The temperature on January 21, 1962 was between 8.8 °C and 11.0 °C and averaged 9.8 °C. There was 13.3 mm of rain during 7.7 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 12 » Vietnam War: Operation Chopper, the first American combat mission in the war, takes place.
February 16 » Flooding in the coastal areas of West Germany kills 315 and destroys the homes of about 60,000 people.
May 22 » Continental Airlines Flight 11 crashes after bombs explode on board.
July 6 » The Late Late Show, the world's longest-running chat show by the same broadcaster, airs on RTÉ One for the first time.
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.
October 27 » Major Rudolf Anderson of the United States Air Force becomes the only direct human casualty of the Cuban Missile Crisis when his U-2 reconnaissance airplane is shot down over Cuba by a Soviet-supplied surface-to-air missile.
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