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Birthday July 21, 1889

• The temperature on July 21, 1889 was about 18.9 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 26 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 72%. 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.
  • February 11 » Meiji Constitution of Japan is adopted.
  • March 31 » The Eiffel Tower is officially opened.
  • 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.
  • May 11 » An attack upon a U.S. Army paymaster and escort results in the theft of over $28,000 and the award of two Medals of Honor.
  • 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.
  • September 28 » The General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM) defines the length of a meter.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1880 » Milan Rastislav Štefánik, Slovak astronomer, general, and politician († 1919)
• 1882 » David Burliuk, Ukrainian author and illustrator († 1967)
• 1885 » Jacques Feyder, Belgian actor, director, and screenwriter († 1948)
• 1891 » Julius Saaristo, Finnish javelin thrower and soldier († 1969)
• 1893 » Hans Fallada, German author († 1947)
• 1896 » Sophie Bledsoe Aberle, Native American anthropologist, physician and nutritionist († 1996)