March 7 » The German liner SSKaiser Wilhelm der Grosse becomes the first ship to send wireless signals to shore.
March 14 » The Gold Standard Act is ratified, placing the United States currency on the gold standard.
March 24 » Mayor of New York City Robert Anderson Van Wyck breaks ground for a new underground "Rapid Transit Railroad" that would link Manhattan and Brooklyn.
April 14 » The Exposition Universelle begins.
July 2 » Jean Sibelius' Finlandia receives its première performance in Helsinki with the Helsinki Philharmonic Society conducted by Robert Kajanus.
July 19 » The first line of the Paris Métro opens for operation.
Day of death May 23, 1989
The temperature on May 23, 1989 was between 12.8 °C and 26.3 °C and averaged 19.4 °C. There was 14.7 hours of sunshine (92%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. 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.
October 17 » The 6.9 Mw Loma Prieta earthquake shakes the San Francisco Bay Area and the Central Coast, killing Sixty-three.
November 13 » Hans-Adam II, the present Prince of Liechtenstein, begins his reign on the death of his father.
November 20 » Velvet Revolution: The number of protesters assembled in Prague, Czechoslovakia swells from 200,000 the day before to an estimated half-million.
December 1 » Philippine coup attempt: The right-wing military rebel Reform the Armed Forces Movement attempts to oust Philippine President Corazon Aquino in a failed bloody coup d'état.
December 15 » Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights relating the abolition of capital punishment is adopted.
December 28 » A magnitude 5.6 earthquake hits Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, killing 13 people.
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