About the day » Thursday July 18, 1889Calender converter

• Anna E Preeschl, St. Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota, United States († 1963)
• Anna Maria Van Der Auwera, Terhagen, Antwerpen, Belgie
• Adam Frederick Jann, Buffalo Erie, New York († 1973)
• Aaltje Heeres van der Veen, Opsterland, Friesland, Nederland
• Theophiles Honoré Baert, Terneuzen († 1889)
• Alba Rosa, Milano, Milano, Lombardia, Italië († 1979)
• Aaltje van der Veen, Bakkeveen
• Aloijsius Johannes van Remortel, Hontenisse, Zeeland, Nederland († 1889)
• Andreas Schillings, Sint Pieter
• Aaltje Heida, Steenwijk († 1960)

• Arie de Mol (0), Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaantje van Dijke (71), Sint Philipsland, Zeeland, Nederland
• Anna Uitecovi, groningen
• Anna Apolonia Voorderhake (5), Heemstede,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Angela Lampen (16), Niederlangen, Lathen
• Aaltje Kragt (0), Elburg, Gld, The Netherlands
• Andries Jacobus JANSEN (0), Groningen,Groningen,NETHERLANDS
• Albert Dekker (41), Broek op Langedijk
• Ariaantje Been (0), Rotterdam
• Aart Vierhouten (1), Harderwijk

• 1881 » Larry McLean, Canadian-American baseball player († 1921)
• 1884 » Alberto di Jorio, Italian cardinal († 1979)
• 1886 » Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr., American general († 1945)
• 1887 » Vidkun Quisling, Norwegian military officer and politician, Minister President of Norway († 1945)
• 1889 » Kōichi Kido, Japanese politician, 13th Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal of Japan († 1977)
• 1890 » Frank Forde, Australian educator and politician, 15th Prime Minister of Australia († 1983)
• 1892 » Arthur Friedenreich, Brazilian footballer († 1969)
• 1893 » David Ogilvy, 12th Earl of Airlie, Scottish peer, soldier and courtier († 1968)
• 1895 » Machine Gun Kelly, American gangster († 1954)
• 1895 » Olga Spessivtseva, Russian-American ballerina († 1991)

• 1863 » Robert Gould Shaw, American colonel (b. 1837)
• 1872 » Benito Juárez, Mexican lawyer and politician, 26th President of Mexico (b. 1806)
• 1884 » Ferdinand von Hochstetter, Austrian geologist and academic (b. 1829)
• 1887 » Dorothea Dix, American social reformer and activist (b. 1802)
• 1890 » Lydia Becker, English journalist, author, and activist, co-founded the Women's Suffrage Journal (b. 1827)
• 1892 » Thomas Cook, English travel agent, founded the Thomas Cook Group (b. 1808)
• 1899 » Horatio Alger, American novelist and journalist (b. 1832)
• 1916 » Benjamin C. Truman, American journalist and author (b. 1835)
• 1925 » Louis-Nazaire Bégin, Canadian cardinal (b. 1840)
• 1932 » Jean Jules Jusserand, French author and diplomat, French Ambassador to the United States (b. 1855)

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 11 » Meiji Constitution of Japan is adopted.
• February 22 » President Grover Cleveland signs a bill admitting North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana and Washington as U.S. states.
• 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 8 » The first issue of The Wall Street Journal is published.
• November 2 » North Dakota and South Dakota are admitted as the 39th and 40th U.S. states.

The temperature on July 18, 1889 was about 17.0 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 20 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 78%.