WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO AUGUST 1889
Find out what all happened January to August 1889

The Eiffel Tower is officially opened to the public at the Universal Exposition in Paris. (6. May 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)

The first issue of The Wall Street Journal is published. (8. July 1889)

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

The transcontinental Canadian Pacific Railway is completed. (3. June 1889)

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

Menelik II, Emperor of Ethiopia, signs a treaty of amity with Italy, giving Italy control over Eritrea. (2. May 1889)

The children's charity National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children is launched in London. (14. May 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)

Tijuana, Mexico, is founded. (11. July 1889)

Johnstown Flood: Over 2,200 people die after a dam fails and sends a 60-foot (18-meter) wall of water over the town of Johnstown, Pennsylvania. (31. May 1889)

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

At high noon, thousands rush to claim land in the Land Run of 1889. Within hours the cities of Oklahoma City and Guthrie are formed with populations of at least 10,000. (22. April 1889)

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

Hyde Park and several other Illinois townships vote to be annexed by Chicago, forming the largest United States city in area and second largest in population. (29. June 1889)

The Eiffel Tower is officially opened. (31. March 1889)

The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is established by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad in Qadian India. (23. March 1889)

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

78 are killed in the Armagh rail disaster near Armagh in what is now Northern Ireland. (12. June 1889)

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