March 2 » In New York City the Martha Washington Hotel opens, becoming the first hotel exclusively for women.
June 19 » Benito Mussolini, at the time a radical Socialist, is arrested by Bern police for advocating a violent general strike.
July 4 » The Philippine–American War is officially concluded.
July 23 » The Ford Motor Company sells its first car.
September 27 » The Wreck of the Old 97, an American rail disaster that became the subject of a popular ballad.
November 18 » The Hay–Bunau-Varilla Treaty is signed by the United States and Panama, giving the United States exclusive rights over the Panama Canal Zone.
Day of marriage November 7, 1934
The temperature on November 7, 1934 was between 3.5 °C and 11.0 °C and averaged 7.1 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 3.9 hours of sunshine (42%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
January 26 » German–Polish Non-Aggression Pact is signed.
May 15 » Kārlis Ulmanis establishes an authoritarian government in Latvia.
May 28 » Near Callander, Ontario, Canada, the Dionne quintuplets are born to Oliva and Elzire Dionne; they will be the first quintuplets to survive infancy.
June 19 » The Communications Act of 1934 establishes the United States' Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
July 2 » The Night of the Long Knives ends with the death of Ernst Röhm.
August 19 » The German referendum of 1934 approves Hitler's appointment as head of state with the title of Führer.
Day of death December 14, 1975
The temperature on December 14, 1975 was between -6.6 °C and 1.2 °C and averaged -3.2 °C. There was 7.3 hours of sunshine (94%). The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the ??. Source: KNMI
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.
March 6 » For the first time the Zapruder film of the assassination of John F. Kennedy is shown in motion to a national TV audience by Robert J. Groden and Dick Gregory.
March 27 » Construction of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System begins.
April 9 » The first game of the Philippine Basketball Association, the second oldest professional basketball league in the world.
June 25 » Mozambique achieves independence from Portugal.
November 10 » Israeli-Palestinian conflict: the United Nations General Assembly passes Resolution 3379, determining that Zionism is a form of racism.
November 12 » The Comoros joins the United Nations.
Day of burial December 17, 1975
The temperature on December 17, 1975 was between -2.4 °C and 3.8 °C and averaged 0.6 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 3.6 hours of sunshine (47%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
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.
July 31 » The Troubles: Three members of a popular cabaret band and two gunmen are killed during a botched paramilitary attack in Northern Ireland.
September 8 » Gays in the military: US Air Force Tech Sergeant Leonard Matlovich, a decorated veteran of the Vietnam War, appears in his Air Force uniform on the cover of Time magazine with the headline "I Am A Homosexual". He is given a general discharge, later upgraded to honorable.
September 29 » WGPR becomes the first black-owned-and-operated television station in the US.
November 7 » In Bangladesh, a joint force of people and soldiers takes part in an uprising led by Colonel Abu Taher that ousts and kills Brigadier Khaled Mosharraf, freeing the then house-arrested army chief and future president Maj-Gen. Ziaur Rahman.
November 28 » East Timor declares its independence from Portugal.
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