1898 in the United States

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1898 in the United States
Years: 1895 1896 189718981899 1900 1901

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Events from the year 1898 in the United States.

Incumbents

Federal Government

Events

January–March

February 15: USS Maine explodes

April–June

  • April 5 – Annie Oakley promotes the service of women in combat situations with the United States military. On this day, she writes a letter to President McKinley "offering the government the services of a company of 50 'lady sharpshooters' who would provide their own arms and ammunition should war break out with Spain."[1] In the history of women in the military, there are records of female U.S. Revolutionary and Civil War soldiers who enlisted using male pseudonyms, but Oakley's letter represents possibly the earliest political move towards women's rights for combat service in the United States military.
  • April 22 – Spanish–American War: The United States Navy begins a blockade of Cuban ports and the USS Nashville captures a Spanish merchant ship.
  • April 25 – Spanish–American War: The United States declares war on Spain; the U.S. Congress announces that a state of war has existed since April 21 (later backdating this one more day to April 20).
  • April 29: Union Razor Company, which today is known as KA-BAR Knives, founded in Tidioute, Pennsylvania.
  • May 1 – Spanish–American War – Battle of Manila Bay: Commodore Dewey destroys the Spanish squadron. The first battle of the war, as well as the first battle in the Philippines Campaign.
  • May 12 – Bombardment of San Juan, the first major battle of the Puerto Rico Campaign during the Spanish–American War.
  • June 1 – The Trans-Mississippi Exposition World's Fair opens in Omaha, Nebraska.

July–September

October–December

Undated

Ongoing

Births

  • March 3 – Thomas R. Underwood, United States Senator from Kentucky from 1951 till 1952. (died 1956)
  • July 14 – Happy Chandler, United States Senator from Kentucky from 1955 till 1959. (died 1991)
  • September 9 – Styles Bridges, United States Senator from New Hampshire from 1937 to 1961. (Died in 1961)
  • November 13 – Wallace F. Bennett, United States Senator from Utah from 1951 till 1974. (Died in 1993)
  • November 17 – William A. Blakley, United States Senator from Texas in 1961. (Died in 1976)
  • December 9 – Emmett Kelly, clown (died 1979)

Deaths

  • March 17 – Blanche Bruce, United States Senator from Mississippi from 1875 till 1881. (born 1841)
  • July 11 – Omar D. Conger, United States Senator from Michigan from 1881 till 1887. (born 1818)
  • July 17 – John Stuart Williams, United States Senator from Kentucky from 1879 till 1885. (born 1818)
  • September 21 – William W. Eaton, United States Senator from Connecticut from 1875 till 1881. (born 1816)
  • September 28 – Thomas F. Bayard, United States Senator from Delaware from 1869 till 1885 and U.S. Secretary of State from 1885 till 1889. (born 1828)
  • October 31 – Joseph R. West, United States Senator from Louisiana from 1871 till 1877. (born 1822)
  • December 15 – Calvin S. Brice, United States Senator from Ohio from 1891 till 1897. (born 1845)
  • December 18 – Thomas W. Osborn, United States Senator from Florida from 1868 till 1873. (born 1833)

References

  1. The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). "Letter to President William McKinley from Annie Oakley" Retrieved January 24, 2008.

External links

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