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Birthday January 14, 1889

• The temperature on January 14, 1889 was about -1.5 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%. 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 22 » President Grover Cleveland signs a bill admitting North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana and Washington as U.S. states.
  • 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."
  • September 23 » Nintendo Koppai (Later Nintendo Company, Limited) is founded by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce and market the playing card game Hanafuda.
  • 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 » Hugh Lofting, English author and poet, created Doctor Dolittle († 1947)
• 1887 » Hugo Steinhaus, Polish mathematician and academic († 1972)
• 1892 » George Wilson, English footballer († 1961)
• 1892 » Hal Roach, American actor, director, and producer († 1992)
• 1892 » Martin Niemöller, German pastor and theologian († 1984)
• 1894 » Ecaterina Teodoroiu, Romanian soldier and nurse († 1917)