The temperature on December 25, 1960 was between 2.3 °C and 5.4 °C and averaged 3.9 °C. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
January 19 » Japan and the United States sign the US–Japan Mutual Security Treaty
April 21 » Brasília, Brazil's capital, is officially inaugurated. At 09:30, the Three Powers of the Republic are simultaneously transferred from the old capital, Rio de Janeiro.
August 19 » Sputnik program: Korabl-Sputnik 2: The Soviet Union launches the satellite with the dogs Belka and Strelka, 40 mice, two rats and a variety of plants.
September 18 » Fidel Castro arrives in New York City as the head of the Cuban delegation to the United Nations.
September 22 » The Sudanese Republic is renamed Mali after the withdrawal of Senegal from the Mali Federation.
October 1 » Nigeria gains independence from the United Kingdom.
Day of death June 2, 1962
The temperature on June 2, 1962 was between 1.5 °C and 12.1 °C and averaged 8.0 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 7.6 hours of sunshine (46%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
July 23 » Telstar relays the first publicly transmitted, live trans-Atlantic television program, featuring Walter Cronkite.
July 30 » The Trans-Canada Highway, the longest national highway in the world, is officially opened.
August 16 » Eight years after the remaining French India territories were handed to India, the ratifications of the treaty are exchanged to make the transfer official.
September 27 » The Yemen Arab Republic is established.
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.
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