1889 - What happened in 1889 ?

January 1889

Tuesday 08:

Herman Hollerith receives a patent for his electric tabulating machine.

Tuesday 22:

Columbia Phonograph is formed in Washington, DC.

Wednesday 30:

Archduke Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria, heir to the Austro-Hungarian crown, was found dead with his mistress Baroness Mary Vetsera in Mayerling. How they died remains a mystery.

February 1889

Saturday 09:

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is established as a Cabinet-level agency.

Monday 11:

Meiji constitution of Japan adopted; 1st Diet of Japan convenes in 1890

Friday 22:

President Grover Cleveland signs a bill admitting North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana and Washington as U.S. states.

March 1889

Saturday 23:

The free Woolwich Ferry officially opens in east London.

Sunday 31:

The Eiffel Tower is inaugurated.

April 1889

Monday 22:

Oklahoma land rush: President Benjamin Harrison opens the Unassigned Lands in what is now central Oklahoma to white settlement.

May 1889

Thursday 02:

Menelik II, Emperor of Ethiopia, signs a treaty of amity with Italy, which gives Ethiopia control over Eritrea.

Monday 06:

The Eiffel Tower is officially opened to the public at the Universal Exposition in Paris.

Tuesday 14:

The children's charity the NSPCC is launched in London.

Sunday 26:

Opening of the first Eiffel Tower elevator to the public

Friday 31:

Johnstown Flood: Over 2200 people die after a dam break sends a 60-foot (18-meter) wall of water over the town of Johnstown, Pennsylvania.

June 1889

Monday 03:

The first long-distance electric power transmission line in the United States is completed, running 14 miles between a generator at Willamette Falls and downtown Portland, Oregon, United States.

Wednesday 12:

88 are killed in the Armagh rail disaster near Armagh in Northern Ireland.

July 1889

Monday 08:

At the last championship bare-knuckle boxing match, John L. Sullivan defeats Jake Kilrain after 75 rounds.

August 1889

Friday 23:

First wireless message from a ship to the shore received.

October 1889

Wednesday 02:

In Washington, DC, the first international Conference of American States begins.

Sunday 06:

Thomas Edison shows his first motion picture.

November 1889

Saturday 02:

North and South Dakota are admitted as the 39th and 40th U.S. states.

Monday 04:

Menelek of Shoa obtains the allegiance of a large majority of the Ethiopian nobility, paving the way for him to be crowned emperor.

Friday 08:

Montana is admitted as the 41st U.S. state.

Monday 11:

Washington is admitted as the 42nd U.S. state.

Thursday 14:

Pioneer woman journalist Nellie Bly (Elizabeth Cochrane) begins a successful attempt to travel around the world in less than 80 days.