The temperature on April 19, 1962 was between 8.4 °C and 14.9 °C and averaged 11.1 °C. There was 1.6 mm of rain during 3.1 hours. There was 2.3 hours of sunshine (16%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
March 18 » The Évian Accords end the Algerian War of Independence, which had begun in 1954.
April 21 » The Seattle World's Fair (Century 21 Exposition) opens. It is the first World's Fair in the United States since World War II.
May 24 » Project Mercury: American astronaut Scott Carpenter orbits the Earth three times in the Aurora 7 space capsule.
June 14 » The European Space Research Organisation is established in Paris – later becoming the European Space Agency.
July 5 » The official independence of Algeria is proclaimed after an 8-year-long war with France.
September 30 » Mexican-American labor leader César Chávez founds the National Farm Workers Association.
Day of death April 21, 1962
The temperature on April 21, 1962 was between 4.7 °C and 21.0 °C and averaged 14.2 °C. There was 10.2 hours of sunshine (72%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. Source: KNMI
January 11 » Cold War: While tied to its pier in Polyarny, the Soviet submarine B-37 is destroyed when fire breaks out in its torpedo compartment.
March 29 » Arturo Frondizi, the president of Argentina, is overthrown in a military coup by Argentina's armed forces, ending an 11⁄2 day constitutional crisis.
May 22 » Continental Airlines Flight 11 crashes after bombs explode on board.
June 2 » During the FIFA World Cup, police had to intervene multiple times in fights between Chilean and Italian players in one of the most violent games in football history.
July 1 » Independence of Rwanda and Burundi.
September 27 » The Yemen Arab Republic is established.
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