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1898 Calendar

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•  April 24, 1898 – The Spanish-American War: The United States declares war on Spain.
•  June 13, 1898 – Yukon Territory is formed, with Dawson chosen as its capital.
•  June 21, 1898 – The United States captures Guam from Spain.
•  June 27, 1898 – The first solo circumnavigation of the globe is completed by Joshua Slocum from Briar Island, Nova Scotia.
•  August 28, 1898 – Caleb Bradham invents the carbonated soft drink that will later be called “Pepsi-Cola”.
•  August 29, 1898 – The Goodyear tire company is founded.
•  October 1, 1898 – The Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration is founded under the name k.u.k. Exportakademie.
•  October 14, 1898 – The steamer ship SS Mohegan sinks after impacting the Manacles near Cornwall, United Kingdom, killing 106.
•  October 18, 1898 – United States takes possession of Puerto Rico.
•  November 2, 1898 – Cheerleading is started at the University of Minnesota with Johnny Campbell leading the crowd in cheering on the football team.

•  March 3, 1898 – Emil Artin, German mathematician (d. 1962)
•  March 5, 1898 – Zhou Enlai, Premier of the People’s Republic of China (d. 1976)
•  March 25, 1898 – Marcelle Narbonne, Franch supercentenarian
•  May 23, 1898 – Josef Terboven, German Nazi official (d. 1945)
•  July 13, 1898 – Julius Schreck, German Nazi party official (d. 1936)
•  August 25, 1898 – Helmut Hasse, German mathematician (d. 1975)
•  September 24, 1898 – Howard Walter Florey, Nobel Laureate (d. 1968)
•  November 21, 1898 – René Magritte, Belgian painter (d. 1967)
•  November 27, 1898 – Fredric Warburg, publisher and author (d. 1981)
•  December 24, 1898 – Baby Dodds, American jazz drummer (d. 1959)