The temperature on August 4, 1962 was between 9.9 °C and 20.1 °C and averaged 15.8 °C. There was 2.6 mm of rain during 3.6 hours. There was 9.0 hours of sunshine (59%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
March 2 » Wilt Chamberlain sets the single-game scoring record in the National Basketball Association by scoring 100 points.
May 31 » The West Indies Federation dissolves.
July 5 » The official independence of Algeria is proclaimed after an 8-year-long war with France.
October 8 » Der Spiegel publishes an article disclosing the sorry state of the Bundeswehr, and is soon accused of treason.
October 12 » The Columbus Day Storm strikes the U.S. Pacific Northwest with record wind velocities; 46 dead and at least U.S. $230 million in damages.
November 24 » Cold War: The West Berlin branch of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany forms a separate party, the Socialist Unity Party of West Berlin.
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