The temperature on December 29, 1971 was between -2.3 and 1.5 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. There was 3.7 hours of sunshine (48%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
February 15 » The decimalisation of British coinage is completed on Decimal Day.
February 21 » The Convention on Psychotropic Substances is signed at Vienna.
February 27 » Doctors in the first Dutch abortion clinic (the Mildredhuis in Arnhem) start performing artificially-induced abortions.
June 30 » The crew of the Soviet Soyuz 11 spacecraft are killed when their air supply escapes through a faulty valve.
November 14 » Mariner 9 enters orbit around Mars.
November 30 » Iran seizes the Greater and Lesser Tunbs from the Emirates of Sharjah and Ras Al Khaimah.
Day of burial January 3, 1972
The temperature on January 3, 1972 was between -0.9 °C and 1.4 °C and averaged 0.8 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet Biesheuvel I, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
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.
March 22 » The United States Congress sends the Equal Rights Amendment to the states for ratification.
April 25 » Vietnam War: Nguyen Hue Offensive: The North Vietnamese 320th Division forces 5,000 South Vietnamese troops to retreat and traps about 2,500 others northwest of Kontum.
August 16 » In an unsuccessful coup d'état attempt, the Royal Moroccan Air Force fires upon Hassan II of Morocco's plane while he is traveling back to Rabat.
September 4 » Mark Spitz becomes the first competitor to win seven medals at a single Olympic Games.
December 7 » Apollo 17, the last Apollo moon mission, is launched. The crew takes the photograph known as The Blue Marble as they leave the Earth.
December 29 » Eastern Air Lines Flight 401 (a Lockheed L-1011 TriStar) crashes in the Florida Everglades on approach to Miami International Airport, Florida, killing 101 of the 176 people on board.
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