choir of the Church of the Transfiguration/Leonard Bernstein/Martha Lipton
==Films==
*Carnival of Souls by Herk Harvey
*Night of the Eagle by Sidney Hayers
*Tales of Terror by Roger Corman
*The Horrible Dr. Hichcock by Riccardo Freda
*The Premature Burial by Roger Corman
*Jules and Jim by François Truffaut
*The Damned by Joseph Losey
*The Phantom of the Opera by Terence Fisher
*The Awful Dr. Orloff by Jesús Franco
*Tower of London by Roger Corman
==Literature==
Fiction
*A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
*Labyrinths by Jorge Luis Borges
*Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? by Edward Albee
*Boeing Boeing by Marc Camoletti
Non-fiction
*An Anecdoted Topography of Chance by Daniel Spoerri (with Roland Topor)
*Sex and the Single Girl by Helen Gurley Brown
*Einzelheiten by Hans Magnus Enzensberger
*Silent Spring by Rachel Carson
*Eros and Evil by Robert Masters
Essays
*"White Elephant Art vs. Termite Art" by Manny Farber
*"Metaphor of the Eye" by Roland Barthes
*"Notes on the Auteur Theory" by Andrew Sarris
*"Invisible Insurrection of a Million Minds" by Alexander Trocchi
==Births==
*July 22 - Steve Albini, American musician and record producer (d. 2024)
*Jennifer Jason Leigh
Stewart Home
Steve Albini
John Currin
Juan Atkins
Chuck Palahniuk
==Deaths==
Georges Bataille
Marilyn Monroe
Yves Klein
Gaston Bachelard
Sylvia Beach
John Willie