What Happened In January 1898 - Historical Events 1898 January

Historical Events for January, 1898

1st » New York, New York annexes land from surrounding counties, creating the City of Greater New York. The four initial boroughs, Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and The Bronx, are joined on January 25 by Staten Island to create the modern city of five boroughs.
12th » Itō Hirobumi begins his third term as Prime Minister of Japan.

2nd » Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander, American economist, attorney and the first national president of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated (d. 1989)
3rd » Carolyn Haywood, American author (d. 1990)
3rd » Carlos Keller, Chilean politician (d. 1974)
6th » James Fitzmaurice (pilot) e.g James Fitzmaurice, Irish pilot (d. 1965)
6th » Charles E. Pont, American minister and painter (d. 1971)
9th » Wally Baker, American super-centenarian (d. 2009)
9th » Gracie Fields, English-Italian actress and singer (d. 1979)
10th » Katharine Burr Blodgett, American physicist (d. 1979)
13th » Kai Munk, Danish pastor and playwright (d. 1944)
13th » Carlo Tagliabue, Italian opera singer (d. 1978)
16th » Margaret Booth, American film editor (d. 2002)
16th » Irving Rapper, English-American director and producer (d. 1999)
20th » U Razak, Burmese educator and politician (d. 1947)
21st » Avery Claflin, American composer (d. 1979)
22nd » Ross Barnett, American politician, 52nd Governor of Mississippi (d. 1987)
22nd » Denise Legeay, French actress (d. 1968)
23rd » Sergei Eisenstein, