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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 ...
This timeline of the American Old West is a chronologically ordered list of events significant to the development of the American West as a region of the continental United States. The term "American Old West" refers to a vast geographical area and lengthy time period of imprecise boundaries, and historians' definitions vary.
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 ...
The 13 British North American provinces of Virginia, Massachusetts Bay, Maryland, Connecticut, Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, New York, New Jersey, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania and Delaware, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Georgia united as the United States of America declare their independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain on ...
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 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)