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| Born : | 11/12/1898 | Abraham JD van Oosten, screenwriter/author (His Master's Voice) |
| Born : | 08/24/1898 | Albert Claude, Belgium, physician (Nobel 1974) |
| Born : | 07/08/1898 | Alec Waugh, London, novelist (Island in the Sun); brother of Evelyn |
| Born : | 07/22/1898 | Alexander Calder, sculptor (mobiles, stabiles) |
| Born : | 01/30/1898 | Alfred Schl„ppi, Switzerland, 4 man bobsled (Olympic-gold-1924) |
| Born : | 10/07/1898 | Alfred Wallenstein, Chicago Illinois, conductor (Chic Symph 1922-29) |
| Born : | 02/27/1898 | Allison Danzig, sports writer (Tennis Pictorial History) |
| Born : | 02/03/1898 | Alvar Aalto, Finland, architect (Finlandia House) |
| Born : | 07/24/1898 | Amelia Earhart, US pilot, into the wild blue yonder |
| Born : | 07/01/1898 | Andr‚-Marie Charue, bishop of Namen Belgium |
| Born : | 05/28/1898 | Andy Kirk, jazz musician |
| Born : | 12/10/1898 | Anton Mauve, painter |
| Born : | 05/10/1898 | Ariel Durant, writer (Story of Civilization) |
| Born : | 05/21/1898 | Armand Hammer, NYC, millionaire industrialist (Occidental Petroleum) |
| Born : | 01/07/1898 | Art Baker, NYC, TV host (You Asked For It) |
| Born : | 10/16/1898 | Arthur H Dean, lawyer/advisor to FDR |
| Born : | 05/16/1898 | August De Shriver, Belgian politician/founder (CVP) |
| Born : | 09/12/1898 | Ben Shahn, painter (1964 Arts & Letters) |
| Born : | 01/22/1898 | Ben van Eysselste˜n, writer (Dorre grond) |
| Born : | 05/25/1898 | Bennett Cerf, publisher (Random House) panelist (What's My Line) |
| Born : | 07/17/1898 | Berenice Abbott, Springfield Oh, photographer (World of Atget) |
| Born : | 02/10/1898 | Bertolt Brecht, Germany, playwright (Mother Courage) |
| Born : | 04/15/1898 | Bessie Smith, Empress of Blues (over 200 songs) |
| Born : | 04/08/1898 | C M Bowra, professor of poetry (Oxford University) |
| Born : | 11/29/1898 | C[live] S[taples] Lewis, UK, sci-fi author (Silver Chair) |
| Born : | 04/08/1898 | Cecil [Maurice] Bowra, British classics expert (Greek experience) |
| Born : | 01/20/1898 | Colin Clive, [Greig], British/French actor (Bride of Frankenstein) |
| Born : | 04/19/1898 | Constance Talmadge, US comedienne/actress (Intolerance) |
| Born : | 06/01/1898 | Curtis Stevens, US, 2 man bobsled (Olympic-gold-1932) |
| Born : | 06/09/1898 | Curzio Malaparte, [Kurt E Suckert], Italian author (Kaputt) |
| Born : | 03/10/1898 | Cy Kendall, St Louis Mo, actor (Mysteries of Chinatown) |
| Born : | 12/01/1898 | Cyril Ritchard, actor (Capt Hook-Peter Pan) |
| Born : | 10/22/1898 | Damaso Alonso, Spanish poet (Hijos de la ira) |
| Born : | 02/10/1898 | Dame Judith Anderson, Adelaide Aust, actress (Laura, Rebecca, Tycoon) |
| Born : | 05/06/1898 | Daniel Gerber, Freemont Mi, beloved by babies at mealtime |
| Born : | 08/09/1898 | David de Jong, writer (Mutiny on the canal) |
| Born : | 03/11/1898 | Dorothy Gish, stage/silent film actress (Orphans of the Storm) |
| Born : | 04/08/1898 | E Y "Yip" Harburg, [Isidore Hochberg], lyricist/librettist |
