The temperature on June 25, 1962 was between 8.8 °C and 16.9 °C and averaged 13.3 °C. There was 12.4 hours of sunshine (74%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
February 5 » French President Charles de Gaulle calls for Algeria to be granted independence.
June 3 » At Paris Orly Airport, Air France Flight 007 overruns the runway and explodes when the crew attempts to abort takeoff, killing 130.
September 30 » James Meredith enters the University of Mississippi, defying racial segregation rules.
October 9 » A visible light-emitting diode (LED) is first demonstrated in Syracuse, New York.
November 20 » Cuban Missile Crisis ends: In response to the Soviet Union agreeing to remove its missiles from Cuba, U.S. President John F. Kennedy ends the quarantine of the Caribbean nation.
November 21 » The Chinese People's Liberation Army declares a unilateral ceasefire in the Sino-Indian War.
Day of death February 5, 1963
The temperature on February 5, 1963 was between -11.2 °C and -2.7 °C and averaged -6.4 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
January 29 » The first inductees into the Pro Football Hall of Fame are announced.
March 8 » The Ba'ath Party comes to power in Syria in a coup d'état by a clique of quasi-leftist Syrian Army officers calling themselves the National Council of the Revolutionary Command.
April 21 » The first election of the Universal House of Justice is held, marking its establishment as the supreme governing institution of the Bahá'í Faith.
June 17 » The United States Supreme Court rules 8–1 in Abington School District v. Schempp against requiring the reciting of Bible verses and the Lord's Prayer in public schools.
September 25 » Lord Denning releases the UK government's official report on the Profumo affair.
December 14 » The dam containing the Baldwin Hills Reservoir bursts, killing five people and damaging hundreds of homes in Los Angeles, California.
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