WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO FEBRUARY 1889
Find out what all happened January to February 1889

The Oklahoma Land Run opens 2 million acres of unused Oklahoma Territory to first serve first come settlers on April 22. (4. January 1889)

President Grover Cleveland signs a bill elevating the United States Department of Agriculture to a Cabinet-level agency. (9. February 1889)

Herman Hollerith is issued US patent #395,791 for the 'Art of Applying Statistics' — his punched card calculator. (8. January 1889)

United States President Grover Cleveland signs a bill admitting North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana and Washington as U.S. states. (22. February 1889)

Meiji Constitution of Japan is adopted; the first National Diet convenes in 1890. (11. February 1889)

Archduke Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria, heir to the Austro-Hungarian crown, is found dead with his mistress Baroness Mary Vetsera in the Mayerling. (30. January 1889)

Columbia Phonograph is formed in Washington, D.C. (22. January 1889)

The Coca-Cola Company, then known as the Pemberton Medicine Company, is incorporated in Atlanta, Georgia. (15. January 1889)