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Born on Monday October 28, 1889
- Adrianus van Berkel, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1946)
- ALBERT van ZWOLLE, LUTTEN († 1918)
- Adriaan Overbeeke, Haamstede
- Adrianus van Berkel, Loon op Zand (Noord-Brabant) († 1954)
- Aart Kornelis Mulder, Sliedrecht
- Andries den Boer, zwijndrecht (zuid holland)
- Aaltje Prins, Fillmore Township (Allegan County) (Michigan) († 1966)
- Anna Carolina Margaretha Alberts, Maarn (Utrechtse Heuvelrug) († 1975)
- Apeldoorn, Heerhugowaard († 1889)
- Adriana Vissers, Berlicum
Died on Monday October 28, 1889
- Carolus Ludovicus Borny (17), Klemskerke (De Haan), West-Vlaanderen, België
- Dirkje van Soest (55), Woubrugge
- Antje Romkes (72), Urk (FL) Nederland
- Anna Hendrika Kerkener (55), Den Helder
- Catharina Schrier (64), Middelburg, Zeeland, Nederland
- Anna TEN HAM (0), Ommelanderwijk (Veendam) Groningen Netherlands
- Arie Klapwijk (0), Naaldwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Catharina Schrier (64), Middelburg
- Alphonsina GEVERS (22), Niel-bij-Sint-Truiden, Provincie Limburg, Flanders, Belgie
- Anna ten Ham (0), Ommelanderwijk, Veendam, Groningen, Nederland
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from October 28, 1889 at Delpher
Born on October 28
- 1881 » Vin Coutie, Australian footballer († 1951)
- 1884 » William Douglas Cook, New Zealand horticulturalist, founded Eastwoodhill Arboretum († 1967)
- 1885 » Velimir Khlebnikov, Russian poet and playwright († 1922)
- 1886 » Noel Macklin, English soldier and engineer († 1946)
- 1888 » Christopher Vane, 10th Baron Barnard, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Durham († 1964)
- 1889 » Juliette Béliveau, Canadian actress and singer († 1975)
- 1892 » Dink Johnson, American pianist, drummer, and clarinet player († 1954)
- 1893 » Christopher Kelk Ingold, British chemist († 1970)
- 1896 » Howard Hanson, American composer, conductor, and educator († 1981)
- 1897 » Edith Head, American costume designer († 1981)
Died on October 28
- 1877 » Robert Swinhoe, English ornithologist and entomologist (b. 1835)
- 1879 » Marie Roch Louis Reybaud, French economist and politician (b. 1799)
- 1899 » Ottmar Mergenthaler, German-American engineer, invented the Linotype machine (b. 1854)
- 1900 » Max Müller, German philologist and orientalist (b. 1823)
- 1914 » Richard Heuberger, Austrian composer and critic (b. 1850)
- 1916 » Cleveland Abbe, American meteorologist and academic (b. 1838)
- 1916 » Oswald Boelcke, German WWI flying ace (b. 1891)
- 1917 » Dimitrios Votsis, Greek lawyer and politician (b. 1841)
- 1917 » Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein (b. 1831)
- 1918 » Ulisse Dini, Italian mathematician and politician (b. 1845)
Names that were popular for boys in 1889
- Johannes
- Jan
- Cornelis
- Hendrik
- Willem
- Pieter
- Gerrit
- Jacob
- Jacobus
- Petrus
- Adrianus
- Arie
- Dirk
- Gerardus
- Hendrikus
- Wilhelmus
Names that were popular for girls in 1889
- Maria
- Johanna
- Anna
- Cornelia
- Adriana
- Elisabeth
- Hendrika
- Wilhelmina
- Catharina
- Aaltje
- Grietje
- Jacoba
- Geertruida
- Neeltje
- Trijntje
- Petronella
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1889
- 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 11 » Meiji Constitution of Japan is adopted.
- March 23 » The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is established by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad in Qadian, British India.
- June 6 » The Great Seattle Fire destroys all of downtown Seattle.
- 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.
- November 2 » North Dakota and South Dakota are admitted as the 39th and 40th U.S. states.
Weather October 28, 1889
The temperature on October 28, 1889 was about 10.5 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 44 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%.