The temperature on March 14, 1889 was about 3.7 °C. The air pressure was 6 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 100%. Source: KNMI
May 2 » Menelik II, Emperor of Ethiopia, signs the Treaty of Wuchale, giving Italy control over Eritrea.
May 6 » The Eiffel Tower is officially opened to the public at the Universal Exposition in Paris.
June 6 » The Great Seattle Fire destroys all of downtown Seattle.
July 11 » Tijuana, Mexico, is founded.
September 28 » The General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM) defines the length of a meter.
November 15 » Brazil is declared a republic by Marshal Deodoro da Fonseca as Emperor Pedro II is deposed in a military coup.
Day of death May 8, 1983
The temperature on May 8, 1983 was between 8.0 °C and 14.7 °C and averaged 10.8 °C. There was 7.9 mm of rain during 1.7 hours. There was 4.4 hours of sunshine (29%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-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.
March 11 » Pakistan successfully conducts a cold test of a nuclear weapon.
March 21 » The first cases of the 1983 West Bank fainting epidemic begin; Israelis and Palestinians accuse each other of poison gas, but the cause is later determined mostly to be psychosomatic.
April 18 » A suicide bomber in Lebanon destroys the United States embassy in Beirut, killing 63 people.
May 17 » Lebanon, Israel, and the United States sign an agreement on Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon.
June 4 » Gordon Kahl, who killed two US Marshals in Medina, North Dakota on February 13, is killed in a shootout in Smithville, Arkansas, along with a local sheriff, after a four-month manhunt.
November 15 » Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus declares independence. Recognized only by Turkey.
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