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Birthday February 2, 1889

• The temperature on February 2, 1889 was about 5.7 °C. The air pressure was 66 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 81%. 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.
  • January 8 » Herman Hollerith is issued US patent #395,791 for the 'Art of Applying Statistics' — his punched card calculator.
  • January 30 » Archduke Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria, heir to the Austro-Hungarian crown, is found dead with his mistress Baroness Mary Vetsera in the Mayerling.
  • February 22 » President Grover Cleveland signs a bill admitting North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana and Washington as U.S. states.
  • 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.
  • May 6 » The Eiffel Tower is officially opened to the public at the Universal Exposition in Paris.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1886 » William Rose Benét, American poet and author († 1950)
• 1887 » Ernst Hanfstaengl, German businessman († 1975)
• 1889 » Jean de Lattre de Tassigny, French general († 1952)
• 1890 » Charles Correll, American actor and screenwriter († 1972)
• 1892 » Tochigiyama Moriya, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 27th Yokozuna († 1959)
• 1893 » Cornelius Lanczos, Hungarian mathematician and physicist († 1974)