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 19 » Highly influential artist Bob Dylan releases his first album, Bob Dylan, for Columbia Records.
May 24 » Project Mercury: American astronaut Scott Carpenter orbits the Earth three times in the Aurora 7 space capsule.
June 11 » Frank Morris, John Anglin and Clarence Anglin allegedly become the only prisoners to escape from the prison on Alcatraz Island.
October 8 » Der Spiegel publishes an article disclosing the sorry state of the Bundeswehr, and is soon accused of treason.
October 28 » Cuban Missile Crisis: Premier Nikita Khrushchev orders the removal of Soviet missiles from Cuba.
November 17 » President John F. Kennedy dedicates Washington Dulles International Airport, serving the Washington, D.C., region.
Day of cremation October 31, 1962
The temperature on October 31, 1962 was between 2.9 °C and 9.4 °C and averaged 6.3 °C. There was 2.8 mm of rain during 2.8 hours. There was 2.9 hours of sunshine (30%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
January 1 » Western Samoa achieves independence from New Zealand; its name is changed to the Independent State of Western Samoa.
January 15 » Netherlands New Guinea Conflict: Indonesian Navy fast patrol boat RI Macan Tutul commanded by Commodore Yos Sudarso sunk in Arafura Sea by the Dutch Navy.
May 27 » The Centralia mine fire is ignited in the town's landfill above a coal mine.
July 11 » First transatlantic satellite television transmission.
July 22 » Mariner program: Mariner 1 spacecraft flies erratically several minutes after launch and has to be destroyed.
October 11 » The Second Vatican Council becomes the first ecumenical council of the Roman Catholic Church in 92 years.
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