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Birthday December 19, 1889

• The temperature on December 19, 1889 was about 1.2 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%. 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 15 » The Coca-Cola Company, then known as the Pemberton Medicine Company, is incorporated in Atlanta.
  • February 11 » Meiji Constitution of Japan is adopted.
  • July 11 » Tijuana, Mexico, is founded.
  • August 13 » William Gray of Hartford, Connecticut is granted United States Patent Number 408,709 for "Coin-controlled apparatus for telephones."
  • November 11 » The State of Washington is admitted as the 42nd state of the United States.
  • November 14 » Pioneering female journalist Nellie Bly (aka Elizabeth Cochrane) begins a successful attempt to travel around the world in less than 80 days. She completes the trip in 72 days.

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• 1884 » Antonín Zápotocký, Czech politician, President of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic († 1957)
• 1888 » Fritz Reiner, Hungarian-American conductor († 1963)
• 1891 » Edward Bernard Raczyński, Polish politician and diplomat, 4th President-in-exile of Poland († 1993)
• 1894 » Ford Frick, American journalist and businessman († 1978)
• 1895 » Ingeborg Refling Hagen, Norwegian author and educator († 1989)
• 1899 » Martin Luther King Sr., American pastor, missionary, and activist († 1984)