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Birthday April 14, 1889

• The temperature on April 14, 1889 was about 5.5 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 97%. 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.
  • March 31 » The Eiffel Tower is officially opened.
  • 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.
  • June 29 » Hyde Park and several other Illinois townships vote to be annexed by Chicago, forming the largest United States city in area and second largest in population at the time.
  • July 11 » Tijuana, Mexico, is founded.
  • November 2 » North Dakota and South Dakota are admitted as the 39th and 40th U.S. states.
  • 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 » Árpád Tóth, Hungarian poet and translator († 1928)
• 1886 » Ernst Robert Curtius, German philologist and scholar († 1956)
• 1889 » Arnold J. Toynbee, English historian and academic († 1975)
• 1891 » B. R. Ambedkar, Indian economist, jurist, and politician, 1st Indian Minister of Law and Justice († 1956)
• 1891 » Otto Lasanen, Finnish wrestler († 1958)
• 1892 » Juan Belmonte, Spanish bullfighter († 1962)