What day of the week was October 8, 1962?

The day of the week October 8th, 1962 fell on was a Monday. Yom Kippur for Jewish people.

Chen Xiaoxia the Chinese diver was born on 08 October in 1962.

Toivo Aro the Finnish diver (b. 1887) died on this day in 1962. As did Solomon Linda the South African singer-songwriter (b. 1909) .

Spiegel scandal: Der Spiegel publishes the article "Bedingt abwehrbereit" ("Conditionally prepared for defense") about a NATO manoeuvre called "Fallex 62" the which uncovered the sorry state of the Bundeswehr (Germany's army) facing the communist threat from the east at the time. The magazine is soon accused of treason. Algeria joins the United Nations.