1898

1898

U.S. declares war on Spain on April 25. Later, they retcon this date to April 20. Teddy Roosevelt begins 299-day streak of kicking ass.

U.S. annexes Hawaii.

First automobile fatality.

Empress Elizabeth of Austria-Hungary assassinated by Italian anarchist.

Neon discovered.

born: Preston Sturges, Sergei Eisenstein, Bertolt Brecht, George Gershwin, C.S. Lewis.

died: Lewis Carroll.

Charles Ives - Symphony #1

Next stop, 20th century! (I ain't got nothin' for 1899.)