The temperature on December 24, 1962 was between -9.2 °C and -3.8 °C and averaged -6.9 °C. There was 6.6 hours of sunshine (85%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
April 26 » NASA's Ranger 4 spacecraft crashes into the Moon.
May 19 » A birthday salute to U.S. President John F. Kennedy takes place at Madison Square Garden, New York City. The highlight is Marilyn Monroe's rendition of "Happy Birthday".
September 27 » Rachel Carson's book Silent Spring is published, inspiring an environmental movement and the creation of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
November 4 » The United States concludes Operation Fishbowl, its final above-ground nuclear weapons testing series, in anticipation of the 1963 Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.
November 24 » The influential British satirical television programme That Was the Week That Was is first broadcast.
December 13 » NASA launches Relay 1, the first active repeater communications satellite in orbit.
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