The temperature on August 17, 1962 was between 11.0 °C and 17.8 °C and averaged 13.9 °C. There was 7.2 mm of rain during 2.8 hours. There was 1.3 hours of sunshine (9%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
June 14 » The European Space Research Organisation is established in Paris – later becoming the European Space Agency.
July 11 » First transatlantic satellite television transmission.
August 16 » Pete Best is discharged from The Beatles, to be replaced two days later by Ringo Starr.
September 23 » The Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts opens in New York City.
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 11 » Arthur Lucas, convicted of murder, is the last person to be executed in Canada.
Day of death October 12, 2015
The temperature on October 12, 2015 was between 0.9 °C and 10.2 °C and averaged 4.8 °C. There was 8.2 hours of sunshine (75%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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 9 » The perpetrators of the Charlie Hebdo shooting in Paris two days earlier are both killed after a hostage situation; a second hostage situation, related to the Charlie Hebdo shooting, occurs at a Jewish market in Vincennes.
February 4 » TransAsia Airways Flight 235 with 58 people on board, en route from the Taiwanese capital Taipei to Kinmen, crashes into the Keelung River just after take-off, killing 43 people.
June 30 » A Hercules C-130 military aircraft with 113 people on board crashes in a residential area in Medan, Indonesia, resulting in at least 116 deaths.
August 12 » At least two massive explosions kill 173 people and injure nearly 800 more in Tianjin, China.
November 4 » A cargo plane crashes shortly after takeoff from Juba International Airport in Juba, South Sudan, killing at least 37 people.
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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