February 28 » Queen Ranavalona III, the last monarch of Madagascar, is deposed by a French military force.
May 26 » Dracula, a Gothic horror novel by Irish author Bram Stoker, is published.
June 16 » A treaty annexing the Republic of Hawaii to the United States is signed; the Republic would not be dissolved until a year later.
August 10 » German chemist Felix Hoffmann discovers an improved way of synthesizing acetylsalicylic acid (aspirin).
August 21 » Oldsmobile, an American automobile manufacturer and marque, is founded.
September 10 » Lattimer massacre: A sheriff's posse kills 19 unarmed striking immigrant miners in Lattimer, Pennsylvania, United States.
Day of marriage July 22, 1936
The temperature on July 22, 1936 was between 12.3 °C and 21.2 °C and averaged 15.9 °C. There was 8.9 hours of sunshine (56%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
March 16 » Warmer-than-normal temperatures rapidly melt snow and ice on the upper Allegheny and Monongahela rivers, leading to a major flood in Pittsburgh.
April 6 » Tupelo–Gainesville tornado outbreak: Another tornado from the same storm system as the Tupelo tornado hits Gainesville, Georgia, killing 203.
June 26 » Initial flight of the Focke-Wulf Fw 61, the first practical helicopter.
September 7 » The last thylacine, a carnivorous marsupial named Benjamin, dies alone in its cage at the Hobart Zoo in Tasmania.
December 10 » Abdication Crisis: Edward VIII signs the Instrument of Abdication.
December 23 » Spanish Civil War: The Spanish Republic legalizes the Regional Defence Council of Aragon.
Day of death October 29, 1962
The temperature on October 29, 1962 was between 3.6 °C and 13.1 °C and averaged 7.7 °C. There was 10.4 mm of rain during 4.1 hours. There was 5.0 hours of sunshine (51%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
March 18 » The Évian Accords end the Algerian War of Independence, which had begun in 1954.
May 31 » The West Indies Federation dissolves.
June 3 » At Paris Orly Airport, Air France Flight 007 overruns the runway and explodes when the crew attempts to abort takeoff, killing 130.
August 11 » Vostok 3 launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome and cosmonaut Andrian Nikolayev becomes the first person to float in microgravity.
August 17 » Peter Fechter is shot and bleeds to death while trying to cross the new Berlin Wall.
October 9 » Uganda becomes an independent Commonwealth realm.
Day of cremation November 2, 1962
The temperature on November 2, 1962 was between 2.5 °C and 8.0 °C and averaged 5.5 °C. There was 3.2 mm of rain during 3.5 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
February 16 » Flooding in the coastal areas of West Germany kills 315 and destroys the homes of about 60,000 people.
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.
August 22 » The OAS attempts to assassinate French president Charles de Gaulle.
September 12 » President Kennedy delivers his "We choose to go to the Moon" speech at Rice University.
September 25 » The People's Democratic Republic of Algeria is formally proclaimed. Ferhat Abbas is elected President of the provisional government.
November 7 » Eleanor Roosevelt, wife and First Lady of the 32nd president of the United States Franklin D. Roosevelt, dies in her bed at her home in New York City.
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