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Birthday August 23, 1889

• The temperature on August 23, 1889 was about 16.2 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 22 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 67%. 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.
  • 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.
  • March 23 » The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is established by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad in Qadian, British India.
  • 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.
  • June 3 » The first long-distance electric power transmission line in the United States is completed, running 14 miles (23km) between a generator at Willamette Falls and downtown Portland, Oregon.
  • July 11 » Tijuana, Mexico, is founded.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1883 » Jonathan M. Wainwright, American general, Medal of Honor recipient († 1953)
• 1884 » Ogden L. Mills, American captain, lawyer, and politician, 50th United States Secretary of the Treasury († 1937)
• 1884 » Will Cuppy, American author and critic († 1949)
• 1890 » Harry Frank Guggenheim, American businessman and publisher, co-founded Newsday († 1971)
• 1891 » Roy Agnew, Australian pianist and composer († 1944)
• 1894 » John Auden, English solicitor, deputy coroner and a territorial soldier († 1959)