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Birthday April 16, 1889

• The temperature on April 16, 1889 was about 7.2 °C. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 91%. 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.
  • June 29 » Hyde Park and several other Illinois townships vote to be annexed by Chicago, forming the largest United States city in area and second largest in population at the time.
  • July 8 » The first issue of The Wall Street Journal is published.
  • 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.
  • October 24 » Henry Parkes delivers the Tenterfield Oration, effectively starting the federation process in Australia.
  • 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.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1886 » Michalis Dorizas, Greek-American football player and javelin thrower († 1957)
• 1888 » Billy Minter, English footballer and manager († 1940)
• 1889 » Charlie Chaplin, English actor, director, producer, screenwriter, and composer († 1977)
• 1890 » Fred Root, English cricketer and umpire († 1954)
• 1890 » Gertrude Chandler Warner, American author and educator († 1979)
• 1891 » Dorothy P. Lathrop, American author and illustrator († 1980)