January 1 » The British colonies of New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania, and Western Australia federate as the Commonwealth of Australia; Edmund Barton is appointed the first Prime Minister.
January 10 » The first great Texas oil gusher is discovered at Spindletop in Beaumont, Texas.
March 23 » Emilio Aguinaldo, only President of the First Philippine Republic, was captured at Palanan, Isabela by the forces of General Frederick Funston.
May 9 » Australia opens its first national parliament in Melbourne.
November 18 » Britain and the United States sign the Hay–Pauncefote Treaty, which nullifies the Clayton–Bulwer Treaty and withdraws British objections to an American-controlled canal in Panama.
November 27 » The U.S. Army War College is established.
Day of death August 2, 1962
The temperature on August 2, 1962 was between 9.9 °C and 21.6 °C and averaged 16.1 °C. There was 4.8 hours of sunshine (31%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
February 10 » Roy Lichtenstein's first solo exhibition opened, and it included Look Mickey, which featured his first employment of Ben-Day dots, speech balloons and comic imagery sourcing, all of which he is now known for.
February 16 » Flooding in the coastal areas of West Germany kills 315 and destroys the homes of about 60,000 people.
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.
May 31 » The West Indies Federation dissolves.
July 17 » Nuclear weapons testing: The "Small Boy" test shot Little Feller I becomes the last atmospheric test detonation at the Nevada National Security Site.
September 18 » Burundi, Jamaica, Rwanda and Trinidad and Tobago are admitted to the United Nations.
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