WHAT HAPPENED IN 1898.
Look what happened the 1898.

Empress Dowager Cixi seizes power and ends the Hundred Days' Reform in China. (21. September 1898)

The Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration is founded under the name k.u.k. Exportakademie. (1. October 1898)

The steamer ship SS Mohegan sinks after impacting the Manacles near Cornwall, United Kingdom, killing 106. (14. October 1898)

United States takes possession of Puerto Rico. (18. October 1898)

Cheerleading is started at the University of Minnesota with Johnny Campbell leading the crowd in cheering on the football team. (2. November 1898)

France withdraws its troops from Fashoda (now in Sudan), ending the Fashoda Incident. (3. November 1898)

The Wilmington Insurrection of 1898, the only instance of an attempted coup d'etat in American history. (8. November 1898)

Beginning of the Wilmington Insurrection of 1898, the only instance of a municipal government being overthrown in US history. (10. November 1898)

The Duquesne Country and Athletic Club defeated an all-star collection of early football players 16-0, in what is considered to be the very first all-star game for professional American football. (3. December 1898)

Spanish-American War: The Treaty of Paris is signed, officially ending the conflict. (10. December 1898)

Gaston de Chasseloup-Laubat sets the first officially recognized land speed record of 39.245 mph (63.159 km/h) in a Jeantaud electric car (18. December 1898)

Marie and Pierre Curie announce the isolation of radium. (26. December 1898)