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| Gregorian calendar | 1962 MCMLXII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2715 |
| Armenian calendar | 1411 ԹՎ ՌՆԺԱ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6712 |
| Baháʼí calendar | 118–119 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1883–1884 |
| Bengali calendar | 1369 |
| Berber calendar | 2912 |
| British Regnal year | 10 Eliz. 2 – 11 Eliz. 2 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2506 |
| Burmese calendar | 1324 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7470–7471 |
| Chinese calendar | 辛丑年 (Metal Ox) 4659 or 4452 — to — 壬寅年 (Water Tiger) 4660 or 4453 |
| Coptic calendar | 1678–1679 |
| Discordian calendar | 3128 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1954–1955 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5722–5723 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 2018–2019 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1883–1884 |
| - Kali Yuga | 5062–5063 |
| Holocene calendar | 11962 |
| Igbo calendar | 962–963 |
| Iranian calendar | 1340–1341 |
| Islamic calendar | 1381–1382 |
| Japanese calendar | Shōwa 37 (昭和３７年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1893–1894 |
| Juche calendar | 51 |
| Julian calendar | Gregorian minus 13 days |
| Korean calendar | 4295 |
| Minguo calendar | ROC 51 民國51年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 494 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2505 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴金牛年 (female Iron-Ox) 2088 or 1707 or 935 — to — 阳水虎年 (male Water-Tiger) 2089 or 1708 or 936 |
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1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1962nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 962nd year of the 2nd millennium, the 62nd year of the 20th century, and the 3rd year of the 1960s decade.
The year saw the Cuban Missile Crisis, which is often considered the closest the world came to a nuclear confrontation during the Cold War.