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1898 Calendar

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•  February 7, 1898 – Émile Zola is brought to trial for libel for publishing J'Accuse.
•  April 25, 1898 – Spanish-American War: The United States declares war on Spain.
•  June 22, 1898 – Spanish–American War: United States Marines land in Cuba.
•  July 7, 1898 – U.S. President William McKinley signs the Newlands Resolution annexing Hawaii as a territory of the United States.
•  August 11, 1898 – Spanish-American War: American troops enter the city of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico.
•  August 25, 1898 – 700 Greek civilians, 17 British guards and the British Consul of Crete are killed by a Turkish mob in Heraklion, Greece.
•  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.
•  November 3, 1898 – France withdraws its troops from Fashoda (now in Sudan), ending the Fashoda Incident.
•  December 10, 1898 – Spanish-American War: The Treaty of Paris is signed, officially ending the conflict.

•  February 3, 1898 – Alvar Aalto, Finnish architect (d. 1976)
•  February 14, 1898 – Fritz Zwicky, Swiss-born American physicist and astronomer (d. 1974)
•  May 21, 1898 – Armand Hammer, American businessman and physician (d. 1990)
•  September 23, 1898 – Les Haylen, Australian politician and novelist (d. 1977)
•  September 29, 1898 – Trofim Lysenko, Russian biologist (d. 1976)
•  October 7, 1898 – Joe Giard, American baseball player (d. 1956)
•  October 21, 1898 – Eduard Pütsep, Estonian wrestler and Olympic medalist (d. 1960)
•  October 30, 1898 – Bill Terry, baseball player (d. 1989)
•  November 8, 1898 – Marie Prevost, Canadian actress (d. 1937)
•  December 9, 1898 – Emmett Kelly, American circus clown (d. 1979)