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Birthday March 12, 1889

• The temperature on March 12, 1889 was about 4.0 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 71%. 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.
  • February 9 » US president Grover Cleveland signs a bill elevating the United States Department of Agriculture to a Cabinet-level agency.
  • July 8 » The first issue of The Wall Street Journal is published.
  • November 2 » North Dakota and South Dakota are admitted as the 39th and 40th U.S. states.
  • November 8 » Montana is admitted as the 41st U.S. state.
  • November 11 » The State of Washington is admitted as the 42nd state of the United States.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1882 » Carlos Blanco Galindo, Bolivian politician († 1943)
• 1883 » Sándor Jávorka, Hungarian botanist († 1961)
• 1888 » Hans Knappertsbusch, German conductor († 1965)
• 1888 » Walter Hermann Bucher, German-American geologist and paleontologist († 1965)
• 1890 » Evert Taube, Swedish singer-songwriter and lute player († 1976)
• 1896 » Jesse Fuller, American singer-songwriter and musician († 1976)