January 17 » The United States takes possession of Wake Island in the Pacific Ocean.
March 4 » Cyclone Mahina sweeps in north of Cooktown, Queensland, with a 12 metres (39ft) wave that reaches up to 5 kilometres (3.1mi) inland, killing over 300.
April 18 » The St. Andrew's Ambulance Association is granted a royal charter by Queen Victoria.
July 26 » Ulises Heureaux, the 27th President of the Dominican Republic, is assassinated.
September 23 » The American Asiatic Squadron destroys a Filipino battery at the Battle of Olongapo.
December 2 » Philippine–American War: The Battle of Tirad Pass, termed "The Filipino Thermopylae", is fought.
Day of death February 21, 1983
The temperature on February 21, 1983 was between -3.5 °C and 4.0 °C and averaged 0.7 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 8.1 hours of sunshine (79%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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.
January 1 » The ARPANET officially changes to using TCP/IP, the Internet Protocol, effectively creating the Internet.
February 28 » The final episode of M*A*S*H airs, with almost 106 million viewers. It still holds the record for the highest viewership of a season finale.
September 12 » The USSR vetoes a United Nations Security Council Resolution deploring the Soviet destruction of Korean Air Lines Flight 007.
September 15 » Israeli premier Menachem Begin resigns.
November 2 » U.S. President Ronald Reagan signs a bill creating Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.
December 31 » In Nigeria a coup d'état led by Major General Muhammadu Buhari ends the Second Nigerian Republic.
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