Page 13: Historical Events In 1898

Dec 10   On this day in history spanish-American War ends; US acquires Philippines, PR and Guam   

Dec 11   On this day in history nils J E Ferlin, Swedish poet (Barfotabarn)   

Dec 12   On this day in history 1st 1st-class game between NSW & Tasmania   

Dec 13   On this day in history daniel Lazarus, composer   

Dec 13   On this day in history first passenger train over the newly reconstructed Victoria Railway Bridge, Montreal. The original 1859 tube had been replaced by a double track steel bridge.   

Dec 13   On this day in history george Frederick Bristow, composer, dies at 72   

Dec 14   On this day in history frederick Douglass Hall, composer   

Dec 15   In the year 1898 fernando Remacha, composer   

Dec 18   On this day in history at a site near Paris, France, Count Gaston de Chasseloup-Laubat sets the world's first official automobile land speed record of 39 miles per hour.   

Dec 18   In the year 1898 automobile speed record set-63 kph (39 mph)   

Dec 18   In the year 1898 jacob Kruijt, Dutch sociologist   

Dec 20   On this day in history irene [Marie] Dunne, Louisville, actress (Show Boat, I Remember Mama)   

Dec 21   In the year 1898 ira S Bowen, US physicist/astronomer (Mt Wilson/Palomar)   

Dec 21   On this day in history scientists Pierre & Marie Curie discovers radium   

Dec 24   Eugeniusz Pankiewicz, composer, dies at 41 in the year 1898.   

Dec 24   In the year 1898 herman Heijermans' "Ghetto," premieres in Amsterdam   

Dec 25   On this day in history theo Swagemakers, Dutch portrait painter   

Dec 26   Radium, the radioactive element, discovered by Pierre and Marie Curie in the year 1898.   

Dec 29   In the year 1898 georg Goltermann, composer, dies at 74   

Dec 29   On this day in history jeanne Leleu, composer   

Dec 30   In the year 1898 vincent Lopez, Bkln NY, orch leader (Welcome Aboard)   

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

Jan 03   Johannes Hin, Holland, yachtsman (Olympic-gold-1920) was born on this day in history.   

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

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of roger Vuataz, composer   

Jan 06   Jan Filip Boon, Flemish author/editor (De Standaard 1929-39) was born in the year 1898.   

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

Jan 03   On this day in history james Wimshurst, British designer/inventor (vacuum pump), dies at 70   

Jan 04   On this day in history frantisek Pivoda, composer, dies at 73   

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

Jan 14   On this day in history lewis Carroll, writer (Alice in Wonderland), dies at 65   

Jan 16   On this day in history death of charles Pelham Villiers, longest-serving MP in the British House of Commons (b. 1802)   

Jan 23   In the year 1898 w A Remy, composer, dies at 66   

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

Feb 16   Thomas Bracken, New Zealand poet (b. 1843) died on this day in history.