The temperature on April 6, 1962 was between 2.4 °C and 9.0 °C and averaged 5.6 °C. There was 1.9 mm of rain during 3.1 hours. There was 7.1 hours of sunshine (54%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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.
June 3 » At Paris Orly Airport, Air France Flight 007 overruns the runway and explodes when the crew attempts to abort takeoff, killing 130.
July 23 » The International Agreement on the Neutrality of Laos is signed.
August 27 » The Mariner 2 unmanned space mission is launched to Venus by NASA.
October 12 » The Columbus Day Storm strikes the U.S. Pacific Northwest with record wind velocities; 46 dead and at least U.S. $230 million in damages.
November 21 » The Chinese People's Liberation Army declares a unilateral ceasefire in the Sino-Indian War.
Day of death August 15, 1979
The temperature on August 15, 1979 was between 12.6 °C and 20.4 °C and averaged 16.3 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 9.0 hours of sunshine (61%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
February 7 » Pluto moves inside Neptune's orbit for the first time since either was discovered.
February 11 » The Iranian Revolution establishes an Islamic theocracy under the leadership of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.
June 1 » The first black-led government of Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) in 90 years takes power.
June 3 » A blowout at the Ixtoc I oil well in the southern Gulf of Mexico causes at least 3,000,000 barrels (480,000m) of oil to be spilled into the waters, the second-worst accidental oil spill ever recorded.
October 1 » Pope John Paul II begins his first pastoral visit to the United States.
December 12 » The 8.2 Mw Tumaco earthquake shakes Colombia and Ecuador with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), killing 300–600, and generating a large tsunami.
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