The temperature on April 26, 1962 was between 6.6 °C and 17.8 °C and averaged 10.7 °C. There was 8.9 hours of sunshine (61%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
February 7 » The United States bans all Cuban imports and exports.
March 16 » A Flying Tiger Line Super Constellation disappears in the western Pacific Ocean, with all 107 aboard missing and presumed dead.
March 18 » The Évian Accords end the Algerian War of Independence, which had begun in 1954.
July 13 » In an unprecedented action, British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan dismisses seven members of his Cabinet, marking the effective end of the National Liberals as a distinct force within British politics.
October 9 » Uganda becomes an independent Commonwealth realm.
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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