Page 10: Historical Events In 1898

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

Aug 22   Francine Larrimore, Verdun France, actress (John Meade's Woman) on this day in history.   

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   Albert Claude, Belgium, biologist/physician (Nobel 1974) on this day in history.   

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

Aug 26   On this day in history peggy Guggenheim, art patron & collector   

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

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

Aug 28   In the year 1898 ludwig Turek, writer   

Aug 29   Preston Sturges, [Edmund P Biden], Chic, director (Sullivan's Travels) on this day in history.   

Aug 29   The Goodyear tire company is founded in the year 1898.   

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   Hubert Howard, British journalist (Times), dies through friendly fire on this day in history.   

Sep 02   Lord Kitchener retakes Sudan for Britain on this day in history.   

Sep 05   On this day in history ebbe Hamerik, composer   

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   On this day in history 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   In the year 1898 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 on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

Sep 14   Paul A Daum, writer/founder/editor (Batavian Newspaper), dies on this day in history.   

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

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

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   George van Derton, Belgian was born on this day in history.   

Jan 01   George van Derton, Belgian racer (won 500 race) was born in the year 1898.   

Jan 01   Viktor Ullmann, opera composer (Der Kaiser von Atlantis) was born in the year 1898.   

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

Jan 03   In the year 1898 birth of zaSu Pitts, Parsons Kansas, actress (Life With Father, Dames)   

Jan 04   Roger Vuataz, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

Jan 06   On this day in history 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 in the year 1898.   

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

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

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

Jan 28   Alexandru Flechtenmacher, composer, dies at 74 in the year 1898.   

Feb 16   In the year 1898 death of thomas Bracken, New Zealand poet (b. 1843)