January 17 » El Yunque National Forest in Puerto Rico becomes part of the United States National Forest System as the Luquillo Forest Reserve.
June 16 » The Ford Motor Company is incorporated.
September 11 » The first race at the Milwaukee Mile in West Allis, Wisconsin is held. It is the oldest major speedway in the world.
October 6 » The High Court of Australia sits for the first time.
November 3 » With the encouragement of the United States, Panama separates from Colombia.
November 18 » The Hay–Bunau-Varilla Treaty is signed by the United States and Panama, giving the United States exclusive rights over the Panama Canal Zone.
Day of death August 9, 1962
The temperature on August 9, 1962 was between 6.9 °C and 19.8 °C and averaged 13.6 °C. There was 3.8 hours of sunshine (25%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 12 » Vietnam War: Operation Chopper, the first American combat mission in the war, takes place.
March 2 » Wilt Chamberlain sets the single-game scoring record in the National Basketball Association by scoring 100 points.
May 31 » The West Indies Federation dissolves.
June 11 » Frank Morris, John Anglin and Clarence Anglin allegedly become the only prisoners to escape from the prison on Alcatraz Island.
July 23 » The International Agreement on the Neutrality of Laos is signed.
September 30 » Mexican-American labor leader César Chávez founds the National Farm Workers Association.
Day of burial August 12, 1962
The temperature on August 12, 1962 was between 13.0 °C and 19.4 °C and averaged 16.3 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
January 3 » Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro.
July 10 » Telstar, the world's first communications satellite, is launched into orbit.
August 11 » Vostok 3 launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome and cosmonaut Andrian Nikolayev becomes the first person to float in microgravity.
September 30 » James Meredith enters the University of Mississippi, defying racial segregation rules.
November 4 » The United States concludes Operation Fishbowl, its final above-ground nuclear weapons testing series, in anticipation of the 1963 Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.
December 8 » Workers at four New York City newspapers (this later increases to nine) go on strike for 114 days.
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