Historical Events In 1898

Aug 21   Nicola van Westerhout, composer, dies at 40 in the year 1898.  

Aug 22   In the year 1898 francine Larrimore, Verdun France, actress (John Meade's Woman)  

Aug 23   In the year 1898 18th US Mens Tennis: Malcolm Whitman beats Dwight Davis (36 62 62 61)  

Aug 23   Joseph Robinson, composer, dies at 82 in the year 1898.  

Aug 24   In the year 1898 albert Claude, Belgium, biologist/physician (Nobel 1974)  

Aug 25   700 Greeks and 15 Englishmen are slaughtered by the Turks in Heraklion, Greece in the year 1898.  

Aug 26   Peggy Guggenheim, art patron & collector in the year 1898.  

Aug 27   Enny de Leeuwe, [Engelina], actress (Anatevka)/wife of Pierre Mols in the year 1898.  

Aug 28   Caleb Bradham renames his carbonated soft drink "Pepsi-Cola" on this day in history.  

Aug 28   On this day in history ludwig Turek, writer  

Aug 29   Preston Sturges, [Edmund P Biden], Chic, director (Sullivan's Travels) in the year 1898.  

Aug 29   In the year 1898 the Goodyear tire company is founded.  

Sep 01   In the year 1898 dutch soccer team Receiver forms  

Sep 01   In the year 1898 marilyn Miller, [Renolds], US actress (Sunny)/wife of Jack Pickford  

Sep 02   On this day in history battle of Omdurman: Lord Kitchener retakes Sudan for Britain  

Sep 02   On this day in history hubert Howard, British journalist (Times), dies through friendly fire  

Sep 02   Lord Kitchener retakes Sudan for Britain in the year 1898.  

Sep 05   Ebbe Hamerik, composer on this day in history.  

Sep 05   Sarah Emma Evelyn Edmonds, disguised as man fought for union, dies on this day in history.  

Sep 06   Lord Kitchener destroys Mahdi's tomb in Omdurman in the year 1898.  

Sep 08   Queenie Smith, NYC, actress/dancer (Funny Side) in the year 1898.  

Sep 09   In the year 1898 frank "Fordham Flash" Frisch, NYC, baseball player (NL MVP 1931)  

Sep 09   Ottawa Football Club re-organizes into the Rough Riders on this day in history.  

Sep 10   On this day in history adele Marie Astaire, Omaha NE, sister of Fred Astaire, entertainer  

Sep 10   Elisabeth AE, empress of Austria/wife of Franz Joseph I, dies at 60 in the year 1898.  

Sep 10   Lord Kitchener's ships sails from Kartoum to Fashoda on this day in history.  

Sep 11   In the year 1898 adolphe-Abraham Samuel, composer, dies at 74  

Sep 12   Ben Shahn, painter (1964 Arts & Letters) in the year 1898.  

Sep 13   20,000 Paris construction workers go on strike in the year 1898.  

Sep 14   Paul A Daum, writer/founder/editor (Batavian Newspaper), dies in the year 1898.  

Sep 15   John J Slauerhoff, Dutch ship's doctor/writer/poet (El Dorado) on this day in history.  

Sep 15   On this day in history national Afro-American Council forms in Rochester NY  

Sep 18   Lord Kitcheners ships reach Fashoda Sudan in the year 1898.  

Sep 19   Giuseppe Saragat, president of Italy (1964-71) in the year 1898.  

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Jan 01   On this day in history birth of george van Derton, Belgian  

Jan 01   George van Derton, Belgian racer (won 500 race) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 01   On this day in history birth of viktor Ullmann, opera composer (Der Kaiser von Atlantis)  

Jan 03   In the year 1898 birth of johannes Hin, Holland, yachtsman (Olympic-gold-1920)  

Jan 03   ZaSu Pitts, Parsons Kansas, actress (Life With Father, Dames) was born in the year 1898.  

Jan 04   In the year 1898 birth of roger Vuataz, composer  

Jan 06   Jan Filip Boon, Flemish author/editor (De Standaard 1929-39) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 06   Charles E. Pont, American artist (d. 1971) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 03   In the year 1898 james Wimshurst, British designer/inventor (vacuum pump), dies at 70  

Jan 04   Frantisek Pivoda, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.  

Jan 11   On this day in history gaetano Capocci, composer, dies at 86  

Jan 14   Lewis Carroll, writer (Alice in Wonderland), dies at 65 on this day in history.  

Jan 16   In the year 1898 death of charles Pelham Villiers, longest-serving MP in the British House of Commons (b. 1802)  

Jan 23   W A Remy, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.  

Jan 28   On this day in history alexandru Flechtenmacher, composer, dies at 74  

Feb 16   On this day in history death of thomas Bracken, New Zealand poet (b. 1843)