1889 Calendar
What Happened In Year 1889?
- January 15, 1889 – The Coca-Cola Company, then known as the Pemberton Medicine Company, is originally incorporated in Atlanta.
- January 22, 1889 – Columbia Phonograph is formed in Washington, D.C.
- January 30, 1889 – Archduke Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria, heir to the Austro-Hungarian crown, is found dead with his mistress Baroness Mary Vetsera in Mayerling.
- February 9, 1889 – President Grover Cleveland signs a bill elevating the United States Department of Agriculture to a Cabinet-level agency.
- February 22, 1889 – President Grover Cleveland signs a bill admitting North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana and Washington as U.S. states.
- March 31, 1889 – The Eiffel Tower is officially opened.
- May 6, 1889 – The Eiffel Tower is officially opened to the public at the Universal Exposition in Paris.
- May 14, 1889 – The children’s charity National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children is launched in London.
- May 31, 1889 – Johnstown Flood: Over 2,200 people die after a dam break sends a 60-foot (18-meter) wall of water over the town of Johnstown, Pennsylvania.
- June 6, 1889 – The Great Seattle fire destroys the entirety of downtown Seattle, Washington.
- June 12, 1889 – 78 are killed in the Armagh rail disaster near Armagh in what is now Northern Ireland.
- June 29, 1889 – 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.
- July 8, 1889 – The first issue of the Wall Street Journal is published.
- July 11, 1889 – Tijuana, Mexico, is founded.
- September 23, 1889 – Nintendo Koppai (Later Nintendo Company, Limited) is founded by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce and market the playing card game Hanafuda.
- October 2, 1889 – In Colorado, Nicholas Creede strikes it rich in silver during the last great silver boom of the American Old West.
- November 2, 1889 – North and South Dakota are admitted as the 39th and 40th U.S. states.
- November 8, 1889 – Montana is admitted as the 41st U.S. state.
- November 11, 1889 – The State of Washington is admitted as the 42nd State of the United States.
- November 23, 1889 – The first jukebox goes into operation at the Palais Royale Saloon in San Francisco.
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