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In the year 1898
720 Notable birthdays
Babe Dye
Canadian ice hockey player (1898-1962).
Born May 13th, 1898 in Hamilton.
Died January 3rd, 1962 at 63 years old in Chicago.
Aksel Airo
Finnish army general (1898–1985).
Born February 14th, 1898 in Turku. [ref]
Died May 9th, 1985 at 87 years old in Heinola.
Tom Whittaker
English footballer and manager (1898-1956).
Born July 21st, 1898 in Aldershot.
Died October 24th, 1956 at 58 years old in London.
Zeki Rıza Sporel
Turkish association football player (1898–1969).
Born February 28th, 1898 in Istanbul.
Died November 3rd, 1969 at 71 years old in Istanbul.
Hugo Enomiya-Lassalle
German jesuit priest.
Born November 11th, 1898 in Nieheim.
Died July 7th, 1990 at 91 years old in Münster.
Jesse Beams
American physicist (1898–1977).
Born December 25th, 1898 in Belle Plaine.
Died July 23rd, 1977 at 78 years old in Charlottesville.
Clemente Biondetti
Racecar driver.
Born October 18th, 1898 in Province of Sassari. [ref]
Died February 24th, 1955 at 56 years old in Florence (cancer).
Lee Garmes
American cinematographer (1898–1978).
Born May 27th, 1898 in Peoria. [ref]
Died August 31st, 1978 at 80 years old in Los Angeles.
Karl, 6th Prince of Leiningen
German noble (1898-1946).
Born February 13th, 1898 in Strasbourg.
Died August 2nd, 1946 at 48 years old in Saransk.
Achille Van Acker
Belgian former prime minister (1898-1975).
Born April 8th, 1898 in Bruges.
Died July 10th, 1975 at 77 years old in Bruges.
Pearl Eaton
American actress (1898–1958).
Born August 1st, 1898.
Died September 10th, 1958 at 60 years old in Manhattan Beach.
Cy Kendall
American actor (1898-1953).
Born March 10th, 1898 in St. Louis.
Died July 22nd, 1953 at 55 years old in Woodland Hills (disease).
Eva Novak
American film actress (1898-1988).
Born February 14th, 1898 in St. Louis.
Died April 17th, 1988 at 90 years old in Woodland Hills (pneumonia).
Georgy Langemak
Soviet rocket scientist (1898-1938).
Born July 20th, 1898 in Starobilsk.
Died January 11th, 1938 at 39 years old in Moscow.
Karl von Le Suire
German general.
Born November 8th, 1898 in Unterwössen.
Died June 18th, 1954 at 55 years old in Volgograd.
Hans Ulrich Klintzsch
German sa commander (1898-1959).
Born November 4th, 1898 in Lübbenau/Spreewald.
Died August 17th, 1959 at 60 years old in Hamburg.
Itō Shinsui
Japanese artist (1898-1972).
Born February 4th, 1898 in Tokyo.
Died May 8th, 1972 at 74 years old in Tokyo (cancer).
Zhu Ziqing
Chinese poet (1898–1948).
Born November 22nd, 1898 in Haizhou Zhilizhou.
Died August 12th, 1948 at 49 years old in Beijing.
Josep Sunyol
Spanish football executive (1898-1936).
Born July 21st, 1898 in Barcelona.
Died August 6th, 1936 at 38 years old in Sierra de Guadarrama.
Richard W. Leche
American judge and politician (1898-1965).
Born May 17th, 1898 in New Orleans.
Died February 22nd, 1965 at 66 years old in New Orleans.
Jean Grenier
French philosopher and writer (1898-1971).
Born February 6th, 1898 in 5th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died March 5th, 1971 at 73 years old in Dreux, Vernouillet. [ref]
Lotte Laserstein
German artist (1898–1993).
Born November 28th, 1898 in Pasłęk.
Died January 21st, 1993 at 94 years old in Kalmar.
Prince Adalberto, Duke of Bergamo
Italian prince (1898-1982).
Born March 19th, 1898 in Agliè.
Died December 12th, 1982 at 84 years old in Turin.
Karolina Kózka
Polish martyr (1898–1914).
Born August 2nd, 1898 in Wał-Ruda.
Died November 18th, 1914 at 16 years old in Wał-Ruda.
Antun Branko Šimić
Croatian poet (1898–1925).
Born November 18th, 1898 in Drinovci, Grude.
Died May 2nd, 1925 at 26 years old in Zagreb (tuberculosis).
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