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Birthday July 16, 1889

• The temperature on July 16, 1889 was about 13.5 °C. There was 6 mm of rain. The air pressure was 8 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%. 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.
  • April 1 » The University of Northern Colorado was established, as the Colorado State Normal School.
  • June 6 » The Great Seattle Fire destroys all of downtown Seattle.
  • September 28 » The General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM) defines the length of a meter.
  • 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 » Charles Sheeler, American photographer and painter († 1965)
• 1884 » Anna Vyrubova, Russian author († 1964)
• 1887 » Shoeless Joe Jackson, American baseball player and manager († 1951)
• 1888 » Frits Zernike, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1966)
• 1888 » Percy Kilbride, American actor († 1964)
• 1889 » Arthur Bowie Chrisman, American author († 1953)