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Birthday April 7, 1889

• The temperature on April 7, 1889 was about 5.4 °C. There was 8 mm of rain. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%. 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.
  • February 11 » Meiji Constitution of Japan is adopted.
  • February 22 » President Grover Cleveland signs a bill admitting North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana and Washington as U.S. states.
  • June 6 » The Great Seattle Fire destroys all of downtown Seattle.
  • November 11 » The State of Washington is admitted as the 42nd state of the United States.
  • 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

• 1886 » Ed Lafitte, American baseball player and soldier († 1971)
• 1889 » Gabriela Mistral, Chilean poet and educator, Nobel Prize laureate († 1957)
• 1890 » Marjory Stoneman Douglas, American journalist and activist († 1998)
• 1890 » Paul Berth, Danish footballer († 1969)
• 1891 » Ole Kirk Christiansen, Danish businessman, founded the Lego Group († 1958)
• 1893 » Allen Dulles, American lawyer and diplomat, 5th Director of Central Intelligence († 1969)