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November 1898 in History

Events in History

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

Johhny Campbell coordinates a team to lead the crowd on a football game cheering for University of Minnesota team
  • Nov 2 French government of Dupuy forms

Event of Interest

Nov 2 Theodor Herzl arrives in Jerusalem

Theodor Herzl
Journalist and Founder Theodor Herzl

Theater Premiere

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

Gerhart Hauptmann
Dramatist, Author and Nobel Laureate Gerhart Hauptmann
  • Nov 10 Wilmington, North Carolina Coup D'état: White Supremacists violently overthrow local government, killing and threatening Black leaders [1] [2]

Event of Interest

Nov 15 David Beatty is promoted to commander

David Beatty
British Admiral of the Fleet David Beatty
  • 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

Birthdays in History

  • Nov 7 Raphaël Salem, Greek mathematician, born in Saloniki, Ottoman Empire (d. 1963)
  • Nov 9 Leonard Carmichael, American Psychologist and secretary of the Smithsonian Institution (1953-64), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1973)
  • Nov 9 Owen Barfield, British philosopher of language, born in London (d. 1997)
  • Nov 11 Hugo Enomiya-Lassalle, German Jesuit priest and Buddhism Zen teacher, born in Nieheim, Westphalia, Kingdom of Prussia (d. 1990)
  • Nov 12 Abraham van Oosten, Dutch poet and author (His Master's Voice), born in Shafts, Netherlands (d. 1969)
  • Nov 15 Willy Alfredo [Willem Jue], Dutch entertainer and poet (Fish-Trap) (d. 1976)
  • Nov 18 Joris Ivens, Dutch director (A Tale of the Wind, Rain), born in Nijmegen, Netherlands (d. 1989)
  • 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)

Wiley PostWiley Post (1898-1935)

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

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

Karl ZieglerKarl Ziegler (1898-1973)

Nov 26 German chemist and Nobel Laureate (polymers), born in Helsa, German Empire

Karl Ziegler
  • Nov 27 Fredric Warburg, British publisher (Animal Farm) and author, born in Paddington, London (d. 1981)

C. S. LewisC. S. Lewis (1898-1963)

Nov 29 British author (The Chronicles of Narnia), born in Belfast, Northern Ireland

C. S. Lewis

Deaths in History

  • Nov 2 George Goyder, English surveyor-general of South Australia, dies at 72
  • 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

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