February 15 » The battleship USSMaine explodes and sinks in Havana harbor in Cuba, killing 274. This event leads the United States to declare war on Spain.
February 27 » King George I of Greece survives an assassination attempt.
June 11 » The Hundred Days' Reform, a planned movement to reform social, political, and educational institutions in China, is started by the Guangxu Emperor, but is suspended by Empress Dowager Cixi after 104 days. (The failed reform led to the abolition of the Imperial examination in 1905.)
July 1 » Spanish–American War: The Battle of San Juan Hill is fought in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba.
August 13 » Carl Gustav Witt discovers 433 Eros, the first near-Earth asteroid to be found.
December 26 » Marie and Pierre Curie announce the isolation of radium.
Day of death October 7, 1983
The temperature on October 7, 1983 was between 9.6 °C and 16.5 °C and averaged 13.3 °C. There was 2.7 mm of rain during 4.0 hours. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (9%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
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