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Birthday February 5, 1889

• The temperature on February 5, 1889 was about 0.8 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 34 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%. 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 8 » Herman Hollerith is issued US patent #395,791 for the 'Art of Applying Statistics' — his punched card calculator.
  • 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 22 » President Grover Cleveland signs a bill admitting North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana and Washington as U.S. states.
  • April 1 » The University of Northern Colorado was established, as the Colorado State Normal School.
  • May 2 » Menelik II, Emperor of Ethiopia, signs the Treaty of Wuchale, giving Italy control over Eritrea.
  • May 31 » Johnstown Flood: Over 2,200 people die after a dam fails and sends a 60-foot (18-meter) wall of water over the town of Johnstown, Pennsylvania.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1889 » Ernest Tyldesley, English cricketer († 1962)
• 1889 » Patsy Hendren, English cricketer and footballer († 1962)
• 1889 » Recep Peker, Turkish officer and politician († 1950)
• 1891 » Renato Petronio, Italian rower († 1976)
• 1892 » Elizabeth Ryan, American tennis player († 1979)
• 1897 » Dirk Stikker, Dutch businessman and politician, 3rd Secretary General of NATO († 1979)