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1889 in Film & TV
- Apr 6 George Eastman begins selling his Kodak flexible rolled film for the first time
1889 in Sport
- Dec 24 Daniel Stover & William Hance patent bicycle with back pedal brake
Did You Know?
Did You Know?The first General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM) defines the length of a meter as the distance between two lines on a standard bar of an alloy of platinum with ten percent iridium, measured at the melting point of ice
On September 28, 1889
Adolf Hitler
Alexander Patch
Charlie Chaplin
Edwin Hubble
Igor Sikorsky
Jawaharlal NehruFamous People in 1889
- Claude Monet
Impressionist Painter - Giuseppe Verdi
Composer - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Composer
Claude Monet
Giuseppe Verdi
Pyotr Ilyich TchaikovskyWorld Leaders in 1889
- Benjamin Harrison
23rd US President - Otto von Bismarck
German Statesman - Robert Gascoyne-Cecil
British Prime Minister
Benjamin Harrison
Otto von Bismarck
Robert Gascoyne-CecilWould You Believe?
Louisa Woosley first women to be ordained as a minister in any Presbyterian denomination (US Cumberland Presbyterian Church).
On November 5, 1889
Famous Weddings in 1889
- May 31 Pianist Ignacy Jan Paderewski (38) weds baroness Helena Maria Rosen
- Jun 1 Architect Frank Lloyd Wright (21) weds socialite Catherine Tobin
- Sep 6 Explorer Fridtjof Nansen (27) weds mezzo-soprano singer Eva Nansen (30)
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Jefferson Davis
John Ericsson
Robert Browning
Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria1889 in Articles and Photos
Lovesick Prince in Suicide Pact
Two lovers, a pact, then tragedy. But what really happened at Mayerling in 1889 remains a mystery despite 130 years of rumour, speculation – and three movies.
January 30, 1889Nature Blows Gunboat Diplomacy Out of the Water
The world's superpowers were prepared to use the power of their warships to control the Samoan Islands in the 1880s. But nature had other ideas.
March 15, 1889Eiffel Tower Opens
The Eiffel Tower on opening day in Paris
March 31, 1889
