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Birthday October 23, 1889

• The temperature on October 23, 1889 was about 6.9 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. The airpressure was 75 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 8 » Herman Hollerith is issued US patent #395,791 for the 'Art of Applying Statistics' — his punched card calculator.
  • February 22 » President Grover Cleveland signs a bill admitting North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana and Washington as U.S. states.
  • April 1 » The University of Northern Colorado was established, as the Colorado State Normal School.
  • July 11 » Tijuana, Mexico, is founded.
  • September 28 » The General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM) defines the length of a meter.
  • November 15 » Brazil is declared a republic by Marshal Deodoro da Fonseca as Emperor Pedro II is deposed in a military coup.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1883 » Hugo Wast, Argentine writer († 1962)
• 1885 » Lawren Harris, Canadian painter and educator († 1970)
• 1888 » Onésime Gagnon, Canadian scholar and politician, 20th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec († 1961)
• 1892 » Speckled Red, American blues/boogie-woogie piano player and singer-songwriter († 1973)
• 1894 » Emma Vyssotsky, American astronomer and academic († 1975)
• 1894 » Rube Bressler, American baseball player († 1966)