Today in History for March 1898

Months in 1898: January February April May June July August September October November December

Historical Events

Events 1 - 5 of 5

2nd - Australia complete a 4-1 series annihilation of England
8th - Richard Straus' "Don Quixote," premieres in Keulen
17th - 1st practical submarine 1st submerges, NYC (for 1 hour 40 minutes)
24th - 1st automobile sold
25th - Intercollegiate Trapshooting Association formed in NYC

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 24 of 24

4th - Georges Dumézil, French philologist (d. 1940)
5th - Zhou Enlai, Premier of the People's Republic of China (d. 1976)
6th - Hal Hooker, cricketer (NSW pace bowler of 20's & 30's)
6th - Jay C Flippen, Little Rock AR, actor (Jet Pilot, Killing, Thunder Bay)
6th - Jimmy Conzelman, NFL QB/coach/team owner (Chicago)
6th - Jo[hanne M Bos-]Vincent, Dutch soprano (Mattheus Passion)
7th - Jan Bata, Czech shoe manufacturer
8th - Louise Beavers, Cin Ohio, actress (Beulah-Beulah, Made for each other)
10th - Cy Kendall, St Louis Mo, actor (Mysteries of Chinatown)
11th - Dorothy Gish, Massillon OH, film actress (Orphans of the Storm)
12th - Fredrik J "Frits" Bakker Jr, Dutch actor (Sold Grandpa)
13th - Josie Sedgwick, TX, actress (Son of Oklahoma)
14th - Arnold Chikobava, Georgian linguist (d. 1985)
18th - Otto Jochum, composer
18th - Jake Swirbul, American aircraft manufacturer (d. 1960)
23rd - Georgios Grivas, Greek general/opposition leader on Cyprus
23rd - Hazel Dawn, [LaTout], Utah, actress (Niobe, Under Cover, Feud Girl)
24th - Dorothy Stratton, organizer (SPARS-women's branch of US Coast Guard)
24th - George Alpert, railroad executive
Premier of the People's Republic of China Zhou Enlai (5th) 26th - Renzo Massarani, composer
26th - Charles Shadwell, English conductor and bandleader (d. 1979)
29th - Cecil Lewis, airman/writer
30th - Heinz Risse, writer
30th - Joyce Carey, English actress (Black Windmill)

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 10 of 10

1st - George Bruce Malleson, English officer in India, author (b. 1825)
11th - William Rosecrans, American Civil War Union general (b. 1819)
12th - Zacharias Topelius, Finnish-Swedish writer (b. 1818)
15th - Henry Bessemer, English metallurgist (b. 1813)
16th - Aubrey (Vincent) Beardsley, English illustrator (Salome), dies at 23
17th - Blanche Kelso Bruce, (Sen-Miss, 1875-1881), dies at 57, in Washington
18th - Matilda Joslyn Gage, American suffragist (b. 1826)
19th - Joao da Cruz, Brazilian poet, dies at 26
27th - Sir Syed Ahmad Khan, Indian Muslim intellectual and one of the founding fathers of Pakistan dies at 80
31st - Edward Noyes Westcott, US attorney/writer (David Harum), dies