May 8 » The first games of the Italian football league system are played.
June 10 » Spanish–American War: In the Battle of Guantánamo Bay, U.S. Marines begin the American invasion of Spanish-held Cuba.
June 17 » The United States Navy Hospital Corps is established.
July 1 » Spanish–American War: The Battle of San Juan Hill is fought in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba.
October 18 » The United States takes possession of Puerto Rico from Spain.
December 10 » Spanish–American War: The Treaty of Paris is signed, officially ending the conflict.
Day of death July 1, 1962
The temperature on July 1, 1962 was between 10.8 °C and 14.5 °C and averaged 12.5 °C. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
February 20 » Mercury program: While aboard Friendship 7, John Glenn becomes the first American to orbit the earth, making three orbits in four hours, 55 minutes.
May 27 » The Centralia mine fire is ignited in the town's landfill above a coal mine.
August 5 » Apartheid: Nelson Mandela is jailed. He would not be released until 1990.
August 22 » The OAS attempts to assassinate French president Charles de Gaulle.
September 20 » James Meredith, an African American, is temporarily barred from entering the University of Mississippi.
December 11 » Arthur Lucas, convicted of murder, is the last person to be executed in Canada.
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