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Birthday April 4, 1889

• The temperature on April 4, 1889 was about 2.6 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 14 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%. 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.
  • May 6 » The Eiffel Tower is officially opened to the public at the Universal Exposition in Paris.
  • May 11 » An attack upon a U.S. Army paymaster and escort results in the theft of over $28,000 and the award of two Medals of Honor.
  • 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.
  • July 8 » The first issue of The Wall Street Journal is published.
  • September 28 » The General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM) defines the length of a meter.
  • November 23 » The first jukebox goes into operation at the Palais Royale Saloon in San Francisco.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1884 » James Alberione, Italian priest, founded the Society of St. Paul († 1971)
• 1886 » Frank Luther Mott, American historian and journalist († 1964)
• 1888 » Tris Speaker, American baseball player and manager († 1958)
• 1888 » Zdzisław Żygulski, Sr., Polish historian and academic († 1975)
• 1889 » Makhanlal Chaturvedi, Indian journalist, poet, and playwright († 1968)
• 1892 » Italo Mus, Italian painter († 1967)