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Birthday September 13, 1889

• The temperature on September 13, 1889 was about 14.5 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 28 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%. 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 22 » President Grover Cleveland signs a bill admitting North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana and Washington as U.S. states.
  • March 23 » The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is established by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad in Qadian, British India.
  • 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 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 11 » Tijuana, Mexico, is founded.
  • November 23 » The first jukebox goes into operation at the Palais Royale Saloon in San Francisco.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1885 » Wilhelm Blaschke, Austrian-German mathematician and academic († 1962)
• 1886 » Amelie Beese, German pilot and sculptor († 1925)
• 1886 » Robert Robinson, English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1975)
• 1887 » Leopold Ružička, Croatian-Swiss biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1976)
• 1890 » Antony Noghès, French-Monegasque businessman, founded the Monaco Grand Prix († 1978)
• 1891 » Max Pruss, German captain and pilot († 1960)