1962
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Art and culture
- suicide of Marilyn Monroe
- On the occasion of Marilyn Monroe’s suicide on August 1962, Warhol used this 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
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Music
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Singles
- "Twist and Shout" by The Isley Brothers
- "Green Onions" by Booker T and the MGs
- "Watermelon Man (composition)" by Herbie Hancock
- "Afrikaan Beat" by Bert Kaempfert
- "Telstar" by The Tornados
- "Love Me Do" by The Beatles
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Films
- Carnival of Souls (1962)
- The Intruder (1962)
- Lolita by Stanley Kubrick
- Mondo Cane (1962)
- La Jetée (1962)
- Jules and Jim (1962)
- 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.
- Confessions of an Opium Eater (film)
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Literature
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Fiction
- A Clockwork Orange (1962) - Anthony Burgess
- Labyrinths
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Non-fiction
- An Anecdoted Topography of Chance
- Sex and the Single Girl
- Einzelheiten
- White Elephant Art vs. Termite Art
- Metaphor of the Eye
- "Notes on the Auteur Theory"
- "Invisible Insurrection of a Million Minds"
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Births
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Deaths
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