The temperature on August 24, 1962 was between 14.3 °C and 19.1 °C and averaged 16.7 °C. There was 6.0 mm of rain during 5.9 hours. There was 6.2 hours of sunshine (44%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 15 » Netherlands New Guinea Conflict: Indonesian Navy fast patrol boat RI Macan Tutul commanded by Commodore Yos Sudarso sunk in Arafura Sea by the Dutch Navy.
February 10 » Roy Lichtenstein's first solo exhibition opened, and it included Look Mickey, which featured his first employment of Ben-Day dots, speech balloons and comic imagery sourcing, all of which he is now known for.
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.
August 31 » Trinidad and Tobago becomes independent.
October 9 » A visible light-emitting diode (LED) is first demonstrated in Syracuse, New York.
November 24 » The influential British satirical television programme That Was the Week That Was is first broadcast.
Day of death December 16, 1970
The temperature on December 16, 1970 was between -2.0 °C and 4.9 °C and averaged 2.9 °C. The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
March 2 » Rhodesia declares itself a republic, breaking its last links with the British crown.
April 26 » The Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization enters into force.
May 15 » Philip Lafayette Gibbs and James Earl Green are killed at Jackson State University by police during student protests.
May 31 » The 7.9 Mw Ancash earthquake shakes Peru with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe) and a landslide buries the town of Yungay, Peru. Between 66,794–70,000 were killed and 50,000 were injured.
June 15 » Charles Manson goes on trial for the Sharon Tate murders.
July 8 » Richard Nixon delivers a special congressional message enunciating Native American self-determination as official US Indian policy, leading to the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act of 1975.
Day of burial December 19, 1970
The temperature on December 19, 1970 was between 6.0 °C and 8.1 °C and averaged 7.4 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
January 15 » Nigerian Civil War: Biafran rebels surrender following an unsuccessful 32-month fight for independence from Nigeria.
March 4 » French submarine Eurydice explodes underwater, resulting in the loss of the entire 57-man crew.
May 14 » Andreas Baader is freed from custody by Ulrike Meinhof, Gudrun Ensslin and others, a pivotal moment in the formation of the Red Army Faction.
September 28 » Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser dies of a heart attack in Cairo.
October 10 » Fiji becomes independent.
November 13 » Bhola cyclone: A 150-mph tropical cyclone hits the densely populated Ganges Delta region of East Pakistan (now Bangladesh), killing an estimated 500,000 people in one night.
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