January 30 » The first Anglo-Japanese Alliance is signed in London.
April 18 » The 7.5 Mw Guatemala earthquake shakes Guatemala with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), killing between 800–2,000.
May 17 » Greek archaeologist Valerios Stais discovers the Antikythera mechanism, an ancient mechanical analog computer.
August 9 » Edward VII and Alexandra of Denmark are crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
August 22 » Cadillac Motor Company is founded.
November 29 » The Pittsburgh Stars defeated the Philadelphia Athletics, 11–0 to win the first championship associated with an American national professional football league.
Day of death January 17, 1962
The temperature on January 17, 1962 was between 5.1 °C and 9.5 °C and averaged 7.0 °C. There was 3.2 hours of sunshine (38%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
February 10 » Cold War: Captured American U2 spy-plane pilot Gary Powers is exchanged for captured Soviet spy Rudolf Abel.
May 10 » Marvel Comics publishes the first issue of The Incredible Hulk.
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.
July 23 » Jackie Robinson becomes the first African American to be inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
October 20 » China launches simultaneous offensives in Ladakh and across the McMahon Line, igniting the Sino-Indian War.
October 28 » Cuban Missile Crisis: Premier Nikita Khrushchev orders the removal of Soviet missiles from Cuba.
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