January 2 » American statesman and diplomat John Hay announces the Open Door Policy to promote trade with China.
February 7 » A Chinese immigrant in San Francisco falls ill to bubonic plague in the first plague epidemic in the continental United States.
February 7 » Second Boer War: British troops fail in their third attempt to lift the Siege of Ladysmith.
February 9 » The Davis Cup competition is established.
August 3 » The Firestone Tire and Rubber Company is founded.
October 25 » The United Kingdom annexes the Transvaal.
Day of death December 8, 1993
The temperature on December 8, 1993 was between 2.6 °C and 10.8 °C and averaged 6.0 °C. There was 9.8 mm of rain during 11.1 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
January 1 » Dissolution of Czechoslovakia: Czechoslovakia is divided into the Czech Republic and Slovak Republic.
January 20 » Bill Clinton is inaugurated the 42nd President of the United States of America.
March 29 » Catherine Callbeck becomes premier of Prince Edward Island and the first woman to be elected in a general election as premier of a Canadian province.
April 28 » A Zambia Air Force DHC-5 Buffalo crashes off the coast of Libreville, Gabon, killing all 30 passengers, which included the entire Zambia national football team.
August 7 » Ada Deer, a Menominee activist, sworn in as the head of the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
November 20 » Savings and loan crisis: The United States Senate Ethics Committee issues a stern censure of California senator Alan Cranston for his "dealings" with savings-and-loan executive Charles Keating.
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