January 13 » Émile Zola's J'accuse…! exposes the Dreyfus affair.
April 20 » U.S. President William McKinley signed a joint resolution to Congress for declaration of war against Spain, beginning the Spanish–American War.
May 1 » Spanish–American War: Battle of Manila Bay: The Asiatic Squadron of the United States Navy destroys the Pacific Squadron of the Spanish Navy after a seven-hour battle. Spain loses all seven of its ships, and 381 Spanish sailors die. There are no American vessel losses or combat deaths.
June 21 » The United States captures Guam from Spain. The few warning shots fired by the U.S. naval vessels are misinterpreted as salutes by the Spanish garrison, which was unaware that the two nations were at war.
August 25 » Seven hundred Greek civilians, 17 British guards and the British Consul of Crete are killed by a Turkish mob in Heraklion, Greece.
December 10 » Spanish–American War: The Treaty of Paris is signed, officially ending the conflict.
Day of death December 6, 1962
The temperature on December 6, 1962 was between -10.3 °C and 8.0 °C and averaged -3.9 °C. There was 6.2 hours of sunshine (78%). Source: KNMI
March 4 » A Caledonian Airways Douglas DC-7 crashes shortly after takeoff from Cameroon, killing 111 - the worst crash of a DC-7.
March 16 » A Flying Tiger Line Super Constellation disappears in the western Pacific Ocean, with all 107 aboard missing and presumed dead.
July 11 » First transatlantic satellite television transmission.
August 7 » Canadian-born American pharmacologist Frances Oldham Kelsey awarded the U.S. President's Award for Distinguished Federal Civilian Service for her refusal to authorize thalidomide.
October 20 » China launches simultaneous offensives in Ladakh and across the McMahon Line, igniting the Sino-Indian War.
November 21 » The Chinese People's Liberation Army declares a unilateral ceasefire in the Sino-Indian War.
Day of burial December 10, 1962
The temperature on December 10, 1962 was between 4.0 °C and 7.1 °C and averaged 5.3 °C. There was 3.3 mm of rain during 2.3 hours. There was 1.1 hours of sunshine (14%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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.
April 26 » NASA's Ranger 4 spacecraft crashes into the Moon.
July 1 » Independence of Rwanda and Burundi.
July 2 » The first Walmart store, then known as Wal-Mart, opens for business in Rogers, Arkansas.
August 16 » Pete Best is discharged from The Beatles, to be replaced two days later by Ringo Starr.
October 9 » Uganda becomes an independent Commonwealth realm.
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