January 2 » American statesman and diplomat John Hay announces the Open Door Policy to promote trade with China.
February 27 » Fußball-Club Bayern München is founded.
May 22 » The Associated Press is formed in New York City as a non-profit news cooperative.
May 24 » Second Boer War: The United Kingdom annexes the Orange Free State.
June 5 » Second Boer War: British soldiers take Pretoria.
June 20 » Boxer Rebellion: The Imperial Chinese Army begins a 55-day siege of the Legation Quarter in Beijing, China.
Day of death March 13, 1982
The temperature on March 13, 1982 was between 1.2 °C and 7.8 °C and averaged 3.9 °C. There was 2.4 mm of rain during 1.8 hours. There was 5.2 hours of sunshine (45%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, September 11, 1981 to Saturday, May 29, 1982 the cabinet Van Agt II, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from Saturday, May 29, 1982 to Thursday, November 4, 1982 the cabinet Van Agt III, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA) as prime minister.
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.
January 13 » Shortly after takeoff, Air Florida Flight 90, a Boeing 737 jet, crashes into Washington, D.C.'s 14th Street Bridge and falls into the Potomac River, killing 78 including four motorists.
April 21 » Baseball: Rollie Fingers of the Milwaukee Brewers becomes the first pitcher to record 300 saves.
April 25 » Israel completes its withdrawal from the Sinai Peninsula per the Camp David Accords.
May 24 » Liberation of Khorramshahr: Iranians recapture of the port city of Khorramshahr from the Iraqis during the Iran–Iraq War.
June 24 » British Airways Flight 9 flies into a cloud of volcanic ash thrown up by the eruption of Mount Galunggung, resulting in the failure of all four engines.
July 23 » Outside Santa Clarita, California, actor Vic Morrow and two children are killed when a helicopter crashes onto them while shooting a scene from Twilight Zone: The Movie.
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