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* [[August 23]]: [[Vanderbilt Furnace No. 1]] was blown in.
* [[August 23]]: [[Vanderbilt Furnace No. 1]] was blown in.
* [[October 15]]: [[William Pettiford]] founded the [[Alabama Penny Savings Bank]].
* [[October 15]]: [[William Pettiford]] founded the [[Alabama Penny Savings Bank]].
* [[October 18]]: The [[DeBardeleben Coal and Iron Company]] acquired the [[Oxmoor Furnaces]] from [[David Sinton]].
* [[Oliver Chalifoux]] came to Birmingham to manage the local [[Chalifoux Department Store]].
* [[Oliver Chalifoux]] came to Birmingham to manage the local [[Chalifoux Department Store]].
* [[Loveman's|Loveman, Joseph, & Loeb]] moved to a new, large [[Loveman, Joseph and Loeb building|department store]] on [[19th Street North]].
* [[Loveman's|Loveman, Joseph, & Loeb]] moved to a new, large [[Loveman, Joseph and Loeb building|department store]] on [[19th Street North]].

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The Steiner Building in November 2007, photographed by Wally Argus

1890 was the 19th year after the founding of the City of Birmingham.

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In 1890, Tchaikovsky's The Sleeping Beauty ballet premiered in St. Petersburg. Nellie Bly completed her round-the-world journey in 72 days. The original version of The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde was published in Lippincott's Monthly magazine. Idaho and Wyoming were admitted to the U. S. The first use of the electric chair as a method of execution took place. The Daughters of the American Revolution was founded. Navy defeated Army in the first Army–Navy Game. The Wounded Knee Massacre took place.

Notable births included those of Paul Whiteman, Ho Chi Minh, Stan Laurel, H. P. Lovecraft, Harland "Colonel" Sanders, Agatha Christie, Groucho Marx, Dwight D. Eisenhower, and Charles de Gaulle. Deaths in 1890 included those of Vincent van Gogh, King William III of the Netherlands, and Sitting Bull.

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