#June 1962

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Karl Lagerfeld for Jean Patou Spring/Summer 1961. Catherine Deneuve and her husband, Roger Vadim in June 1962 in Saint-Tropez.

Karl Lagerfeld pour Jean Patou Printemps/Été 1961. Catherine Deneuve et son mari, Roger Vadim en juin 1962 à Saint-Tropez.

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American actress Marilyn Monroe wearing a fur hat and shawl, in Beverly Hills, California, at the end of June 1962. The two sessions for the photoshoot took place in late June and early July, only weeks before her death on 5th August 1962. The images were published posthumously in Vogue magazine under the title 'The Last Sitting'.

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Out this week: Marvel June 1962 Omnibus (Marvel, $125):

Back in June of 1962, Spider-Man made his big debut in Amazing Fantasy #15, Thor first lifted Mjolnir and Hank Pym first became Ant-Man. All those comics, plus every other comic published by Marvel in June of 1962, gets collected in this omnibus, which includes Fantastic Four, Hulk, Kid Colt and even Patsy Walker.

See what else is arriving in comic shops this week.

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June Wilkinson (1962)

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Al Brule - June 1962 Esquire Inc. Calendar Illustration -

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June Cochran, 1962.

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Marilyn Monroe photographed by Bert Stern in June 1962, at “Pearls Sitting”!

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Yves Saint Laurent Spring/Summer 1962 Haute Couture Collection. Model Iris Bianchi. Photo by Hiro Wakabayashi. Harper's Bazaar, June 1962.

Yves Saint Laurent Collection Haute Couture Printemps/Été 1962. Modèle Iris Bianchi. Photo Hiro Wakabayashi. Harper's Bazaar, juin 1962.

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Back on June 29, 1962, the “Old Faithful” was struck by a bolt of lightning at 2:05 p.m., a direct hit that caused substantial damage  

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5 June 1962

In what feels like a rare fit of preparedness, the Beatles drive to London the day before their first Abbey Road session, aiming for a contract with EMI.

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Clippings from Bunte magazine (Germany, June 28, 1962). Princess Grace and Prince Rainier with the newlywed Prince Juan Carlos and Princess Sophia of Spain at a gala held at the Monte Carlo Sporting Club. Among the guests were Frank Sinatra

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Nam June Paik, Prepared Piano, 1962-63, vintage piano (Alzinger-Brice Co.) prepared using various. materials, Courtesy Vehbi Koç Foundation

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USS Wasp (CVS-18) departing from Boston, Massachusetts, in June 1962.

Dick Leonhardt's Collection: link

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The Beatles, March 1962; photo by Harry Whatmough.

On 6 June 1962, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Pete Best had their first EMI recording session.

George Harrison: “We just naturally had that humor and we do to this day. I like to have a laugh and a sense of humor. They say Liverpool is a great place to be from and everybody in that place is a comedian.” Q: “One thing that confirms that came up in a talk I had with George Martin recently. He said the determining factor in his decision to sign the Beatles was your attitude, spirit, and sense of humor.” GH: “Yeah, but I nearly got killed by the rest of the band from that first trip to Abbey Road studios when George Martin recorded us. Afterwards, he played it back and he said, ‘Is there anything that you don’t like?’ I just looked at him and said, ‘Well, I don’t like your tie, for a kickoff!’ And the others were like, ‘Ohhhh noooo, we’re trying to get a record deal here.’ But he also had a sense of humor.” - WNEW-FM, 1987

George Harrison: “We were turned down initially by EMI, you have to remember, so we came into EMI through the back door, because George Martin was the sole producer and the person who dealt with everything on the Parlophone label, whether it was comedy or whatever. So he took the decision to try us out, even thought EMI had turned down Brian Epstein, having listen to the Decca tape..." Q: “...which contained ‘The Sheik of Araby’ and other tracks resurrected on Anthology Volume 1.” GH: “Right. Which just shows they had no sense of humor [big laugh]!” Q: “So George Martin, as the Parlophone boss, took you under his wing?” GH: “Yeah, he stuck his neck out. He thought something was gonna happen to us, even if it wasn't musically, you know, because he thought we had a sense of humor or something happening with us that went beyond just making songs. And he recognized that it was worth giving it a try.” - Billboard, 9 March 1996 (x)

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Actress Sue Lyon is the fifteen-year-old girl who plays Lolita in Stanley Kubrick's Lolita, based on Vladimir Nabokov's novel.

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Photo Bert Stern US Vogue June 1962.