February 27 » Second Boer War: Australian soldiers Harry "Breaker" Morant and Peter Handcock are executed in Pretoria after being convicted of war crimes.
March 7 » Second Boer War: Boers, led by Koos de la Rey, inflict the biggest defeat upon the British since the beginning of the war, at Tweebosch.
May 8 » In Martinique, Mount Pelée erupts, destroying the town of Saint-Pierre and killing over 30,000 people. Only a handful of residents survive the blast.
May 31 » Second Boer War: The Treaty of Vereeniging ends the war and ensures British control of South Africa.
July 17 » Willis Carrier creates the first air conditioner in Buffalo, New York.
December 10 » The opening of the reservoir of the Aswan Dam in Egypt.
Day of death July 4, 1962
The temperature on July 4, 1962 was between 9.0 °C and 13.6 °C and averaged 10.7 °C. There was 4.0 mm of rain during 4.4 hours. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
August 5 » Apartheid: Nelson Mandela is jailed. He would not be released until 1990.
August 16 » Eight years after the remaining French India territories were handed to India, the ratifications of the treaty are exchanged to make the transfer official.
September 12 » President Kennedy delivers his "We choose to go to the Moon" speech at Rice University.
November 17 » President John F. Kennedy dedicates Washington Dulles International Airport, serving the Washington, D.C., region.
December 2 » Vietnam War: After a trip to Vietnam at the request of U.S. President John F. Kennedy, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield becomes the first American official to comment adversely on the war's progress.
December 7 » Prince Rainier III of Monaco revises the principality's constitution, devolving some of his power to advisory and legislative councils.
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