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
January 11 » An avalanche on Huascarán in Peru causes around 4,000 deaths.
June 14 » The European Space Research Organisation is established in Paris – later becoming the European Space Agency.
July 9 » Starfish Prime tests the effects of a nuclear test at orbital altitudes.
July 12 » The Rolling Stones perform for the first time at London's Marquee Club.
September 20 » James Meredith, an African American, is temporarily barred from entering the University of Mississippi.
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.
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 10 » Apollo program: NASA announces plans to build the C-5 rocket launch vehicle, which became known as the Saturn V Moon rocket, which launched every Apollo Moon mission.
March 2 » Wilt Chamberlain sets the single-game scoring record in the National Basketball Association by scoring 100 points.
July 22 » Mariner program: Mariner 1 spacecraft flies erratically several minutes after launch and has to be destroyed.
August 5 » American actress Marilyn Monroe is found dead at her home from a drug overdose.
September 30 » James Meredith enters the University of Mississippi, defying racial segregation rules.
November 21 » The Chinese People's Liberation Army declares a unilateral ceasefire in the Sino-Indian War.
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