What Happened In October 1889 In History

Historical Events for October, 1889

• 2nd » In Colorado, Nicholas C. Creede known as Nicholas Creede strikes it rich in silver during the last great silver boom of the American Old West.
• 6th » American inventor Thomas Edison shows his first film e.g motion picture.

Famous Birthdays on October in 1889

• 3rd » Carl von Ossietzky, German activist, Nobel Peace Prize e.g Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1938)
• 5th » Teresa de la Parra, French-Venezuelan author (d. 1936)
• 8th » Collett E. Woolman, American businessman, co-founded Delta Air Lines (d. 1966)
• 10th » Han van Meegeren, Dutch painter (d. 1947)
• 20th » Johann Gruber, Austrian Roman Catholic priest known as the "Saint of Gusen", murdered at Mauthausen-Gusen Concentration Camp (d. 1944)
• 25th » Abel Gance, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1981)
• 25th » Smoky Joe Wood, American baseball player and coach (d. 1985)
• 28th » Juliette Béliveau, Canadian actress and singer (d. 1975)

Famous Deaths for October 1889

• 11th » James Prescott Joule, English physicist and brewer (b. 1818)
• 17th » Nikolay Chernyshevsky, Russian philosopher and critic (b. 1828)
• 18th » Antonio Meucci, Italian-American inventor (b. 1808)
• 19th » Luís I of Portugal (b. 1838)
• 25th » Émile Augier, French playwright (b. 1820)

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