What Happened in November 1898

Historical Events

Nov 2 Cheerleading begins in the United States as Johnny Campbell leads the crowd cheering on the football team at the University of Minnesota

Nov 5 Gerhart Hauptmann's play "Fuhrmann Henschel" premieres in Berlin

Nov 10 Wilmington, North Carolina Coup D'état: White Supremacists violently overthrow local government, killing and threatening Black leaders [1] [2]

Nov 15 David Beatty is promoted to commander

Nov 22 Opera "Iris" premieres (Rome)
Nov 24 The International Conference of Rome for the Social Defense Against Anarchists opens.
Nov 26 -27) Snow and ice storm over US kills 455
Nov 26 SS Portland “The Titanic of New England” leaves for Cape Cod, shipwrecked off Cape Ann, all 192 on board killed

Nov 1 Sippie Wallace [Beulah Belle Thomas], American blues singer ("Women Be Wise"), born in Plumb Bayou, Arkansas (d. 1986)
Nov 7 Raphaël Salem, Greek mathematician, born in Saloniki, Ottoman Empire (d. 1963)
Nov 8 Marie Prevost, Canadian actress (The Marriage Circle, The Racket), born in Sarnia, Ontario, Canada (d. 1937)
Nov 9 Owen Barfield, British philosopher of language, born in London (d. 1997)
Nov 9 Leonard Carmichael, American Psychologist and secretary of the Smithsonian Institution (1953-64), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1973)
Nov 11 Hugo Enomiya-Lassalle, German Jesuit priest and Buddhism Zen teacher, born in Nieheim, Westphalia, Kingdom of Prussia (d. 1990)
Nov 11 René Clair, French film director (I Married a Witch, It Happened Tomorrow), born in Paris (d. 1981)
Nov 12 Abraham van Oosten, Dutch poet and author (His Master's Voice)
Nov 12 Leon Štukelj, Slovene gymnast (d. 1999)

Nov 13 Earl Sande, American jockey (Hall of Famer), born in Groton, South Dakota (d. 1968)

Nov 14 Benjamin Fondane, Romanian-French writer and filmmaker (d. 1944)
Nov 15 Willy Alfredo [Willem Jue], Dutch entertainer/poet (Fish-Trap)
Nov 18 Joris Ivens, Dutch director (A Tale of the Wind, Rain), born in Nijmegen, Netherlands (d. 1989)
Nov 18 Erich Sehlbach, German composer, born in Barmen, Germany (d. 1985)
Nov 19 Arthur R. von Hippel, German physicist (pioneer in the study of dielectrics, ferromagnetic and ferroelectric materials, and semiconductors and was a codeveloper of radar during World War II), born in Rostock, Germany (d. 2003)
Nov 21 René Magritte, Belgian surrealist painter (This is Not a Pipe), born in Lessines, Belgium (d. 1967)

Nov 22 Wiley Post, American aviator (1st solo flight around the world), born in Corinth, Van Zandt County, Texas (d. 1935)

Nov 24 Paul Faucher, French author and pioneering children's publisher (Père Castor), born in Pougues-les-Eaux, France (d. 1967)

Nov 26 Karl Ziegler, German chemist and Nobel Laureate (polymers), born in Helsa, German Empire (d. 1973)

Nov 27 Nelly Wagenaar, Dutch pianist, born in Utrecht, Netherlands (d. 1985)
Nov 27 Fredric Warburg, British publisher (Animal Farm) and author, born in Paddington, London (d. 1981)

Nov 29 C. S. Lewis [Clive Staples], British author (The Chronicles of Narnia), born in Belfast, Northern Ireland (d. 1963)

Nov 29 Rod La Rocque, American actor (The Ten Commandments), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1969)
Nov 30 Roy "Link" Lyman, NFL tackle (Chicago Bears)

Nov 2 George Goyder, English surveyor-general of South Australia, dies at 72
Nov 4 (Charles) Jerome Hopkins, American composer, pianist, critic, and musical education advocate, dies of a brain hemorrhage at 62
Nov 20 John Fowler, English engineer (London Metropolitan Railway), dies at 81
Nov 24 Bartel Wilton, Dutch ship builder, dies at 70
Nov 28 Conrad Ferdinand Meyer, Swiss writer, dies at 73