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Birthday April 15, 1889

• The temperature on April 15, 1889 was about 6.1 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 81%. 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.
  • January 8 » Herman Hollerith is issued US patent #395,791 for the 'Art of Applying Statistics' — his punched card calculator.
  • January 22 » Columbia Phonograph is formed in Washington, D.C.
  • January 30 » Archduke Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria, heir to the Austro-Hungarian crown, is found dead with his mistress Baroness Mary Vetsera in the Mayerling.
  • 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.
  • August 4 » The Great Fire of Spokane, Washington destroys some 32 blocks of the city, prompting a mass rebuilding project.
  • 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.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1886 » Nikolay Gumilyov, Russian poet and critic († 1921)
• 1887 » William Forgan Smith, Scottish-Australian politician, 24th Premier of Queensland († 1953)
• 1888 » Maximilian Kronberger, German poet and author († 1904)
• 1889 » A. Philip Randolph, American activist († 1979)
• 1889 » Thomas Hart Benton, American painter and educator († 1975)
• 1890 » Percy Shaw, English businessman, invented the cat's eye († 1976)