8 January 1889Invention of TabulatorHerman Hollerith
Patents an electrical computer for processing data
Historical records for United States of America in 1889, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
Patents an electrical computer for processing data
Benjamin Harrison is inaugurated as 23rd President
President Harrison opens Oklahoma for white colonization
The Oklahoma land rush officially starts at noon as thousands of homesteaders stake claims
The first coin-operated telephone is patented by William Gray of Hartford
Asa Candler purchases the Coca Cola formula
Thomas Adams installs the 1st Tutti Frutti machines on the platforms of the elevated trains of NYC
Appointed Minister to Britain
Appointed President of the USA, 23rd President
Founds the Wall St Journal which includes daily US stock prices in the Dow-Jones index
Appointed Vice President of the USA
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