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Birthday June 13, 1889

• The temperature on June 13, 1889 was about 20.5 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 58%. 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.
  • May 6 » The Eiffel Tower is officially opened to the public at the Universal Exposition in Paris.
  • 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.
  • September 23 » Nintendo Koppai (Later Nintendo Company, Limited) is founded by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce and market the playing card game Hanafuda.
  • October 24 » Henry Parkes delivers the Tenterfield Oration, effectively starting the federation process in Australia.
  • November 15 » Brazil is declared a republic by Marshal Deodoro da Fonseca as Emperor Pedro II is deposed in a military coup.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1885 » Henry George Lamond, Australian farmer and author († 1969)
• 1887 » André François-Poncet, French politician and diplomat († 1978)
• 1887 » Bruno Frank, German-American author, poet, and playwright († 1945)
• 1888 » Fernando Pessoa, Portuguese poet and critic († 1935)
• 1892 » Basil Rathbone, South African-born British-American actor († 1967)
• 1893 » Alan Arnold Griffith, English engineer († 1963)