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Birthday December 9, 1889

• The temperature on December 9, 1889 was about -1.4 °C. There was 11 mm of rain. The air pressure was 20 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 100%. 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.
  • February 9 » US president Grover Cleveland signs a bill elevating the United States Department of Agriculture to a Cabinet-level agency.
  • March 23 » The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is established by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad in Qadian, British India.
  • April 22 » At noon, thousands rush to claim land in the Land Rush of 1889. Within hours the cities of Oklahoma City and Guthrie are formed with populations of at least 10,000.
  • 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.
  • November 2 » North Dakota and South Dakota are admitted as the 39th and 40th U.S. states.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1886 » Clarence Birdseye, American businessman, founded Birds Eye († 1956)
• 1887 » Tim Moore, American actor († 1958)
• 1889 » Hannes Kolehmainen, Finnish-American runner († 1966)
• 1890 » Laura Salverson, Canadian author († 1970)
• 1891 » Maksim Bahdanovič, Belarusian poet and critic († 1917)
• 1892 » André Randall, French actor († 1974)