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Birthday January 30, 1889

• The temperature on January 30, 1889 was about 6.3 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 18 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 97%. 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.
  • January 22 » Columbia Phonograph is formed in Washington, D.C.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • October 24 » Henry Parkes delivers the Tenterfield Oration, effectively starting the federation process in Australia.
  • November 11 » The State of Washington is admitted as the 42nd state of the United States.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1878 » Anton Hansen Tammsaare, Estonian author († 1940)
• 1882 » Franklin D. Roosevelt, American lawyer and politician, 32nd President of the United States († 1945)
• 1889 » Jaishankar Prasad, Indian poet and playwright († 1937)
• 1899 » Max Theiler, South African-American virologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1972)
• 1900 » Martita Hunt, Argentine-born British actress († 1969)
• 1901 » Rudolf Caracciola, German race car driver († 1959)