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April 15 – A. Philip Randolph, African American labor union leader (died 1979) April 18 – Harold Saxton Burr, scientist (died 1973) April 21 A. J. Balaban, Russian-American businessman, co-founded Balaban and Katz (died 1962) Walter Costello, gangster (died 1917) S. W. Harrington, American football player, coach, and physician (died 1975)
1889 – North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana and Washington become states; 1889 – Johnstown Flood in Pennsylvania; 1889 – Jane Addams founds Hull House; December 6, 1889 – Former Confederate president Jefferson Davis dies. 1889 - During a speech given by Benjamin Harrison, he becomes the first U.S. president in history to have a voice ...
1889 (MDCCCLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar, the 1889th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 889th year of the 2nd millennium, the 89th year of the 19th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1880s decade. As of ...
The devastating flood of 1889 also served as an opportunity for the recently established American Red Cross, which was founded by nurse and Civil War hero Clara Barton in 1881. Barton and more ...
Rarely, events significant to the history of the West but which occurred within the modern boundaries of Canada and Mexico are included as well. Western North America was inhabited for millennia by various groups of Native Americans and later served as a frontier to the Spanish Empire, which began colonizing the region starting in the 16th century.
The American Annual Cyclopedia and Register of Important Events of the Year 1887 The American Annual Cyclopedia and Register of Important Events of the Year 1888 Prices and Wages by Decade, 1880–1889 – Guide published by the University of Missouri Library points to pages in digital libraries (freely available online) that show average ...
1889 in the United States by state or territory (51 C) 1889 disestablishments in the United States (12 C, 8 P) 1889 establishments in the United States (53 C, 22 P)
The 1890s (pronounced "eighteen-nineties") was a decade of the Gregorian calendar that began on January 1, 1890, and ended on December 31, 1899.. In American popular culture, the decade would later be nostalgically referred to as the "gay nineties" ("gay" meaning carefree or cheerful).