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Birthday July 29, 1889

• The temperature on July 29, 1889 was about 18.7 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 67%. 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 22 » Columbia Phonograph is formed in Washington, D.C.
  • February 22 » President Grover Cleveland signs a bill admitting North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana and Washington as U.S. states.
  • March 31 » The Eiffel Tower is officially opened.
  • 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 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.
  • September 23 » Nintendo Koppai (Later Nintendo Company, Limited) is founded by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce and market the playing card game Hanafuda.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1884 » Ralph Austin Bard, American financier and politician, 2nd Under Secretary of the Navy († 1975)
• 1885 » Theda Bara, American actress († 1955)
• 1887 » Sigmund Romberg, Hungarian-American pianist and composer († 1951)
• 1888 » Vladimir K. Zworykin, Russian-American engineer, invented the Iconoscope († 1982)
• 1891 » Bernhard Zondek, German-Israeli gynecologist and academic († 1966)
• 1892 » William Powell, American actor and singer († 1984)