The temperature on June 19, 1934 was between 14.2 °C and 21.9 °C and averaged 17.7 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. There was 5.3 hours of sunshine (32%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
February 2 » The Export-Import Bank of the United States is incorporated.
April 12 » The strongest surface wind gust in the world at the time of 231mph, is measured on the summit of Mount Washington, New Hampshire. It has since been surpassed.
July 5 » "Bloody Thursday": Police open fire on striking longshoremen in San Francisco.
August 2 » Gleichschaltung: Adolf Hitler becomes Führer of Germany following the death of President Paul von Hindenburg.
September 21 » A large typhoon hits western Honshū, Japan, killing more than three thousand people.
October 9 » An Ustashe assassin kills King Alexander I of Yugoslavia and Louis Barthou, Foreign Minister of France, in Marseille.
Day of death October 17, 1973
The temperature on October 17, 1973 was between 1.3 °C and 9.8 °C and averaged 4.4 °C. There was 7.8 mm of rain during 3.2 hours. There was 3.0 hours of sunshine (28%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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.
June 27 » The President of Uruguay Juan María Bordaberry dissolves Parliament and establishes a dictatorship.
August 9 » Mars 7 is launched from the USSR.
August 15 » Vietnam War: The United States bombing of Cambodia ends.
August 23 » A bank robbery gone wrong in Stockholm, Sweden, turns into a hostage crisis; over the next five days the hostages begin to sympathise with their captors, leading to the term "Stockholm syndrome".
November 17 » The Athens Polytechnic uprising against the military regime ends in a bloodshed in the Greek capital.
December 24 » District of Columbia Home Rule Act is passed, allowing residents of Washington, D.C. to elect their own local government.
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