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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 ...
The following table is a list of all 50 states and their respective dates of statehood. The first 13 became states in July 1776 upon agreeing to the United States Declaration of Independence, and each joined the first Union of states between 1777 and 1781, upon ratifying the Articles of Confederation, its first constitution. [6]
August 6 – George Kenney, World War II United States Army Air Forces general (d. 1977) August 10 – Norman Scott, American admiral, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1942) August 11 – Ronald Fairbairn, Scottish psychiatrist and psychoanalyst (d. 1964) August 15 – Marthe Richard, French prostitute, spy and politician (d. 1982)
Andre Trudeau, Noah. "'An Appalling Calamity'--In the teeth of the Great Samoan Typhoon of 1889, a standoff between the German and US navies suddenly didn't matter." Naval History Magazine 25.2 (2011): 54-59. Conroy, Robert (2002). "Only luck kept the United States from being occupied by Kaiser Wilhelm II's army between 1899 and 1904". Military ...
This category has the following 10 subcategories, out of 10 total. 1889 in the United States by city (3 C) 1889 in the United States by state or territory (51 C)
November 2, 1889: North Dakota and South Dakota were admitted as the 39th and 40th states. November 8, 1889: Montana was admitted as the 41st state. November 11, 1889: Washington was admitted as the 42nd state.
The Johnstown Flood, sometimes referred to locally as Great Flood of 1889, occurred on Friday, May 31, 1889, after the catastrophic failure of the South Fork Dam, located on the south fork of the Little Conemaugh River, 14 miles (23 km) upstream of the town of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, United States.