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Birthday February 3, 1889

• The temperature on February 3, 1889 was about 5.0 °C. The air pressure was 26 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 69%. 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.
  • 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.
  • July 8 » The first issue of The Wall Street Journal is published.
  • August 4 » The Great Fire of Spokane, Washington destroys some 32 blocks of the city, prompting a mass rebuilding project.
  • September 23 » Nintendo Koppai (Later Nintendo Company, Limited) is founded by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce and market the playing card game Hanafuda.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1887 » Georg Trakl, Austrian pharmacist and poet († 1914)
• 1889 » Artur Adson, Estonian poet, playwright, and critic († 1977)
• 1889 » Carl Theodor Dreyer, Danish director and screenwriter († 1968)
• 1892 » Juan Negrín, Spanish physician and politician, 67th Prime Minister of Spain († 1956)
• 1893 » Gaston Julia, Algerian-French mathematician and academic († 1978)
• 1894 » Norman Rockwell, American painter and illustrator († 1978)