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?
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
Ante Pavelić
Charlie Chaplin
Edwin Hubble
Igor Sikorsky
Jawaharlal NehruWorld 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-CecilFamous People in 1889
- Claude Monet
Impressionist Painter - Giuseppe Verdi
Composer - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Composer
Claude Monet
Giuseppe Verdi
Pyotr Ilyich TchaikovskyWould 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
- 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 mezzosoprano singer Eva Nansen (30)
Jefferson Davis
John Ericsson
Robert Browning