| Born : | 04/09/1898 | Earl "Curly" Lambeau, NFL coach (GB Packers) |
| Born : | 11/13/1898 | Earl Sande, jockey (Hall of Famer) |
| Born : | 06/01/1898 | Edgar "Cookie" Fairchild, NYC, bandleader (Jerry Colonna Show) |
| Born : | 04/26/1898 | Edward PF Eagan, Denver, boxer (Oly-gold-20)/bobsledder (Oly-gold-32) |
| Born : | 04/23/1898 | Edwin E Dwinger, German writer (General Wlassow) |
| Born : | 12/09/1898 | Emmett Kelly, circus clown (Weary Willie) |
| Born : | 08/27/1898 | Enny de Leeuwe, [Engelina], actress (Anatevka)/wife of Pierre Mols |
| Born : | 02/20/1898 | Enzo Ferrari, Italy, sportscar manufacturer (Ferrari) |
| Born : | 06/22/1898 | Erich Maria Remarque, novelist (All Quiet on the Western Front) |
| Born : | 05/01/1898 | Eugene R Zwart, US, Pres of World Bank (1953-62) |
| Born : | 12/21/1898 | Eugne Dabit, French writer/painter (H“tel du Nord) |
| Born : | 06/05/1898 | Federico Garc¡a Lorca, Spain, poet/dramatist (Blood Wedding) |
| Born : | 09/09/1898 | Frank (Fordham Flash) Frisch, NYC, baseball player (NL MVP 1931) |
| Born : | 05/23/1898 | Frank McHugh, actor (Front Page, Gold Diggers 1935, Mighty Joe Young) |
| Born : | 02/14/1898 | Fritz Zwicky, Swiss astronomer (super nova) |
| Born : | 08/20/1898 | G Kraus, director Santpoort (Insanity in Netherlands) |
| Born : | 05/25/1898 | Gene Tunney, world heavyweight boxing champion (1926-30) |
| Born : | 03/24/1898 | George Alpert, railroad executive |
| Born : | 06/30/1898 | George Chandler, Waukegan Ill, actor (Lassie) |
| Born : | 09/26/1898 | George Gershwin, [Jacob Gershvin] Bkln NY, composer (Rhapsody in Blue) |
| Born : | 04/03/1898 | George Jessel, toastmaster general/entertainer (Diary of Young Comic) |
| Born : | 08/17/1898 | Gerard Schmook, Flemish librarian/historian/custodian |
| Born : | 07/09/1898 | Gerard Walschap, Flemish writer/journalist (Mary, Revolt in Congo) |
| Born : | 09/19/1898 | Giuseppe Saragat, president of Italy (1964-71) |
| Born : | 05/03/1898 | Golda Meir, [Meyerson], Kiev Ukraine, 4th Israeli PM (1969-74) |
| Born : | 01/09/1898 | Gracie Fields, [Stansfield], England, music hall/vaudeville performer |
| Born : | 04/12/1898 | Grantley H Adams, president of Barbados |
| Born : | 12/06/1898 | Gunnar Myrdal, Sweden, sociologist/economist (Nobel 1974) |
| Born : | 06/02/1898 | G‚o[rges M] Norge, French/Belgian writer (Les oignons) |
| Born : | 07/06/1898 | Hanns Eisler, German/US composer/Gemran DR-minister for propaganda |
| Born : | 06/10/1898 | Hattie McDaniel, 1st Black to win an Oscar (Gone With The Wind) |
| Born : | 07/11/1898 | Hendrik J Pos, philosopher/chairman Committee of Watchfulness) |
| Born : | 07/30/1898 | Henry Moore, England, sculptor (Vertebrae) |
| Born : | 04/03/1898 | Henry R Luce, publisher (1965 Fisher Award) |
| Born : | 05/10/1898 | Herbert Elwell, Minneapolis Minnesota, composer (Happy Hypocrite) |
| Born : | 07/19/1898 | Herbert Marcuse, Berlin, communist philosopher (One-Dimensional Man) |
| Born : | 12/06/1898 | Herman Shumlin, actor (Watch on the Rhine) |
