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Also in 1962:

* IBM U.S. reaches over $1 billion in computer sales, beating its other interests for the first time in the company's history.
* EDS (Electronic Data Systems) of Dallas Texas is founded by 32 year old Ross Perot with an initial outlay of $1000.
* The first U.S. Army troops move into Vietnam.
* The world teeters on the brink of nuclear war during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
* Hewlett-Packard, making electronic testing and measuring equipment, breaks into Fortune Magazine's top 500 US companies listing for the first time. It ranks #460.