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Cyclone Quimburga
Cyclone Quimburga, also referred to as the Lower Saxony Storm, was a deadly European windstorm that struck northern and central Europe between 12 and 14 November, 1972. The storm has been described as one of the most devastating storm events during the 20th century. The storm developed over the UK where it caused some localised damage in the south before moving across the North Sea where it underwent explosive cyclogenesis dropping from 969 hPa to 953 hPa. This development was fueled by the contrast between cold air in the parent low and the warm water of the North Sea. The storm brought wind gusts of over to large areas of the Netherlands, with gusts over across northern Germany. The greatest damage was reported across the German state of Lower Saxony, after which it is known in German as the Lower Saxony storm. The storm destroyed the Königs Wusterhausen Central Tower, a communications tower to the southwest of Berlin and the church steeple in Berlin-Friedrichshagen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
European Windstorm
European windstorms are powerful extratropical cyclones which form as cyclonic windstorms associated with areas of low atmospheric pressure. They can occur throughout the year, but are most frequent between October and March, with peak intensity in the winter months. Deep areas of low pressure are common over the North Atlantic, and occasionally start as nor'easters off the New England coast. They frequently track across the North Atlantic Ocean towards the north of Scotland and into the Norwegian Sea, which generally minimizes the impact to inland areas; however, if the track is further south, it may cause adverse weather conditions across Central Europe, Northern Europe and especially Western Europe. The countries most commonly affected include the United Kingdom, Ireland, the Netherlands, Norway, Germany, the Faroe Islands and Iceland. The strong wind phenomena intrinsic to European windstorms, that give rise to "damage footprints" at the surface, can be placed into three cat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1972 In Austria
Events from the year 1972 in Austria. Incumbents * President: Franz Jonas * Chancellor: Bruno Kreisky Governors * Burgenland: Theodor Kery * Carinthia: Hans Sima * Lower Austria: Andreas Maurer * Salzburg: Hans Lechner * Styria: Friedrich Niederl * Tyrol: Eduard Wallnöfer * Upper Austria: Erwin Wenzl * Vienna: Felix Slavik * Vorarlberg: Herbert Keßler Events * 1 January – Future President of Austria Kurt Waldheim becomes Secretary-General of the United Nations. Births * 12 January – Toto Wolff, racing driver * 29 November – Andreas Goldberger, ski jumper * 7 December – Hermann Maier, Alpine ski racer Deaths * 12 June: Ludwig von Bertalanffy, biologist (b. 1901) * 13 June: Stephanie von Hohenlohe, spy for Germany in World War II spy (b. 1891) * 31 July: Alfons Gorbach, 15th Chancellor of Austria (b. 1898) * 30 November: Hans Erich Apostel, composer (b. 1901) * 13 December: Gustav Schwarzenegger, police officer, father of Arnold Schwa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1972 In Switzerland
Year 197 ( CXCVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Magius and Rufinus (or, less frequently, year 950 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 197 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * February 19 – Battle of Lugdunum: Emperor Septimius Severus defeats the self-proclaimed emperor Clodius Albinus at Lugdunum (modern Lyon). Albinus commits suicide; legionaries sack the town. * Septimius Severus returns to Rome and has about 30 of Albinus's supporters in the Senate executed. After his victory he declares himself the adopted son of the late Marcus Aurelius. * Septimius Severus forms new naval units, manning all the triremes in Italy with heavily armed troops for war in the East. His soldiers embark on a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1972 In Italy
Events in the year 1972 in Italy. Incumbents *President - Giovanni Leone *Prime Minister – Emilio Colombo (until 17 February); Giulio Andreotti (from 17 February) Events *7 May – In the 1972 Italian general election, the Christian Democracy Party (DC) retains its position with around 38% of the votesDieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010), ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p. 1048 *21 August-3 September - 33rd Venice International Film Festival Sport Basketball * 1971–72 Serie A (basketball) * 1972–73 Serie A (basketball) Cycling *1972 Giro d'Italia *1972 UCI Road World Championships Football * 1971–72 Serie A *1972–73 Serie A * 1971–72 Serie B *1972–73 Serie B Motor racing *1972 Italian Grand Prix Births *29 February ** Antonio Sabàto, Jr., Italian actor ** Sylvie Lubamba, Italian showgirl *6 June – Cristina Scabbia, singer *12 July – Gabriel Garko, actor and fashion model *8 September – Giovanni Frezza, actor * 21 October – Ilaria Latini, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1972 In Belgium
Events from the year 1972 in Belgium. Incumbents *Monarch: Baudouin *Prime Minister: Gaston Eyskens Events * 8 May – Sabena Flight 571 hijacking * 18 June – UEFA Euro 1972 final tournament at Heysel Stadium * 12 to 14 November – Cyclone Quimburga Publications * '' Biographie Nationale de Belgique'', vol. 37 (supplement 9). * OECD, ''Economic Surveys: Belgium–Luxembourg Economic Union'' * David Owen Kieft, ''Belgium's Return to Neutrality: An Essay in the Frustration of Small Power Diplomacy'' (Oxford, Clarendon Press) * Robert Senelle, ''La révision de la Constitution, 1967-1971'' (Brussels, Ministère des affaires étrangères) * P. de Stexhe, ''La révision de la Constitution belge, 1968-1971'' (Brussels and Namur, Larcier and Société d’études morales, sociales et juridiques) * P. Wigny, ''La troisième révision de la Constitution'' (Brussels, Bruylant) Births * 1 February – Johan Walem, footballer * 28 March – Anja Lenaers, cyclist * 29 March – J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1972 In The Netherlands