| Born : | 07/11/1898 | Herman de Man, [Salomon H Hamburger], writer/Radio Orange |
| Born : | 09/24/1898 | Howard W Florey, Aust, pathologist; purified penicillin (Nobel '45) |
| Born : | 12/21/1898 | Ira S Bowen, US physicist/astronomer (Mt Wilson/Palomar) |
| Born : | 07/29/1898 | Isidor Isaac Rabi, Poland, physicist (explored atom, Nobel 1944) |
| Born : | 03/06/1898 | Jay C Flippen, Little Rock Ark, actor (Ensign O'Toole) |
| Born : | 08/13/1898 | Jean Borota, France, tennis champ (35 Wimbeldons between 1922-64) |
| Born : | 12/--/1898 | Jean MacArthur, Nashville Tn, wife of General Douglas MacArthur |
| Born : | 05/02/1898 | Jef [Josephus C F] Last, poet/Spanish politician |
| Born : | 01/13/1898 | Jhr dr Pedro DE Teixeira de Mattos, diplomat |
| Born : | 03/06/1898 | Jimmy Conzelman, NFL QB/coach/team owner (Chicago) |
| Born : | 03/06/1898 | Jo[hanne M Bos-]Vincent, soprano (Matth„us Passion) |
| Born : | 01/25/1898 | Joachim Wach, German/US philosopher/sociologist (Tie Verstehen) |
| Born : | 05/31/1898 | Johan Brouwer, pianist/writer/resistance fighter |
| Born : | 01/03/1898 | Johannes Hin, Holland, yachtsman (Olympic-gold-1920) |
| Born : | 06/06/1898 | Johannes J Fouch‚, president South-Africa |
| Born : | 01/21/1898 | John George, Syria, actor (Kolb-Adventures of Fu Manchu) |
| Born : | 04/26/1898 | John Grierson, documentary film maker |
| Born : | 09/15/1898 | John J Slauerhoff, ship's doctor/writer/poet (El Dorado) |
| Born : | 07/04/1898 | Johnny Lee, Missouri, actor (Calhoun-Amos 'n' Andy) |
| Born : | 11/18/1898 | Joris Ivens, N˜megen Netherlands, director (Rain) |
| Born : | 03/30/1898 | Joyce Carey, English actress (Black Windmill) |
| Born : | 05/18/1898 | Juan J Domenchina, Spanish poet/interpreter (sombra desterrada) |
| Born : | 02/26/1898 | Julien de Valckenaere, Flemish writer |
| Born : | 04/09/1898 | Julius Patzak, Austrian tenor singer |
| Born : | 02/16/1898 | Katharine Cornell, actress (Barretts of Wimpole St) |
| Born : | 05/24/1898 | Kathleen Hale, British children book writer/illustrator (Orlando) |
| Born : | 02/24/1898 | Kurt Tank, German WW II aircraft designer |
| Born : | 04/14/1898 | Lee Tracy, Atlanta Ga, actor (Martin Kane-Martin Kane Private Eye) |
| Born : | 02/11/1898 | Leo Szilard, Hungary, physicist/A-bomb worker/peace activist |
| Born : | 08/15/1898 | Lillian Carter, Pres Carter's (1977-1981) mom |
| Born : | 04/18/1898 | Lord Leatherland, British journalist/Labour peer |
| Born : | 10/18/1898 | Lotte Lenya, Vienna Austria, actor/singer (Appointment, Semi-Tough) |
| Born : | 04/11/1898 | Lou Holtz, comedian/actor (Follow the Leader) |
| Born : | 03/08/1898 | Louise Beavers, Cin Ohio, actress (Beulah-Beulah, Made for each other) |
| Born : | 08/24/1898 | Malcolm Cowley, Belsano Penn, author (Flowering of New England) |
| Born : | 04/16/1898 | Marian Jordan, Peoria Ill, radio comedienne (Fibber McGee & Molly) |
| Born : | 08/24/1898 | Marie J Hugenholtz, [Doctor Grandi], surgeon on Cura‡ao |
| Born : | 07/13/1898 | Martin David, German/Neth historian |
