January 2 » American statesman and diplomat John Hay announces the Open Door Policy to promote trade with China.
January 6 » Second Boer War: Having already besieged the fortress at Ladysmith, Boer forces attack it, but are driven back by British defenders.
February 18 » Second Boer War: Imperial forces suffer their worst single-day loss of life on Bloody Sunday, the first day of the Battle of Paardeberg.
February 27 » The British Labour Party is founded.
June 9 » Indian nationalist Birsa Munda dies of cholera in a British prison.
September 8 » Galveston hurricane: A powerful hurricane hits Galveston, Texas killing about 8,000 people.
Day of death March 24, 1989
The temperature on March 24, 1989 was between 5.9 °C and 11.7 °C and averaged 8.4 °C. There was 15.9 mm of rain during 10.5 hours. The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
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.
April 21 » Tiananmen Square protests of 1989: In Beijing, around 100,000 students gather in Tiananmen Square to commemorate Chinese reform leader Hu Yaobang.
April 27 » The April 27 demonstrations, student-led protests responding to the April 26 Editorial, during the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989.
May 1 » Disney-MGM Studios opens at Walt Disney World near Orlando, Florida, United States.
June 21 » The U.S. Supreme Court rules in Texas v. Johnson, 491 U.S. 397, that American flag-burning is a form of political protest protected by the First Amendment.
November 7 » Douglas Wilder wins the governor's seat in Virginia, becoming the first elected African American governor in the United States.
November 13 » Hans-Adam II, the present Prince of Liechtenstein, begins his reign on the death of his father.
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