This Year in History - 1889

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Date	Hint	Answer
January 15th	This new beverage company is incorporated as part of the Pemberton Medicine Company	Coca-Cola
January 22nd	This famous record company is founded, that would later sign such artists as Billie Holiday, AC/DC, and Blink-182	Columbia Records
February 11th	The House of Peers meet for the first time in this country, following the adoption of its Meiji Constitution	Japan
February 22nd	Grover Cleveland signs a bill admitting four new states to the Union. Name any of them	North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, or Washington
March 4th	This new Republican President is inaugurated	Benjamin Harrison
April 20th	This infamous person is born, who would commit suicide almost exactly 56 years later	Adolf Hitler
May 6th	This new monument is unveiled in Paris for the 1889 World's Fair	Eiffel Tower
June	This famous painting is made in Southern France, inspired by the view from the east-facing window of an asylum	Starry Night
June 6th	A fire ravages through the downtown of this Pacific Northwest city	Seattle
July 8th	The first issue of this second-largest newspaper in the United States is published, now famous for its collaboration with Dow Jones & Company	Wall Street Journal
August 6th	This famous hotel in London is established, that would hold such guests as Frank Sinatra, Charlie Chaplin, and Harry Truman	Savoy Hotel
September 23rd	This company is founded in Kyoto, producing and marketing trading cards	Nintendo
October 6th	German geologist Hans Meyer and Austrian Mountaineer Ludwig Purtscheller are the first to summit this famous mountain	Mount Kilimanjaro
October 6th	This famous windmill-topped cabaret opens its doors for the first time in Paris	Moulin Rouge
November 14th	American journalist Nellie Bly begins her attempt to travel around the world in less than 80 days, inspired by a novel from this author	Jules Verne
November 19th	The modern day flag of this country is adopted, bearing the words "Order and Progress" in their native language	Brazil
November 20th	This new invention is debuted in San Francisco, famous for its construction as a partially automated, coin-operated, music-playing device	Jukebox
December 6th	This former President of the Confederate States of America dies	Jefferson Davis