WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO OCTOBER 1889
Find out what all happened January to October 1889

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

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

The Great Seattle fire destroys all of downtown Seattle, Washington. (6. 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)

Hull House, the United States' most influential settlement house, opens in Chicago. (18. September 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)

Nintendo Koppai (Later Nintendo Company, Limited) is founded by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce and market the playing card game Hanafuda. (23. September 1889)

The Yngsjö murder in Yngsjö, Sweden: Anna Månsdotter is arrested along with her son. (28. March 1889)

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

The children's charity National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children is launched in London. (14. May 1889)

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

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

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

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

The first General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM) defines the length of a meter as the distance between two lines on a standard bar of an alloy of platinum with ten percent iridium, measured at the melting point of ice. (28. September 1889)

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

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

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

American inventor Thomas Edison shows his first motion picture. (6. October 1889)