February 6 » The Permanent Court of Arbitration, an international arbitration court at The Hague, is created when the Senate of the Netherlands ratifies an 1899 peace conference decree.
February 23 » Second Boer War: During the Battle of the Tugela Heights, the first British attempt to take Hart's Hill fails.
April 30 » Hawaii becomes a territory of the United States, with Sanford B. Dole as governor.
May 22 » The Associated Press is formed in New York City as a non-profit news cooperative.
August 14 » The Eight-Nation Alliance occupies Beijing, China, in a campaign to end the bloody Boxer Rebellion in China.
November 7 » The People's Party is founded in Cuba.
Day of death January 31, 1983
The temperature on January 31, 1983 was between 0.6 °C and 10.2 °C and averaged 4.1 °C. There was 11.0 mm of rain during 9.4 hours. There was 1.1 hours of sunshine (12%). 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 Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
February 24 » A special commission of the United States Congress condemns the Japanese American internment during World War II.
July 7 » Cold War: Samantha Smith, a US schoolgirl, flies to the Soviet Union at the invitation of Secretary General Yuri Andropov.
July 24 » The Black July anti-Tamil riots begin in Sri Lanka, killing between 400 and 3,000. Black July is generally regarded as the beginning of the Sri Lankan Civil War.
July 25 » Black July: Thirty-seven Tamil political prisoners at the Welikada high security prison in Colombo are massacred by the fellow Sinhalese prisoners.
November 8 » TAAG Angola Airlines Flight 462 crashes after takeoff from Lubango Airport killing all 130 people on board. UNITA claims to have shot down the aircraft, though this is disputed.
November 15 » Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus declares independence. Recognized only by Turkey.
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