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
July 10 » Telstar, the world's first communications satellite, is launched into orbit.
September 20 » James Meredith, an African American, is temporarily barred from entering the University of Mississippi.
September 30 » Mexican-American labor leader César Chávez founds the National Farm Workers Association.
October 14 » The Cuban Missile Crisis begins when an American reconnaissance aircraft takes photographs of Soviet ballistic missiles being installed in Cuba.
October 25 » Cuban Missile Crisis: Adlai Stevenson shows the United Nations Security Council reconnaissance photographs of Soviet ballistic missiles in Cuba.
December 13 » NASA launches Relay 1, the first active repeater communications satellite in orbit.
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