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Birthday September 23, 1889

• The temperature on September 23, 1889 was about 12.9 °C. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 63%. 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 15 » The Coca-Cola Company, then known as the Pemberton Medicine Company, is incorporated in Atlanta.
  • 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 2 » Menelik II, Emperor of Ethiopia, signs the Treaty of Wuchale, giving Italy control over Eritrea.
  • 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.
  • August 13 » William Gray of Hartford, Connecticut is granted United States Patent Number 408,709 for "Coin-controlled apparatus for telephones."

Source: Wikipedia

• 1889 » Walter Lippmann, American journalist and publisher, co-founded The New Republic († 1974)
• 1890 » Friedrich Paulus, German general († 1957)
• 1895 » Johnny Mokan, American baseball player († 1985)
• 1895 » Miron Merzhanov, Russian architect and engineer († 1975)
• 1897 » Paul Delvaux, Belgian painter († 1994)
• 1897 » Walter Pidgeon, Canadian-American actor and singer († 1984)