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Birthday March 27, 1889

• The temperature on March 27, 1889 was about 4.7 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 38 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 97%. 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.
  • 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 6 » The Eiffel Tower is officially opened to the public at the Universal Exposition in Paris.
  • 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 28 » The General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM) defines the length of a meter.
  • November 15 » Brazil is declared a republic by Marshal Deodoro da Fonseca as Emperor Pedro II is deposed in a military coup.
  • November 23 » The first jukebox goes into operation at the Palais Royale Saloon in San Francisco.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1887 » Väinö Siikaniemi, Finnish javelin thrower, poet, and translator († 1932)
• 1888 » George Alfred Lawrence Hearne, English-South African cricketer († 1978)
• 1889 » Leonard Mociulschi, Romanian general († 1979)
• 1889 » Yakup Kadri Karaosmanoğlu, Egyptian-Turkish journalist, author, and politician († 1974)
• 1890 » Frederick Dalrymple-Hamilton, Scottish admiral († 1974)
• 1890 » Harald Julin, Swedish swimmer and water polo player († 1967)