| Born : | 06/17/1898 | Maurits C Escher, graphic artist |
| Born : | 07/08/1898 | Melville Ruick, Boise Idaho, actor (Barton-City Hospital) |
| Born : | 07/23/1898 | Mervyn "Red" Dutton, Manitoba, 2nd NHL pres (1943-46) |
| Born : | 02/28/1898 | Molly Picon, Yiddish actress (Milk & Honey) |
| Born : | 06/01/1898 | Molly Picon, yiddish actress (Milk & Honey, Fiddler on the Roof) |
| Born : | 08/01/1898 | Morris Stoloff, Phila, violinist (Picnic, Pal Joey) |
| Born : | 11/27/1898 | Nelly Steuer-Wagenaar, pianist |
| Born : | 12/11/1898 | Nils JE Ferlin, Swedish songwriter (Barfotabarn) |
| Born : | 06/06/1898 | Ninette de Valois, [Edris Stannus], Engl, ballerina (Royal Ballet) |
| Born : | 04/15/1898 | Nini de Bo‰l, Flemish operette singer (White Horse) |
| Born : | 07/15/1898 | Noel Gay, [Richard Moxon Armitage], composer |
| Born : | 05/31/1898 | Norman Vincent Peale, Ohio, clergyman (Power of Positive Thinking) |
| Born : | 08/08/1898 | Paul Belmondo, French sculptor (De baadster, Orl‚ans) |
| Born : | 04/09/1898 | Paul Robeson, Philadelphia, singer (Old Man River)/actor/footballer |
| Born : | 11/09/1898 | Paul Robeson, actor/singer/football star (King Solomon's Mines) |
| Born : | 02/03/1898 | Paul Urysohn, Russian mathematician |
| Born : | 04/01/1898 | Pola Gojawiczynska, Polish writer (Stolica) |
| Born : | 08/29/1898 | Preston Sturges [Edmund P Biden], US director (Sullivan's Travels) |
| Born : | 09/08/1898 | Queenie Smith, NYC, actress/dancer (Funny Side) |
| Born : | 01/23/1898 | Randolph Scott, actor (Last of the Mohicans, Western Union) |
| Born : | 11/11/1898 | Rene Clair, director (I Married a Witch, It Happened Tomorrow) |
| Born : | 11/21/1898 | Ren‚ Magritte, painter (This is Not a Pipe) |
| Born : | 05/22/1898 | Ren‚ the Fox, tailor/actor/composer |
| Born : | 09/30/1898 | Ren‚e Ador‚e, French/US singer/actress (Tfolies-Bergre, Mr Wu) |
| Born : | 04/01/1898 | Roger Bastide, French sociologist |
| Born : | 01/22/1898 | Ross R Barnett, lawyer/(Gov-D-Miss) |
| Born : | 11/30/1898 | Roy (Link) Lyman, NFL tackle (Chicago Bears) |
| Born : | 01/23/1898 | Sergei Eisenstein, Russia, director (Battleship Potemkin) |
| Born : | 10/17/1898 | Simon Vestd˜k, writer/poet (5th stamp) |
| Born : | 07/22/1898 | Stephen Vincent Ben‚t, US, writer (Devil & Daniel Webster) |
| Born : | 04/21/1898 | Steve Owen, NFL tackle, coach (NY Giants) |
| Born : | 04/19/1898 | Sybil Andrews, English/Canadain painter |
| Born : | 04/26/1898 | Vicente Aleixandre, Spain, writer (Ambito, Bird of Paper, Nobel 1977) |
| Born : | 12/30/1898 | Vincent Lopez, Bkln NY, orch leader (Welcome Aboard) |
| Born : | 02/12/1898 | Wallace Ford, Batton England, actor (Deputy) |
| Born : | 06/06/1898 | Walter Abel, actor St Paul Mn, actor (Suspicion, Dream Girl) |
| Born : | 01/28/1898 | Wies Moens, Flemish writer/nazi |
| Born : | 11/22/1898 | Wiley Post, Grand Plain Tx, aviator/parachutist (crashed in Alaska) |
| Born : | 10/16/1898 | William O Douglas, Maine, 81st Supreme Court justice (1939-75) |
| Born : | 11/15/1898 | Willy Alfredo, [Willem Jue], entertainer |
