Historical Events in November 1889

Nov 2 North Dakota becomes 39th & South Dakota becomes 40th state in the United States
Nov 3 Chaplain Ariëns founds first Roman Catholic Workers group

Coronation of Menelik II

Nov 3 Menelik II is crowned Emperor of Ethiopia at the Church of Mary on Mount Entoto

Nov 4 Players League begins, declaring independence from baseball's NL
Nov 5 Louisa Woosley first women to be ordained as a minister in any Presbyterian denomination (US Cumberland Presbyterian Church).
Nov 8 Montana admitted as 41st state of the Union
Nov 11 British Open Men's Golf, Musselburgh Links: Willie Park Jr wins his second Open title; beats Andrew Kirkaldy by 5 in 36-hole playoff
Nov 11 Washington admitted as 42nd state of USA

Nellie Bly

Nov 14 New York World reporter Nellie Bly (Elizabeth Cochrane) begins her attempt to surpass fictitious journey of Jules Verne's Phileas Fogg by traveling around the world in under 80 days. She succeeds, finishing the trip in 72 days, 6 hours

Nov 15 Dom Pedro II, Emperor of Brazil, deposed; republic proclaimed
Nov 17 Union Pacific begins daily through service, Chicago-Portland & San Francisco
Nov 18 Oahu Railway begins public service in Hawaii

Mahler's 1st Symphony

Nov 20 Gustav Mahler premieres his 1st Symphony at the Vigadó Concert Hall, Budapest, Hungary; it is not well received and he revises it several times before publishing 9 years later

Nov 23 Debut of 1st jukebox (Palais Royale Saloon, San Francisco)
Nov 27 1st permit issued to drive a car through Central Park (Curtis P Brady)
Nov 27 Hermann Sudermann's "Ehre" premieres in Berlin