The temperature on August 21, 1962 was between 14.7 °C and 19.8 °C and averaged 16.5 °C. There was 3.4 mm of rain during 1.9 hours. There was 6.9 hours of sunshine (48%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
February 27 » Two dissident Republic of Vietnam Air Force pilots bomb the Independence Palace in Saigon in a failed attempt to assassinate South Vietnam President Ngô Đình Diệm.
July 5 » The official independence of Algeria is proclaimed after an 8-year-long war with France.
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 12 » President Kennedy delivers his "We choose to go to the Moon" speech at Rice University.
September 30 » Mexican-American labor leader César Chávez founds the National Farm Workers Association.
October 27 » By refusing to agree to the firing of a nuclear torpedo at a US warship, Vasily Arkhipov averts nuclear war.
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