What Happened in November 1898

Historical Events

First Official Cheerleader

Nov 2 Cheerleading begins in the United States as Johnny Campbell leads the crowd cheering on the football team at the University of Minnesota
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*Johhny Campbell coordinates a team to lead the crowd on a football game cheering for University of Minnesota team*

Theater Premiere

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

Dramatist, Author and Nobel Laureate Gerhart Hauptmann — Dramatist, Author and Nobel Laureate
Gerhart Hauptmann

Nov 10 Race riot in Wilmington, NC (8 blacks killed)

Event of Interest

Nov 15 David Beatty is promoted to commander

British Admiral of the Fleet David Beatty — British Admiral of the Fleet
David Beatty

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

Famous Birthdays

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 J D van Oosten, Dutch poet/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, Nijmegen Netherlands, director (Rain)
Nov 18 Oswald Erich Sehlbach, composer
Nov 19 Arthur R. von Hippel, German-born physicist (d. 2003)
Nov 21 René Magritte, Belgian surrealistic painter (This is Not a Pipe)
Nov 22 Wiley Post, Grand Plain Tx, aviator/parachutist (crashed in Alaska)

Karl Ziegler

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

Nov 27 Nelly Steuer-Wagenaar, Dutch pianist
Nov 27 Fredric Warburg, publisher and author (d. 1981)

C. S. Lewis

Nov 29 C. S. Lewis [Clive Staples], British sci-fi author (Silver Chair), 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)

Famous Deaths

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

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