Maybe you were lucky enough to catch this episode early when Jody accidentally released this episode on Saturday night, 5 days before it was supposed to be dropped. An earth shattering episode of 1962, a year full of significant moments, as deep dived by Robert Mair, Jackie Kennedy invites cameras into the White House for tour, Astronaut John Glenn orbits the Earth three times as part of Project Mercury, the Cuban military tribunal convicts some of the Bay of Pigs attackers, American retail giant War-Mart opens, music legends Rolling Stones make their debut at the London Marquee Club and Prime Minister Harold Macmillan reshuffles his government cabinet in such a scale it was dubbed "the Night of the Long Knives", named after the massacre of Nazi leaders carried out by Hitler. Also Red celebrates his birthday releasing his special and continues to be compared to other well known public figures.

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