The temperature on January 14, 1934 was between 5.2 °C and 9.3 °C and averaged 6.6 °C. There was 5.1 mm of rain during 6.1 hours. The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
March 26 » The United Kingdom driving test is introduced.
April 21 » The "Surgeon's Photograph", the most famous photo allegedly showing the Loch Ness Monster, is published in the Daily Mail (in 1999, it is revealed to be a hoax).
June 30 » The Night of the Long Knives, Adolf Hitler's violent purge of his political rivals in Germany, takes place.
July 11 » Engelbert Zaschka of Germany flies his large human-powered aircraft, the Zaschka Human-Power Aircraft, about 20 meters at Berlin Tempelhof Airport without assisted take-off.
July 20 » West Coast waterfront strike: In Seattle, police fire tear gas on and club 2,000 striking longshoremen. The governor of Oregon calls out the National Guard to break a strike on the Portland docks.
October 16 » Chinese Communists begin the Long March to escape Nationalist encirclement.
Day of death March 24, 1973
The temperature on March 24, 1973 was between 1.2 °C and 18.7 °C and averaged 8.7 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 9.7 hours of sunshine (78%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, July 20, 1972 to Friday, May 11, 1973 the cabinet Biesheuvel II, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
May 29 » Tom Bradley is elected the first black mayor of Los Angeles, California.
September 20 » Billie Jean King beats Bobby Riggs in the Battle of the Sexes tennis match at the Houston Astrodome.
November 1 » The Indian state of Mysore is renamed as Karnataka to represent all the regions within Karunadu.
November 24 » A national speed limit is imposed on the Autobahn in Germany because of the 1973 oil crisis. The speed limit lasts only four months.
December 1 » Papua New Guinea gains self-governance from Australia.
December 9 » British and Irish authorities sign the Sunningdale Agreement in an attempt to establish a power-sharing Northern Ireland Executive and a cross-border Council of Ireland.
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