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Birthday March 20, 1889

• The temperature on March 20, 1889 was about 7.9 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 16 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 85%. Source: KNMI
• 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.
• In the year 1889: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • April 22 » At noon, thousands rush to claim land in the Land Rush of 1889. Within hours the cities of Oklahoma City and Guthrie are formed with populations of at least 10,000.
  • May 2 » Menelik II, Emperor of Ethiopia, signs the Treaty of Wuchale, giving Italy control over Eritrea.
  • June 6 » The Great Seattle Fire destroys all of downtown Seattle.
  • June 26 » Bangui is founded by Albert Dolisie and Alfred Uzac in what was then the upper reaches of the French Congo.
  • July 8 » The first issue of The Wall Street Journal is published.
  • November 23 » The first jukebox goes into operation at the Palais Royale Saloon in San Francisco.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1884 » John Jensen, Australian public servant († 1970)
• 1884 » Philipp Frank, Austrian-American physicist, mathematician, and philosopher († 1966)
• 1885 » Vernon Ransford, Australian cricketer († 1958)
• 1888 » Amanda Clement, American baseball player, umpire, and educator († 1971)
• 1890 » Lauritz Melchior, Danish-American tenor and actor († 1973)
• 1894 » Amalie Sara Colquhoun, Australian landscape and portrait painter († 1974)