1898
This page lists news articles and events for the year 1898.
Events that happen on the specified date are listed under Events: entries. News articles that were published on the specified date are listed under News: entries. Events that only happened in fiction on the specified date are listed under Fiction: entries and are written in italics.
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Undated
- Event: At the height of the Klondike Gold Rush, the population of Klondike hits 40,000 and threatens to result in a famine.
- Event: The Tsavo Man-Eaters kill more than 100 railroad laborers working on the Kenya-Uganda railroad across a nine month period.
January
February
- February 15
- Event: A mysterious explosion sinks the USS Maine in Havana Bay. "Remember the Maine!" becomes a rallying cry of the Spanish-American War. (It's possible it was a False Flag Operation.)
March
April
- April 25:
- Event: The Spanish-American War starts.
May
- May 1:
- Event: John Dewey defeats the Spanish Fleet in Manila during the Spanish-American War
June
July
August
- August 12:
- Event: The Spanish-American War ends.
September
October
November
December
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