Page 10: Historical Events In 1898

Aug 21   On this day in history nicola van Westerhout, composer, dies at 40   

Aug 22   On this day in history francine Larrimore, Verdun France, actress (John Meade's Woman)   

Aug 23   18th US Mens Tennis: Malcolm Whitman beats Dwight Davis (36 62 62 61) on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1898 peggy Guggenheim, art patron & collector   

Aug 27   On this day in history enny de Leeuwe, [Engelina], actress (Anatevka)/wife of Pierre Mols   

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   The Goodyear tire company is founded on this day in history.   

Sep 01   In the year 1898 dutch soccer team Receiver forms   

Sep 01   Marilyn Miller, [Renolds], US actress (Sunny)/wife of Jack Pickford on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1898 lord Kitchener destroys Mahdi's tomb in Omdurman   

Sep 08   Queenie Smith, NYC, actress/dancer (Funny Side) on this day in history.   

Sep 09   On this day in history frank "Fordham Flash" Frisch, NYC, baseball player (NL MVP 1931)   

Sep 09   On this day in history ottawa Football Club re-organizes into the Rough Riders   

Sep 10   Adele Marie Astaire, Omaha NE, sister of Fred Astaire, entertainer in the year 1898.   

Sep 10   In the year 1898 elisabeth AE, empress of Austria/wife of Franz Joseph I, dies at 60   

Sep 10   Lord Kitchener's ships sails from Kartoum to Fashoda in the year 1898.   

Sep 11   Adolphe-Abraham Samuel, composer, dies at 74 in the year 1898.   

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

Sep 13   On this day in history 20,000 Paris construction workers go on strike   

Sep 14   In the year 1898 paul A Daum, writer/founder/editor (Batavian Newspaper), dies   

Sep 15   John J Slauerhoff, Dutch ship's doctor/writer/poet (El Dorado) in the year 1898.   

Sep 15   National Afro-American Council forms in Rochester NY on this day in history.   

Sep 18   On this day in history lord Kitcheners ships reach Fashoda Sudan   

Sep 19   On this day in history giuseppe Saragat, president of Italy (1964-71)   

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Jan 01   In the year 1898 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   In the year 1898 birth of viktor Ullmann, opera composer (Der Kaiser von Atlantis)   

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of johannes Hin, Holland, yachtsman (Olympic-gold-1920)   

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of zaSu Pitts, Parsons Kansas, actress (Life With Father, Dames)   

Jan 04   Roger Vuataz, composer was born in the year 1898.   

Jan 06   On this day in history birth of jan Filip Boon, Flemish author/editor (De Standaard 1929-39)   

Jan 06   In the year 1898 birth of charles E. Pont, American artist (d. 1971)   

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

Jan 04   In the year 1898 frantisek Pivoda, composer, dies at 73   

Jan 11   Gaetano Capocci, composer, dies at 86 on this day in history.   

Jan 14   In the year 1898 lewis Carroll, writer (Alice in Wonderland), dies at 65   

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

Jan 23   On this day in history w A Remy, composer, dies at 66   

Jan 28   Alexandru Flechtenmacher, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

Feb 16   Thomas Bracken, New Zealand poet (b. 1843) died in the year 1898.