Bird-Feeding in 1971. And a Deadly Fire in Switzerland.

            The Postcard

A postcard that was published by Amag, The card has a divided back.

The card was posted using a 1½ cent stamp in Haren, Groningen, Netherlands on Saturday the 6th. March 1971 to a recipient who lived in Amsterdam.

A Deadly Fire in Switzerland

So what else happened on the day that the card was posted?

Well, on the 6th. March 1971, a fire at Burghölzli, the psychiatric research hospital for the University of Zurich in Switzerland, killed 28 men who were patients.

A Record-Breaking Freeze in Italy

Also on that day, Italy sustained the coldest recorded temperatures in its history, with a low of −34.6 °C (−30.3 °F) measured in Plateau Rosa, along with a snowstorm shutting down Rome and surrounding cities.

A Bloody Boxing Title Fight

Also on the 6th. March 1971, in Rome, one of the bloodiest title fights in modern boxing history took place as both boxers had cuts above their eyes. 

Italy's Bruno Arcari retained the World Boxing Council (WBC) junior welterweight world championship in a re-match against Brazil's João Henrique on points given by the sole judge, Teddy Waltham of England. 

Neither boxer was knocked down during the 15-round bout. The 9th. round ended with both fighters bleeding from open cuts over their eyebrows, Arcari having blood dripping into both eyes and Henrique with a cut over his right eye. 

Waltham deemed Arcari to be ahead, 74 points to 68, at the fight's end, and declared him the victor. Because of Rome's blizzard, only 9,000 people attended at the Palazzetto dello Sport which has an 11,500-seat capacity.

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