| Born : | 06/26/1898 | Willy Messerschmitt, German aircraft designer |
| Born : | 01/03/1898 | ZaSu Pitts, Parsons Kansas, actress (Life With Father, Dames) |
| Born : | 02/12/1898 | [Le]Roy Harris, Okla, composer (When Johnny Comes Marching Home) |
| Died : | 05/01/1898 | Alphonse Wauters, Belgian historian, dies at 81 |
| Died : | 03/17/1898 | Blanche Kelso Bruce, (Sen-Miss, 1875-1881), dies at 57, in Washington |
| Died : | 06/06/1898 | Constant A Serrure, Flemish historian, dies at 62 |
| Died : | 05/28/1898 | Edward Bellamy, US author ("Looking Backward"), died |
| Died : | 03/31/1898 | Edward Noyes Westcott, US attorney/writer (David Harum), dies |
| Died : | 12/09/1898 | Emmett Kelly, US circus clown (Weary Willie), dies |
| Died : | 09/10/1898 | Emperess Sissi, of Austria, dies |
| Died : | 04/18/1898 | Gustave Moureau, painter, dies |
| Died : | 10/18/1898 | Jakov P Polonski, Russian poet (Stichotvorenija), dies at 78 |
| Died : | 01/03/1898 | James Wimshurst, British designer/inventor (vacuum pump), dies at 70 |
| Died : | 11/20/1898 | John Fowler, English engineer (London Metropolitan Railway), dies |
| Died : | 01/14/1898 | Lewis Carroll, writer (Alice in Wonderland), dies at 65 |
| Died : | 07/07/1898 | Lucien Petipa, French dancer/choreograph/ballet leader, dies |
| Died : | 07/30/1898 | Otto von Bismarck, German "Iron" chancellor, dies |
| Died : | 09/14/1898 | Paul A Daum, writer/founder/editor (Batavian Newspaper), dies |
| Died : | 10/24/1898 | Pierre C Puvis de Chavannes, French painter (Panth‚on), dies at 73 |
| Died : | 06/03/1898 | Samuel Plimssoll, English parliament leader, dies at 74 |
| Died : | 09/09/1898 | St‚phane Mallarm‚, French publisher (L'aprs-midi d'un faune), dies |
| Interest: | 12/24/1898 | [RC] Commemoration of St Sharbel Makhlouf, Lebanese monk, hermit |
| Special : | 11/26/1898 | -27) Snow/ice storm over US; 455 die |
| Special : | 05/23/1898 | 1st Philippine Expeditionary Troops sail from SF |
| Special : | 04/22/1898 | 1st Spanish-American War action: USS Nashville, takes enemy ship |
| Special : | 05/25/1898 | 1st US troop transport to Manila leaves SF |
| Special : | 07/25/1898 | 1st US troops land & occupy Puerto Rice, at Guanica Bay |
| Special : | 02/01/1898 | 1st auto insurance policy in US issued, by Travelers Insurance Co |
| Special : | 01/04/1898 | 1st installment of William Dean Howell's "Life & Letters" appears |
| Special : | 03/17/1898 | 1st practical submarine 1st submerges, NYC (for 1 hour 40 minutes) |
| Special : | 01/06/1898 | 1st telephone message from a submerged submarine, by Simon Lake |
| Special : | 06/11/1898 | 600 US marines land at Guantanamo Cuba |
| Special : | 07/16/1898 | A Charlois discovers asteroid #437 Rhodia |
| Special : | 11/08/1898 | A Charlois discovers asteroid #438 Zeuxo |
| Special : | 12/08/1898 | A Charlois discovers asteroid #441 Bathilde |
| Special : | 10/18/1898 | American flag raised in Puerto Rico |
| Special : | 06/24/1898 | American troops, drive Spanish forces from La Guasimas Cuba |
