The temperature on July 19, 1962 was between 11.7 °C and 19.0 °C and averaged 15.8 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (1%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
January 3 » Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro.
March 19 » Highly influential artist Bob Dylan releases his first album, Bob Dylan, for Columbia Records.
October 8 » Der Spiegel publishes an article disclosing the sorry state of the Bundeswehr, and is soon accused of treason.
October 11 » The Second Vatican Council becomes the first ecumenical council of the Roman Catholic Church in 92 years.
October 27 » By refusing to agree to the firing of a nuclear torpedo at a US warship, Vasily Arkhipov averts nuclear war.
December 2 » Vietnam War: After a trip to Vietnam at the request of U.S. President John F. Kennedy, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield becomes the first American official to comment adversely on the war's progress.
Day of death October 16, 1983
The temperature on October 16, 1983 was between 8.3 °C and 14.6 °C and averaged 10.1 °C. There was 6.5 mm of rain during 2.7 hours. There was 3.0 hours of sunshine (28%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
April 4 » Space Shuttle program: Space Shuttle Challenger makes its maiden voyage into space.
July 11 » A TAME airline Boeing 737-200 crashes near Cuenca, Ecuador, killing all 119 passengers and crew on board.
September 23 » Saint Kitts and Nevis joins the United Nations.
September 26 » Soviet Air Force officer Stanislav Petrov identifies a report of an incoming nuclear missile as a computer error and not an American first strike.
September 27 » Richard Stallman announces the GNU Project to develop a free Unix-like operating system.
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