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Birthday April 30, 1889

• The temperature on April 30, 1889 was about 14.0 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 14 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-southeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 85%. 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • July 8 » The first issue of The Wall Street Journal is published.
  • August 4 » The Great Fire of Spokane, Washington destroys some 32 blocks of the city, prompting a mass rebuilding project.
  • 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

• 1883 » Jaroslav Hašek, Czech soldier and author († 1923)
• 1883 » Luigi Russolo, Italian painter and composer († 1947)
• 1884 » Olof Sandborg, Swedish actor († 1965)
• 1888 » John Crowe Ransom, American poet, critic, and academic († 1974)
• 1893 » Harold Breen, Australian public servant († 1966)
• 1893 » Joachim von Ribbentrop, German soldier and politician, 14th German Reich Minister for Foreign Affairs († 1946)