The temperature on April 11, 1962 was between 4.8 °C and 11.0 °C and averaged 8.0 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 1.4 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 15 » The Derveni papyrus, Europe's oldest surviving manuscript dating to 340 BC, is found in northern Greece.
February 10 » Cold War: Captured American U2 spy-plane pilot Gary Powers is exchanged for captured Soviet spy Rudolf Abel.
March 18 » The Évian Accords end the Algerian War of Independence, which had begun in 1954.
July 23 » Telstar relays the first publicly transmitted, live trans-Atlantic television program, featuring Walter Cronkite.
August 5 » Apartheid: Nelson Mandela is jailed. He would not be released until 1990.
December 8 » Workers at four New York City newspapers (this later increases to nine) go on strike for 114 days.
Day of death February 22, 2008
The temperature on February 22, 2008 was between 8.5 °C and 10.8 °C and averaged 9.8 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, February 22, 2007 to Thursday, October 14, 2010 the cabinet Balkenende IV, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
February 11 » Rebel East Timorese soldiers seriously wound President José Ramos-Horta. Rebel leader Alfredo Reinado is killed in the attack.
May 12 » An earthquake (measuring around 8.0 magnitude) occurs in Sichuan, China, killing over 69,000 people.
July 13 » Battle of Wanat begins when Taliban and al-Qaeda guerrillas attack US Army and Afghan National Army troops in Afghanistan. The U.S. deaths were, at that time, the most in a single battle since the beginning of operations in 2001.
August 17 » American swimmer Michael Phelps becomes the first person to win eight gold medals at one Olympic Games.
October 7 » Asteroid 2008 TC3 impacts the Earth over Sudan, the first time an asteroid impact is detected prior to its entry into earth's atmosphere.
October 22 » India launches its first unmanned lunar mission Chandrayaan-1.
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