March 15th
Trevor Deeley born. He became a motorcycle racer, dealer, importer, sponsor, AMA official, motorcycle collector and designer. His grandfather and father had operated a Harley-Davidson dealership in Vancouver, Canada, since 1918.
Trevor Deeley, Canadian MC Dealer
The Triumph motorcycle factory at Hinckley burns to the ground. It took three days to extinguish the blaze, and damage was estimated at over a hundred million pounds.