1889

1889 is a year in the 19th Century. It was preceded by 1888 and succeeded by 1890.

Births

 * April 16 - Charlie Chaplin was an English comic actor and filmmaker who starred in and created several films, including The Great Dictator,  The Circus, The Kid.
 * April 20 - Adolf Hitler was the 24th Chancellor of Germany. He was a member and eventually the Führer of the National Socialist German Workers' Party. He infamously started the Holocaust, killing millions of Jews, which in turn led to World War II. He committed suicide when the war ended on April 30, 1945.

Creations

 * September 23 - Nintendo is a multi-billion dollar video game company, and was founded by Fusajiro Yamauchi as a playing card company on this day and manufactured Hanafuda. Now, it is responsible for such prevalent franchises as Pokémon, Mario and Legend of Zelda.