Page 6: Historical Events In 1889
Saturday, 07 February 2026
May 31 Johnstown Flood; 2209 die in Pennsylvania 


May 31 The Johnstown Flood results in the deaths of 2000 to 5000 Pennsylvanians in a city of 30000. 


Jun 01 1890 flu pandemic in Worldwide killing 1 million people 


Jun 01 Europe's Orient Express completes arrangements for travel between Paris and Constantinople without change of train 


Jun 03 The Canadian Pacific Railway is completed from coast to coast. 


Jun 06 Great Fire in Seattle destroys 25 downtown blocks 


Jun 08 Cable Cars begin service in LA. 


Jun 08 Gerard Manley Hopkins, poet, dies at 54 


Jun 08 Joseph L Hromadka, Czech theologist (Lenin prize 1957). 


Jun 08 Start of Sherlock Holmes Adventure "The Boscombe Valley Mystery" (BG) 


Jun 10 Cliff Clark, actor (Kid Glove Killer, Golden Hoofs, Vigilante Hideout) 


Jun 11 Wesley Ruggles, actor/producer/director (Keystone Kops). 


Jun 12 Single tornado results in the deaths of 119, injures 146 (New Richmond Wisc). 


Jun 13 2 feet of snow accumulates in Rawlins Wyoming. 


Jun 13 2' of snow accumulates in Rawlins Wyoming 


Jun 14 Victor van Straelen, Flemish biologist/palaeontologist 


Jun 15 Mihail Eminesco, Romanian poet (Luceafarul), dies at 39 


Jun 15 Start of Sherlock Holmes Adv "Stockbroker's Clerk" (BG). 


Jun 18 Paul Joostens, Flemish painter. 


Jun 19 Enrico Celio, president (Switzerland). 


Jun 19 Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Man with the Twisted Lip" 


Jun 19 Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "The Man with the Twisted Lip" 


Jun 22 Louisville Colonels set ML baseball record with 26th consecutive loss 


Jun 25 Ethel Glenn Hier, composer. 


Jun 27 Alfred Courtens, Belgian sculptor 


Jun 27 Carlotta Patti, Italian soprano, dies. 


Jun 28 Frank Mayo, silent screen actor (Burning Gold, Hell's Headquarters) 


Jun 28 Maria Mitchell, 1st US woman astronomer (Vassar), dies at 70 


Jun 30 Eugenio Terziani, composer, dies at 64 


Jul 01 Frederick Douglass named Minister to Haiti. 


Jul 01 US mint at Carson City, Nevada reopens 


Jul 02 Cor Hermus, Dutch actor/director/writer (A Mother). 


Jul 04 Auguste Mermet, composer, dies at 79 


Jul 04 Washington state constitutional convention holds 1st meeting. 


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