Football match, Finland v. ZDSA from the Soviet Union, at Helsinki Olympic Stadium. Inauguration of the Finnish Yacht Club lodge in Helsinki. Helsinki Seutula Airport is completed. Singing Dutchmen in...
The main contingent of U.S. athletes arrives in Helsinki. Soviet Olympic trains arrive at Pasila railway station. The flag of Trinidad is hoisted in the Olympic Village. Prince Pierre of Monaco arrive...
Torch relay in Jyväskylä, Korpilahti, Jämsä, Halli, Hausjärvi, Hyvinkää, and Helsinki (Mäkelänkatu–Olympic Village–Hämeentie–Wulff Corner –Parliament Building–Sugar Factory–Eläi...
100th anniversary celebration of the Oy Gust. Ranin company in Kuopio. Miss Margaret Truman in Helsinki Harbour and at the U.S. Embassy. Finnish Canoeing Championships in Tampere. Finnish Athletics Ch...
Speed boat race, Finland v. Sweden, in the North Harbour of Helsinki. Pesäpallo (Finnish baseball) match, East Finland v. West Finland, at Hesperia stadium in Helsinki. The Finnish film Yö on pitkä...
Boxing match, Finland v. Germany, at the Helsinki Exhibition Hall. Operation Loraus (‘Squirt’), technology students’ blood donation campaign at the Helsinki University of Technology. Blood donat...
Ice breaker Voima is launched at the Wärtsilä Shipyard in Hietalahti, Helsinki. Sculptor Wäinö Aaltonen completed the Kauhajoki War Memorial. The premiere of the Olympic Film, Worlds Meet, in Hels...
Rubens exhibition at the Ateneum Art Museum. Mutual Insurance Company Tarmo, 120 years: congratulations at the head office. The suitcase that made a trip around the world in PAA airplanes. Radio broad...