About the day » Saturday December 28, 1889Calender converter

• Adrianus Antonius van der Hulst, Wassenaar,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1965)
• Albertje Huisman, Smallingerland, Nederland
• Ale Klazes (Albert Clarence) Westerterp, Oldeboorn, Utingeradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1964)
• Aafke Johannes Malda, Blija († 1889)
• Adrianus Anthonius Van De Hulst
• Adrianus Anthonius van der Hulst, Wassenaar († 1965)
• Adriaan van der Slikke, Kruiningen (Zeeland) († 1977)
• Adriaan ten Berge 9 († 1890)
• Ana de Proença, Sorocaba, São Paulo, Brasil
• Akke de Haas, Kimswerd

• Anna Maria Schelle (12), Dussen
• Antje JANS Smit (82), (GR) Bellingwolde
• Adriana Cornelia Mak (50), SCHIEDAM, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Gezina Deuling (0), Laudermarke gem. Vlagtwedde
• Agatha van den Brink (12), Amersfoort zie Utrecht-Amersfoort
• Aaltje Udema (27), Noordbroek (gem. Midden-Groningen)
• Antje van Baarsen (64), De Rijp, Graft-De Rijp, Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Jans Smit (82), Bellingwolde, Groningen, Netherlands
• Amelia Fidelia DEHAESE (61), Dikkebus
• adrianus abrahamsz LEENHEER (77), rhoon

• 1882 » Arthur Eddington, English astronomer, physicist, and mathematician († 1944)
• 1882 » Lili Elbe, Danish model and painter († 1931)
• 1887 » Werner Kolhörster, German physicist and academic († 1946)
• 1888 » F. W. Murnau, German-American director, producer, and screenwriter († 1931)
• 1890 » Quincy Wright, American political scientist, historian, and academic († 1970)
• 1895 » Carol Ryrie Brink, American author and playwright († 1981)
• 1898 » Carl-Gustaf Rossby, Swedish-American meteorologist and academic († 1957)
• 1898 » Shigematsu Sakaibara, Japanese admiral († 1947)
• 1902 » Mortimer J. Adler, American philosopher and author († 2001)
• 1902 » Shen Congwen, Chinese author and educator († 1988)

• 1859 » Thomas Babington Macaulay, 1st Baron Macaulay, English historian and politician, Secretary at War (b. 1800)
• 1872 » James Van Ness, American lawyer and politician, 7th Mayor of San Francisco (b. 1808)
• 1890 » Dennis Miller Bunker, American painter (b. 1861)
• 1897 » William Corby, American priest and academic (b. 1833)
• 1900 » Alexandre de Serpa Pinto, Portuguese soldier and explorer (b. 1846)
• 1907 » Louise Granberg, Swedish playwright (b. 1812)
• 1913 » Ahmet Mithat Efendi, Turkish journalist and translator (b. 1844)
• 1916 » Eduard Strauss, Austrian violinist and composer (b. 1835)
• 1917 » Alfred Edwin McKay, Canadian captain and pilot (b. 1892)
• 1918 » Olavo Bilac, Brazilian poet and journalist (b. 1865)

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.
• January 8 » Herman Hollerith is issued US patent #395,791 for the 'Art of Applying Statistics' — his punched card calculator.
• 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.
• March 31 » The Eiffel Tower is officially opened.
• July 11 » Tijuana, Mexico, is founded.
• 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 December 28, 1889 was about -5.9 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 89%.