The temperature on December 26, 1962 was between -10.9 °C and -3.1 °C and averaged -5.9 °C. There was 4.0 mm of rain during 9.2 hours. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (6%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
July 23 » Jackie Robinson becomes the first African American to be inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
July 23 » The International Agreement on the Neutrality of Laos is signed.
August 16 » Eight years after the remaining French India territories were handed to India, the ratifications of the treaty are exchanged to make the transfer official.
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.
December 25 » The Soviet Union conducts its final above-ground nuclear weapon test, in anticipation of the 1963 Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.
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