About the day » Wednesday November 6, 1889Calender converter

• Adriana Elisabeth Arnolda Mutsaers, Tilburg († 1956)
• Albertus Johannes Maria Zoppi, Tilburg
• Adrianus Terlouw, Lekkerkerk, SH, Netherlands
• Albertus Joh. Maria Zoppi, Tilburg NL
• Aaltje Schelhaas, Alteveer (Hoogeveen)
• Anna Maria Wijnands, Houthem, Valkenburg aan de Geul († 1915)
• Anne Boorsma, Schalsum
• Adriana Elisabeth Arnolda Mutsaars, Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1956)
• Aaltje Suk, Nieuwe Pekela († 1893)
• Adriana Elisabeth Arnolda Mutsaers, Tilburg NB Netherlands († 1956)

• Berber Walstra (12), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Arij Tom (74), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arie van der Waal (41), Oud-Beijerland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arij Tom (74), Rotterdam
• Adriana BOSTELAAR (74), Middelburg, Walcheren, Zeeland, Nederland
• Antonius van Uum (61), Stokkum (Ge), Gelderland, Nederland
• Alexandre Joseph Mahy (30), Villers-Deux-Églises, Namur, Belgium
• Aukje Ruurds van der Ley (89), Burum, gem. Kollumerland c.a., Friesland, Nederland
• Baukje Sytzes van der Kooi (72), Idsegahuizum, Wonseradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Bertha Sibilla Fontain (34), Rotterdam

• 1854 » John Philip Sousa, American composer and bandleader († 1932)
• 1861 » James Naismith, Canadian-American physician and educator, invented basketball († 1939)
• 1880 » Yoshisuke Aikawa, Japanese businessman and politician, founded Nissan Motor Company († 1967)
• 1884 » May Brahe, Australian composer († 1956)
• 1885 » Martin O'Meara, Irish-Australian sergeant, Victoria Cross recipient († 1935)
• 1887 » Walter Johnson, American baseball player and manager († 1946)
• 1897 » Jack O'Connor, English cricketer († 1977)
• 1900 » Ida Lou Anderson, American orator and professor, pioneer in the field of radio broadcasting († 1941)
• 1908 » Tony Canzoneri, American boxer († 1959)
• 1921 » Geoff Rabone, New Zealand cricketer († 2006)

• 1816 » Gouverneur Morris, American scholar, politician, and diplomat, United States Ambassador to France who died a bizarre death (b. 1752)
• 1918 » Alan Arnett McLeod, Canadian lieutenant, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1899)
• 1942 » Emil Starkenstein, Czech pharmacologist and academic (b. 1884)
• 1964 » Hugo Koblet, Swiss cyclist (b. 1925)
• 1965 » Clarence Williams, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (b. 1898)
• 1978 » Heiri Suter, Swiss cyclist (b. 1899)
• 1984 » Gastón Suárez, Bolivian author and playwright (b. 1929)
• 1985 » Sanjeev Kumar, Indian film actor (b. 1938)
• 1991 » Gene Tierney, American actress (b. 1920)
• 1998 » Sky Low Low, Canadian wrestler (b. 1928)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Jacob
9. Jacobus
10. Petrus
11. Adrianus
12. Arie
13. Dirk
14. Gerardus
15. Hendrikus
16. Wilhelmus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Adriana
6. Elisabeth
7. Hendrika
8. Wilhelmina
9. Catharina
10. Aaltje
11. Grietje
12. Jacoba
13. Geertruida
14. Neeltje
15. Trijntje
16. Petronella

• Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
• February 9 » US president Grover Cleveland signs a bill elevating the United States Department of Agriculture to a Cabinet-level agency.
• February 22 » President Grover Cleveland signs a bill admitting North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana and Washington as U.S. states.
• March 23 » The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is established by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad in Qadian, British India.
• October 24 » Henry Parkes delivers the Tenterfield Oration, effectively starting the federation process in Australia.
• November 8 » Montana is admitted as the 41st U.S. state.
• November 14 » Pioneering female journalist Nellie Bly (aka Elizabeth Cochrane) begins a successful attempt to travel around the world in less than 80 days. She completes the trip in 72 days.

The temperature on November 6, 1889 was about 11.1 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 75%.