The temperature on November 10, 1962 was between 5.4 °C and 9.5 °C and averaged 7.3 °C. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
February 10 » Cold War: Captured American U2 spy-plane pilot Gary Powers is exchanged for captured Soviet spy Rudolf Abel.
March 16 » A Flying Tiger Line Super Constellation disappears in the western Pacific Ocean, with all 107 aboard missing and presumed dead.
May 31 » The West Indies Federation dissolves.
August 6 » Jamaica becomes independent from the United Kingdom.
September 27 » Rachel Carson's book Silent Spring is published, inspiring an environmental movement and the creation of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
December 25 » The Soviet Union conducts its final above-ground nuclear weapon test, in anticipation of the 1963 Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.
Day of death October 27, 2015
The temperature on October 27, 2015 was between 5.9 °C and 17.3 °C and averaged 11.1 °C. There was 8.2 hours of sunshine (82%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, November 5, 2012 to Thursday, October 26, 2017 the cabinet Rutte II, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
January 15 » The Swiss National Bank abandons the cap on the franc's value relative to the euro, causing turmoil in international financial markets
June 3 » An explosion at a gasoline station in Accra, Ghana, killing more than 200 people.
August 17 » A bomb explodes near the Erawan Shrine in Bangkok, Thailand, killing at least 19 people and injuring 123 others.
September 9 » Elizabeth II became the longest reigning monarch of the United Kingdom.
November 13 » A set of coordinated terror attacks in Paris, including multiple shootings, explosions, and a hostage crisis in the 10th and 11th arrondissements kill 130 people, seven attackers, and injured 368 others, with at least 80 critically wounded.
November 21 » The government of Belgium imposed a security lockdown on Brussels, including the closure of shops, schools, public transportation, due to potential terrorist attacks.
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