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Birthday December 11, 1889

• The temperature on December 11, 1889 was about 1.9 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The airpressure was 75 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 15 » The Coca-Cola Company, then known as the Pemberton Medicine Company, is incorporated in Atlanta.
  • 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.
  • March 23 » The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is established by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad in Qadian, British India.
  • June 29 » Hyde Park and several other Illinois townships vote to be annexed by Chicago, forming the largest United States city in area and second largest in population at the time.
  • September 23 » Nintendo Koppai (Later Nintendo Company, Limited) is founded by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce and market the playing card game Hanafuda.
  • October 24 » Henry Parkes delivers the Tenterfield Oration, effectively starting the federation process in Australia.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1882 » Subramania Bharati, Indian journalist and poet († 1921)
• 1884 » Piet Ooms, Dutch swimmer and water polo player († 1961)
• 1889 » Walter Knott, American farmer and businessman, founded Knott's Berry Farm († 1981)
• 1890 » Carlos Gardel, French-Argentinian singer-songwriter and actor († 1935)
• 1890 » Mark Tobey, American-Swiss painter and educator († 1976)
• 1893 » Leo Ornstein, Russian-American pianist and composer († 2002)