| Special : | 06/18/1898 | Amusement pier opens, Atlantic City, NJ |
| Special : | 04/12/1898 | Army transfers Yerba Buena Island in SF Bay to Navy |
| Special : | 12/18/1898 | Automobile speed record set-63 kph (39 mph) |
| Special : | 04/22/1898 | Baltimore James Hughes no-hits Boston Braves 8-0 |
| Special : | 04/08/1898 | Battle of Atbara River, Anglo-Egyptian forces crush 6,000 Sudanese |
| Special : | 07/22/1898 | Belgica crew see 1st sunrise in 1600 hrs-1st to endure Antarct winter |
| Special : | 02/22/1898 | Black postmater lynched, his wife & 3 daughters shot in Lake City SC |
| Special : | 01/19/1898 | Brown defeats Harvard 6-0 in 1st intercollegiate hockey game |
| Special : | 05/03/1898 | Camp Merriman established at Presidio (SF) (see 0517) |
| Special : | 05/17/1898 | Camp Merritt established in Presidio [see 0503] |
| Special : | 04/30/1898 | Championship wrestling match at Met turns into a brawl |
| Special : | 06/09/1898 | China leases Hong Kong's new territories to Britain for 99 years |
| Special : | 04/22/1898 | Cincinnati Red Theodore Breitenstein no-hits Pirates 11-0 |
| Special : | 09/30/1898 | City of NY established |
| Special : | 10/13/1898 | E F Coddington discovers asteroids #439 Ohio & #440 Theodora |
| Special : | 01/13/1898 | Emile Zola's famous defense of Capt Alfred Dreyfus published in Paris |
| Special : | 06/18/1898 | Fred Herd wins US Open golf tournament |
| Special : | 07/04/1898 | French liner "La Bourgogne" collides with bark Cromartyshire, 560 die |
| Special : | 08/13/1898 | G Witt discovers asteroid #433 Eros |
| Special : | 06/21/1898 | Guam becomes a territory of US |
| Special : | 07/13/1898 | Guglielmo Marconi patents radio |
| Special : | 08/12/1898 | Hawaii formally annexed to US |
| Special : | 10/01/1898 | Henry Huntington buys LA Railway |
| Special : | 03/25/1898 | Intercollegiate Trapshooting Association formed in NYC |
| Special : | 10/01/1898 | Jews are expelled from Kiev Russia |
| Special : | 07/03/1898 | Joshua Slocum completes 1st solo circumnavigation of the globe |
| Special : | 01/01/1898 | Lightship replaces whistling buoy at mouth of SF Bay |
| Special : | 09/02/1898 | Lord Kitchener retakes Sudan for Britain |
| Special : | 09/11/1898 | M Wolf & A Schwassmann discovers asteroid #435 Ella |
| Special : | 09/13/1898 | M Wolf & A Schwassmann discovers asteroid #436 Patricia |
| Special : | 09/11/1898 | M Wolf discovers asteroid #434 Hungaria |
| Special : | 08/23/1898 | Malcolm Whitman wins US Lawn Tennis championship |
| Special : | 10/20/1898 | NC Mutual & Provident Insurance Company forms |
| Special : | 09/15/1898 | National Afro-American Council forms in Rochester NY |
| Special : | 11/22/1898 | Opera "Iris" premiers (Rome) |
| Special : | 02/11/1898 | Owen Smith of NC, AME Zion minister, named minister to Liberia |
| Special : | 04/09/1898 | Paul Robeson, actor (Emperor Jones) |
| Special : | 08/12/1898 | Peace protocol ends Spanish-American War, signed |
| Special : | 06/12/1898 | Philippine nationalists declares independence from Spain to US control |
