About the day » Monday September 23, 1889Calender converter

• Alida Maria Hulspas, Naaldwijk, South Holland, Netherlands († 1970)
• Alida Maria Hulspas, Honselersdijk (gem.Naaldwijk) († 1970)
• Rietveld, charlois (rotterdam)
• Addie Mae Spainhour, Stokes, North Carolina, United States († 1990)
• Aaltje Willems Schopenhouer, Amsterdam, Nederland († 1967)
• Adriana Wilhelmina van der Zande, Halsteren, N-Br, NL († 1959)
• Adriana van de Wiel, Elshout en Oudheusden
• adriana wilhelmina vd zande
• Anna Diemer, Buinen
• anna LODDER, ridderkerk († 1987)

• Berendina Koster (20), Nieuwe Pekela
• Annette Reinders (46), Ten Boer
• Aaron D Stevens (69), Sanford, Midland, Michigan, United States
• Blondine Reine OUTTIER, Saint-Sylvestre-Cappel... Hauts de France
• Abraham Jochums Stap (58), Sint Annaparochie, 9076, Nederland
• Abraham Jogchums Stap (58), Sint Annaparochie
• Annetje Middendorp (35), Eemnes
• Aron Abraham Mok (79), Amsterdam, Government of Amsterdam, North Holland, The Netherlands
• Anne Theunis Zijlstra (73), Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Ardina Maria Schellekens (0), Vught, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1880 » John Boyd Orr, 1st Baron Boyd-Orr, Scottish biologist, physician, and politician, Nobel Prize laureate († 1971)
• 1889 » Walter Lippmann, American journalist and publisher, co-founded The New Republic († 1974)
• 1890 » Friedrich Paulus, German general († 1957)
• 1895 » Johnny Mokan, American baseball player († 1985)
• 1895 » Miron Merzhanov, Russian architect and engineer († 1975)
• 1897 » Paul Delvaux, Belgian painter († 1994)
• 1897 » Walter Pidgeon, Canadian-American actor and singer († 1984)
• 1898 » Les Haylen, Australian journalist and politician († 1977)
• 1899 » Louise Nevelson, American sculptor († 1988)
• 1899 » Tom C. Clark, American lawyer and judge, 59th Attorney General of the United States († 1977)

• 1850 » José Gervasio Artigas, Uruguayan general and politician (b. 1764)
• 1851 » Émilie Gamelin, Canadian nun, founded the Sisters of Providence (b. 1800)
• 1870 » Prosper Mérimée, French archaeologist and historian (b. 1803)
• 1871 » Louis-Joseph Papineau, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1786)
• 1873 » Jean Chacornac, French astronomer (b. 1823)
• 1877 » Urbain Le Verrier, French mathematician and astronomer (b. 1811)
• 1889 » Wilkie Collins, English novelist, short story writer, and playwright (b. 1824)
• 1900 » William Marsh Rice, American businessman, founded Rice University (b. 1816)
• 1913 » Donato Álvarez, Argentinian general (b. 1825)
• 1917 » Werner Voss, German lieutenant and pilot (b. 1897)

• 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 22 » President Grover Cleveland signs a bill admitting North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana and Washington as U.S. states.
• May 11 » An attack upon a U.S. Army paymaster and escort results in the theft of over $28,000 and the award of two Medals of Honor.
• June 6 » The Great Seattle Fire destroys all of downtown Seattle.
• September 28 » The General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM) defines the length of a meter.
• November 2 » North Dakota and South Dakota are admitted as the 39th and 40th U.S. states.
• November 11 » The State of Washington is admitted as the 42nd state of the United States.

The temperature on September 23, 1889 was about 12.9 °C. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 63%.