The temperature on March 29, 1962 was between 2.0 °C and 10.6 °C and averaged 6.6 °C. There was 9.9 mm of rain during 5.7 hours. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
February 20 » Mercury program: While aboard Friendship 7, John Glenn becomes the first American to orbit the earth, making three orbits in four hours, 55 minutes.
July 1 » Independence of Rwanda and Burundi.
August 5 » Apartheid: Nelson Mandela is jailed. He would not be released until 1990.
September 25 » The North Yemen Civil War begins when Abdullah al-Sallal dethrones the newly crowned Imam al-Badr and declares Yemen a republic under his presidency.
September 30 » James Meredith enters the University of Mississippi, defying racial segregation rules.
October 13 » The Pacific Northwest experiences a cyclone the equal of a Cat 3 hurricane, with winds above 150mph. 46 people die.
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