| Special : | 07/08/1898 | Phillies Red Donahue no-hits Boston Braves, 5-0 |
| Special : | 04/21/1898 | Phillies' pitcher Bill Duggleby hits a grand slam on 1st at bat |
| Special : | 07/07/1898 | Pres McKinley signs resolution of annexation of Hawaiian Is |
| Special : | 04/11/1898 | President McKinley asks for Spanish-American War declaration |
| Special : | 11/10/1898 | Race riot in Wilmington NC (8 blacks killed) |
| Special : | 08/16/1898 | Roller coaster patented |
| Special : | 07/13/1898 | SF Ferry Building at foot of Market St opens |
| Special : | 05/26/1898 | SF approves City Charter, allows Municipal ownership of utiliies |
| Special : | 12/21/1898 | Scientists Pierre & Marie Curie discovers radium |
| Special : | 11/27/1898 | Side-wheeler "Portland" sinks off Cape Cod, 190 die |
| Special : | 06/07/1898 | Social Democracy of America party holds 1st national convention, Chic |
| Special : | 07/21/1898 | Spain cedes Guam to US |
| Special : | 04/24/1898 | Spain declares war on US rejecting ultimatum to withdraw from Cuba |
| Special : | 07/17/1898 | Spanish American War-Spaniads surrender to US at Santiago Cuba |
| Special : | 07/28/1898 | Spanish troops in Ponce, Puerto Rico, surrender |
| Special : | 04/21/1898 | Spanish-American War begins |
| Special : | 12/10/1898 | Spanish-American War ends; US acquires Philippines, PR & Guam |
| Special : | 07/27/1898 | Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Dancing Men" (BG) |
| Special : | 07/28/1898 | Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Retired Colourman"(BG) |
| Special : | 07/01/1898 | Teddy Roosevelt & his Rough Riders charge up San Juan Hill |
| Special : | 11/02/1898 | Theodor Herzl arrives in Jerusalem |
| Special : | 06/01/1898 | Trans-Mississippi International Exposition opens in Omaha |
| Special : | 04/20/1898 | US Assay Office in Deadwood, South Dakota opens |
| Special : | 05/21/1898 | US Assay Office in Seattle, Washington authorized |
| Special : | 06/15/1898 | US House of Reps accept annexation of Hawaii |
| Special : | 06/10/1898 | US Marines land in Cuba, during Spanish-American War |
| Special : | 07/03/1898 | US Navy defeats Spanish fleet in Santiago harbor, Cuba |
| Special : | 06/17/1898 | US Senate agrees to annex Hawaii |
| Special : | 07/07/1898 | US annexes Hawaii |
| Special : | 07/08/1898 | US battle fleet under adm Dewey occupies Isla Grande at Manila |
| Special : | 04/25/1898 | US declares war on Spain |
| Special : | 07/04/1898 | US flag hoisted over Wake Island (Spanish-American War) |
| Special : | 04/22/1898 | US gunboat Nashville defeats Spanish ship Buena Ventura |
| Special : | 06/15/1898 | US marines attack Spanish off Guant namo Cuba |
| Special : | 04/22/1898 | US president Mckinley orders blockade of Cuban harbors |
| Special : | 02/15/1898 | USS Maine blows up in Havana harbor, cause unknown-258 sailors die |
| Special : | 06/13/1898 | Yukon Territory of Canada organized, Dawson chosen as capital |
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