Year 197 ( CXCVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Magius and Rufinus (or, less frequently, year 950 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 197 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * February 19 – Battle of Lugdunum: Emperor Septimius Severus defeats the self-proclaimed emperor Clodius Albinus at Lugdunum (modern Lyon). Albinus commits suicide; legionaries sack the town. * Septimius Severus returns to Rome and has about 30 of Albinus's supporters in the Senate executed. After his victory he declares himself the adopted son of the late Marcus Aurelius. * Septimius Severus forms new naval units, manning all the triremes in Italy with heavily armed troops for war in the East. His soldiers embark on a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1972 In Germany
Events in the year 1972 in Germany. Incumbents *President – Gustav Heinemann *Chancellor – Willy Brandt Events *19 February – Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1972 *1 April – German company SAP SE is founded. *19 May – Three out of six bombs explode in the Axel Springer AG media company offices in Hamburg, injuring 17; the Red Army Faction claims responsibility. *24 May – A Red Army Faction bomb explodes in the Campbell Barracks of the U.S. Army Supreme European Command in Heidelberg, West Germany; three U.S. soldiers (Clyde Bonner, Ronald Woodard and Charles Peck) are killed. *2 June – Andreas Baader, Jan-Carl Raspe, Holger Meins and some other members of the Red Army Faction are arrested in Frankfurt am Main,after a shootout. *15 June – Ulrike Meinhof and Gerhard Müller of the Red Army Faction are arrested in a teacher's apartment in Langenhagen, West Germany. *23 June - 4 July – 22nd Berlin International Film Festival * 30 June - 8 October – docume ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1972 In France
Events from the year 1972 in France. Incumbents * President: Georges Pompidou * Prime Minister: Jacques Chaban-Delmas (until 5 July), Pierre Messmer (starting 6 July) Events *January - Launch of the Renault 5, one of the world's first small hatchbacks. *23 April - French European Economic Community enlargement referendum, voters approved the accession of the United Kingdom, Denmark, Ireland, and Norway to the EEC. *16 June - 108 die as two passenger trains hit debris of a collapsed railway tunnel near Soissons. *1 July - Canadian ketch ''Vega'', flying the Greenpeace III banner, collides with the French naval minesweeper ''La Paimpolaise'' while in international waters to protest French nuclear weapon tests in the South Pacific. *5 July - President Pompidou dismisses prime minister Chaban-Delmas following rumours of financial misdoing. *October - The Peugeot 104, the smallest four-door car in the world, is launched. *28 October - The first flight of the Airbus A300, the fir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1972 In The United Kingdom
Events from the year 1972 in the United Kingdom. Incumbents * Monarch – Elizabeth II * Prime Minister – Edward Heath (Conservative) * Parliament – 45th Events January * 4 January – Rose Heilbron becomes the first female judge to sit at the Old Bailey. * 9 January – The National Union of Mineworkers holds a strike ballot in which 58.8% vote in favour of industrial action. Coal miners begin a strike which will last for seven weeks, including picketing of Saltley coke depot in Birmingham. * 19 January – The government announces the lifting of all restrictions on broadcasting hours on television and radio. Daytime television hours will be extended in October. * 20 January – Unemployment exceeds the 1,000,000 mark for the first time since the 1930s, almost double the 582,000 who were unemployed when Edward Heath's Conservative government came to power less than two years ago. * 30 January – 'Bloody Sunday' in Northern Ireland: fourteen Catholics are killed when ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1972 In Canada
Events from the year 1972 in Canada. Incumbents Crown * Monarch – Elizabeth II Federal government * Governor General – Roland Michener * Prime Minister – Pierre Trudeau * Chief Justice – Gérald Fauteux (Quebec) * Parliament – 28th (until 1 September) Provincial governments Lieutenant governors *Lieutenant Governor of Alberta – Grant MacEwan *Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia – John Robert Nicholson * Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba – William John McKeag *Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick – Hédard Robichaud *Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland – Ewart John Arlington Harnum *Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia – Victor de Bedia Oland *Lieutenant Governor of Ontario – William Ross Macdonald *Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island – John George MacKay *Lieutenant Governor of Quebec – Hugues Lapointe *Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan – Stephen Worobetz Premiers *Premier of Alberta – Peter Lougheed *Premier o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
European Windstorms
European windstorms are powerful extratropical cyclones which form as cyclonic windstorms associated with areas of low atmospheric pressure. They can occur throughout the year, but are most frequent between October and March, with peak intensity in the winter months. Deep areas of low pressure are common over the North Atlantic, and occasionally start as nor'easters off the New England coast. They frequently track across the North Atlantic Ocean towards the north of Scotland and into the Norwegian Sea, which generally minimizes the impact to inland areas; however, if the track is further south, it may cause adverse weather conditions across Central Europe, Northern Europe and especially Western Europe. The countries most commonly affected include the United Kingdom, Ireland, the Netherlands, Norway, Germany, the Faroe Islands and Iceland. The strong wind phenomena intrinsic to European windstorms, that give rise to "damage footprints" at the surface, can be placed into three cat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
