The temperature on June 4, 1962 was between 2.5 °C and 12.5 °C and averaged 9.1 °C. There was 2.4 hours of sunshine (15%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
February 20 » Mercury program: While aboard Friendship 7, John Glenn becomes the first American to orbit the earth, making three orbits in four hours, 55 minutes.
May 31 » The West Indies Federation dissolves.
July 5 » The official independence of Algeria is proclaimed after an 8-year-long war with France.
September 15 » The Soviet ship Poltava heads toward Cuba, one of the events that sets into motion the Cuban Missile Crisis.
September 30 » James Meredith enters the University of Mississippi, defying racial segregation rules.
December 9 » The Petrified Forest National Park is established in Arizona.
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