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Birthday August 5, 1889

• The temperature on August 5, 1889 was about 21.3 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain. The air pressure was 12 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 75%. 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.
  • April 1 » The University of Northern Colorado was established, as the Colorado State Normal School.
  • May 6 » The Eiffel Tower is officially opened to the public at the Universal Exposition in Paris.
  • June 26 » Bangui is founded by Albert Dolisie and Alfred Uzac in what was then the upper reaches of the French Congo.
  • September 28 » The General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM) defines the length of a meter.
  • November 11 » The State of Washington is admitted as the 42nd state of the United States.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1882 » Anne Acheson, Irish sculptor († 1962)
• 1887 » Reginald Owen, English-American actor and singer († 1972)
• 1889 » Conrad Aiken, American novelist, short story writer, critic, and poet († 1973)
• 1890 » Erich Kleiber, Austrian conductor and director († 1956)
• 1890 » Naum Gabo, Russian-American sculptor († 1977)
• 1897 » Roberta Dodd Crawford, American soprano and educator († 1954)