The temperature on December 30, 1962 was between -5.2 °C and -2.8 °C and averaged -4.3 °C. There was 4.4 mm of rain during 7.0 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
May 27 » The Centralia mine fire is ignited in the town's landfill above a coal mine.
August 5 » Apartheid: Nelson Mandela is jailed. He would not be released until 1990.
August 27 » The Mariner 2 unmanned space mission is launched to Venus by NASA.
September 8 » Last run of the famous Pines Express over the Somerset and Dorset Railway line (UK) fittingly using the last steam locomotive built by British Railways, BR Standard Class 9F 92220 Evening Star.
November 17 » President John F. Kennedy dedicates Washington Dulles International Airport, serving the Washington, D.C., region.
December 25 » The Soviet Union conducts its final above-ground nuclear weapon test, in anticipation of the 1963 Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.
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