Current Events 1962

- On July 2, 1962 an eighteen year old Jimi Hendrix (my muse of sound) was discharged from the United States Army and stood outside the gates of Fort Campbell at the Tennessee-Kentucky border. Knowing only how to play the guitar, Hendrix would go on to play on an infamous venue  called the "Chitlin' Circuit", and  began to play back up guitar for legends such as B.B King and Little Richard.

- Oct 15 Through November 20th The world endures the Cuban missile crisis

-The first US rocket Ranger IV lands on the moon on April 26th

-Marilyn Monroe is found dead on August 5th after apparently overdosing on sleeping pills

- Kmart and Walmart both open they're first shopping centers

- "On July 10, 1962, the first television image was transmitted to space and back. The American flag waving in front of Earth Station was seen across the United States at four thirty-five that morning. AT&T declared their partnership with NASA in 1960. AT&T designed the satellite and NASA agreed to launch it. Within thirty minutes of Telestar's launch, the satellites was capable of sending out faxes, high-speed data, and live and tapped television. Telestar was the beginning of accelerated exchange of information across the globe. Because of television's capabilities for rapidly exchanging information, it gave the media a whole new dimension, the ability to infiltrate our lives with visual culture.'"