About the day » Wednesday July 24, 1889Calender converter

• Antje Damstra, Folsgare
• Anna Maria Charlotte Amalia Gilonne Le Veneur de Tillières († 1962)
• Polman, Utrecht († 1889)
• Allart Wouter Laurens Vogelesang, zaandam († 1923)
• Adrianus Nicolaas Fangmann, Alkemade († 1963)
• Alberta Lucia Roelofs, Gendt († 1933)
• Antonia Agatha Brantenaar, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonia Maria julia van der Pijll, Amsterdam († 1889)
• Anne-Marie Le Veneur de Tillières († 1969)
• Alberta Philippina VAN GEELEN, Utrecht

• Aaron William van Wechel (1), Mayville, North Dakota, Verenigde Staten
• Antje BEST (51), Avenhorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Polman (0), Utrecht
• Andries SCHILDER (0), Volendam, Edam-Volendam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Marie Winter (58), Westchester, New York, Verenigde Staten
• Adrianus Overbeeke (0), Herkingen, Nederland
• Alida Margaretha Hertog (1)
• Baukje Jans Veenstra (Feenstra) (55), Garijp, Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Alexander August KRAPOHL (1), Oldenburg, Niedersachsen, Deutschland
• Anna Maria Ernestine Louise Huydecoper (35), Zeist, Huis Molenbosch

• 1878 » Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany, Irish author, poet, and playwright († 1957)
• 1880 » Ernest Bloch, Swiss-American composer and educator († 1959)
• 1884 » Maria Caserini, Italian actress († 1969)
• 1886 » Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, Japanese author († 1965)
• 1888 » Arthur Richardson, Australian cricketer and coach († 1973)
• 1889 » Agnes Meyer Driscoll, American cryptanalyst († 1971)
• 1895 » Robert Graves, English poet, novelist, critic († 1985)
• 1897 » Amelia Earhart, American pilot and author († 1937)
• 1899 » Chief Dan George, Canadian actor († 1981)
• 1900 » Zelda Fitzgerald, American author and poet († 1948)

• 1862 » Martin Van Buren, American lawyer and politician, 8th President of the United States (b. 1782)
• 1891 » Hermann Raster, German-American journalist and politician (b. 1827)
• 1908 » Vicente Acosta, Salvadoran journalist and poet (b. 1867)
• 1910 » Arkhip Kuindzhi, Ukrainian-Russian painter (b. 1841)
• 1927 » Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Japanese author (b. 1892)
• 1957 » Sacha Guitry, French actor and director (b. 1885)
• 1962 » Wilfrid Noyce, English mountaineer and author (b. 1917)
• 1965 » Constance Bennett, American actress and producer (b. 1904)
• 1966 » Tony Lema, American golfer (b. 1934)
• 1969 » Witold Gombrowicz, Polish author and playwright (b. 1904)

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.
• February 9 » US president Grover Cleveland signs a bill elevating the United States Department of Agriculture to a Cabinet-level agency.
• April 1 » The University of Northern Colorado was established, as the Colorado State Normal School.
• May 31 » Johnstown Flood: Over 2,200 people die after a dam fails and sends a 60-foot (18-meter) wall of water over the town of Johnstown, Pennsylvania.
• June 26 » Bangui is founded by Albert Dolisie and Alfred Uzac in what was then the upper reaches of the French Congo.
• August 13 » William Gray of Hartford, Connecticut is granted United States Patent Number 408,709 for "Coin-controlled apparatus for telephones."
• September 23 » Nintendo Koppai (Later Nintendo Company, Limited) is founded by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce and market the playing card game Hanafuda.

The temperature on July 24, 1889 was about 17.7 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 12 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 72%.