March 13 » British forces occupy Bloemfontein, Orange Free State, during the Second Boer War.
April 30 » Hawaii becomes a territory of the United States, with Sanford B. Dole as governor.
June 5 » Second Boer War: British soldiers take Pretoria.
June 20 » Baron Eduard Toll, leader of the Russian Polar Expedition of 1900, departs Saint Petersburg in Russia on the explorer ship Zarya, never to return.
July 9 » The Governor of Shanxi province in North China orders the execution of 45 foreign Christian missionaries and local church members, including children.
November 7 » Second Boer War: Battle of Leliefontein, a battle during which the Royal Canadian Dragoons win three Victoria Crosses.
Day of death July 28, 1962
The temperature on July 28, 1962 was between 8.2 °C and 17.4 °C and averaged 12.8 °C. There was 7.9 hours of sunshine (50%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
January 26 » Ranger 3 is launched to study the Moon. The space probe later misses the moon by 22,000 miles (35,400km).
April 21 » The Seattle World's Fair (Century 21 Exposition) opens. It is the first World's Fair in the United States since World War II.
June 2 » During the FIFA World Cup, police had to intervene multiple times in fights between Chilean and Italian players in one of the most violent games in football history.
July 22 » Mariner program: Mariner 1 spacecraft flies erratically several minutes after launch and has to be destroyed.
August 5 » Apartheid: Nelson Mandela is jailed. He would not be released until 1990.
August 16 » Pete Best is discharged from The Beatles, to be replaced two days later by Ringo Starr.
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