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Birthday January 17, 1889

• The temperature on January 17, 1889 was about -4.9 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 86%. 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 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.
  • February 22 » President Grover Cleveland signs a bill admitting North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana and Washington as U.S. states.
  • 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 8 » The first issue of The Wall Street Journal is published.
  • September 28 » The General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM) defines the length of a meter.
  • November 2 » North Dakota and South Dakota are admitted as the 39th and 40th U.S. states.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1881 » Antoni Łomnicki, Polish mathematician and academic († 1941)
• 1882 » Noah Beery, Sr., American actor († 1946)
• 1883 » Compton Mackenzie, English-Scottish author, poet, and playwright († 1972)
• 1886 » Glenn L. Martin, American pilot and businessman, founded the Glenn L. Martin Company († 1955)
• 1887 » Ola Raknes, Norwegian psychoanalyst and philologist († 1975)
• 1888 » Babu Gulabrai, Indian philosopher and author († 1963)