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Birthday January 26, 1889

• The temperature on January 26, 1889 was about 6.7 °C. The air pressure was 34 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%. 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 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 3 » The first long-distance electric power transmission line in the United States is completed, running 14 miles (23km) between a generator at Willamette Falls and downtown Portland, Oregon.
  • November 2 » North Dakota and South Dakota are admitted as the 39th and 40th U.S. states.
  • November 15 » Brazil is declared a republic by Marshal Deodoro da Fonseca as Emperor Pedro II is deposed in a military coup.

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• 1887 » Dimitris Pikionis, Greek architect and academic († 1968)
• 1887 » François Faber, French-Luxembourgian cyclist († 1915)
• 1887 » Marc Mitscher, American admiral and pilot († 1947)
• 1891 » August Froehlich, German priest and martyr († 1942)
• 1891 » Frank Costello, Italian-American mob boss († 1973)
• 1891 » Wilder Penfield, American-Canadian neurosurgeon and academic († 1976)