1890 Calendar
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1890 Historical Event(s)
January 1, 1890
– The Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena, California, is first held.
April 7, 1890
– Completion of the first Lake Biwa Canal.
June 1, 1890
– The United States Census Bureau begins using Herman Hollerith’s tabulating machine to count census returns.
July 2, 1890
– The U.S. Congress passes the Sherman Anti-Trust Act.
July 3, 1890
– Idaho is admitted as the 43rd U.S. state.
July 26, 1890
– In Buenos Aires the Revolución del Parque takes place, forcing President Juárez Celman’s resignation.
August 6, 1890
– At Auburn Prison in New York, murderer William Kemmler becomes the first person to be executed by electric chair.
September 12, 1890
– Salisbury, Rhodesia, is founded.
November 4, 1890
– City & South London Railway: London’s first deep-level tube railway opens between King William Street and Stockwell.
December 22, 1890
– Cornwallis Valley Railway begins operation between Kingsport and Kentville, Nova Scotia.
Who Were Born On 1890?
January 1, 1890
– Anton Melik, Slovenian geographer (d. 1966)
January 9, 1890
– Karel Čapek, Czech writer (d. 1938)
February 2, 1890
– Charles Correll, American actor (d. 1972)
February 10, 1890
– Boris Pasternak, Russian writer, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1960)
March 12, 1890
– William Dudley Pelley, American spiritualist and politician (d. 1965)
June 21, 1890
– Frank S. Land, American founder of the Order of DeMolay (d. 1959)
September 15, 1890
– Ernest Bullock, English organist and composer (d. 1979)
October 8, 1890
– Philippe Thys, Belgian cyclist (d. 1971)
November 15, 1890
– Richmal Crompton, British author (d. 1969)
December 5, 1890
– Fritz Lang, Austrian-born film director (d. 1976)