Page 10: Historical Events In 1889

Nov 03   Chaplain Ariëns founds 1st roman catholic workers group   

Nov 03   Heinrich Campendonk, German painter/wood carver/glazer   

Nov 04   Alton Augustus Adams, composer   

Nov 04   Players League begins, declaring independence from baseball's NL.   

Nov 05   Idaho's constitution is adopted.   

Nov 07   George Davis, Netherlands, actor (Devil May Care).   

Nov 08   Montana admitted as 41st state   

Nov 08   Montana is recorded as becoming the 41st state of the Union.   

Nov 09   Snub Pollard, Melbourne Australia, actor (Don't Shove, Arizona Days)   

Nov 10   Claude Rains, London, actor (Invisible Man, Casablanca)   

Nov 11   Washington admitted as 42nd state   

Nov 12   DeWitt Wallace, St Paul Minn, publisher, founded Readers Digest (1921)   

Nov 14   Jawaharlal Nehru, 1st Indian PM (1947-64)   

Nov 14   New York World reporter Nellie Bly (Elizabeth Cochrane) began her attempt to surpass fictitious journey of Jules Verne's Phileas Fogg by traveling around world in less than 80 days She succeeded, finishing the trip in January in 72 days and 6 hours.   

Nov 14   NY World's Nellie Bly (Liz Cochrane) begins 72 day world trip.   

Nov 15   Dom Pedro II, Emperor of Brazil, deposed; republic proclaimed   

Nov 16   August Croegaert, Flemish liturgist.   

Nov 17   Union Pacific begins daily through service, Chicago-Portland and San Francisco   

Nov 17   Union Pacific begins daily through service, Chicago-Portland and SF   

Nov 18   Maria Realino, [Frederikus Janssen], teacher (Botany of Curacao).   

Nov 18   Oahu Railway begins public service in Hawaii.   

Nov 18   William Allingham, Irish poet (Day and Night Songs), dies at 68   

Nov 20   Edwin Hubble, astronomer (discoverer of galaxies, red shift)   

Nov 20   Gustav Mahler's 1st Symphony   

Nov 23   Debut of 1st jukebox (Palais Royale Saloon, San Francisco)   

Nov 23   The inaugural ‘Nickel-in-the-Slot’ (jukebox) was placed in service on this day in the Palais Royal Saloon in San Francisco, California. Juke, at the time, was a slang word for a a disorderly house, or house of ill repute.   

Nov 24   Albert J Sylvester, England, ballroom dancer (Alex Moor Award-1977)   

Nov 27   1st permit issued to drive a car through Central Park (Curtis P Brady).   

Nov 27   Curtis P. Brady was issued the inaugural permit to drive an automobile through Central Park in New York City. Mr. Brady had to pledge to New York's finest that he would not frighten the horses in the park   

Nov 30   Edgar D Adrian, English physiologist (Nobel 1932)   

Dec 03   Baltasar Saldoni, composer, dies at 82   

Dec 04   Buck Jones, [Charles F Gebhart], US actor (War Horse)   

Dec 04   Stanley's expedition reaches Bagamoyo in Indian Ocean.   

Dec 06   Jefferson Davis, Pres of Confederate States (1861-5), dies at 81.   

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Jan 01   Alexander smallens: St petersburg, russia, conductor   

Jan 01   Charles bickford: Cambridge mass, actor (john-the virginian)   

Jan 01   Tadeusz jarecki: Composer   

Jan 01   Tom dugan: Dublin ireland, actor (circus clown, drag, skyway)   

Jan 02   Tito schipa: Italy, tenor/composer (la rondine)   

Jan 02   Walter baldwin: Ohio, actor (gay amigo)   

Jan 04   Albertus w "albert" van dalsum: Actor/director (abandoned child)   

Jan 05   Albert van dalsum: Dutch actor/director (little rascal) [or 1899]   

Jan 10   Martin andreas udbye: Composer,    

Jan 13   Solomon bundy: American politician (b. 1823)   

Jan 14   Ema puksec: Croatian singer (b. 1834)   

Jan 17   Juan montalvo: Ecuadorian author (siete tratados),    

Jan 27   Ivan s aksakov: Russian journalist,    

Jan 30   Crown prince rudolph of austria: Crown prince rudolph of austria (b. 1858)   

Feb 01   Joseph gungl: Composer,   

Feb 03   Belle starr: Us female gangster, murdered at 40