Carson would host his last Tonight show on May 22, 1992.
After Groucho Marx introduced him at 11:30 pm, Carson and his sidekick Ed McMahon would share the stage with the first guests, Joan Crawford, Rudy Vallee, Ned Brooks (of Meet the Press), Tony Bennett, the Phoenix Singers and Tom Pedi. Johnny Carson took over as the permanent host of NBC's The Tonight Show, a position that he would hold for 30 years.Tropical storm "Daisy" was studied by Project Mercury operations activities for its possible effects on Wally Schirra's Mercury 8 mission, but flight preparations continued.Army General Maxwell Taylor became the new Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Meredith's first class was in Colonial History, and only 12 of the 19 students registered attended. James Meredith, the first black student to enroll at the all-white University of Mississippi, registered for classes while escorted by U.S.Four Soviet Foxtrot submarines, armed with nuclear torpedoes, departed bases on the Kola Peninsula in anticipation of a confrontation with the United States over Cuba.The new Development Plan delayed the first Gemini launch to December 1963. Cost increases in work on the vertical test facility at Martin's Baltimore plant, the conversion of pad 19 at Cape Canaveral, and on aerospace ground equipment had already increased the cost to $172,600,000 during September. Air Force Space Systems Division raised its budget for the Gemini launch vehicle to $181,300,000. Netherlands New Guinea was transferred to United Nations Temporary Executive Authority until May 1963.The following events occurred in October 1962: October 10, 1962: China and India, the world's two largest nations, go to war over border dispute October 14, 1962: Soviet nuclear missiles discovered by the United States in Cuba and both sides prepare for war 1962 January February March April May June July August September October November December >
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