1890
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1890 (MDCCCXC) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar, the 1890th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 890th year of the 2nd millennium, the 90th year of the 19th century, and the 1st year of the 1890s decade. As of the start of 1890, the Gregorian calendar was 12 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.
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Births
- March 3 – Norman Bethune
- May 19 - Ho Chi Minh leader of Viet Nam
- August 24 – Duke Kahanamoku, American athlete
- October 14 – Dwight D. Eisenhower, thirty-fourth President of the United States (b. 1969)
- December 5 – Fritz Lang, Austrian movie director
Deaths
- April 11 – Joseph Merrick, English man who was known as the 'Elephant Man'
Events
- January 15 – Premiere of Tchaikovsky's ballet The Sleeping Beauty
- Unknown date
- The Pennsylvania School for the Deaf is built in the city of Philadelphia.
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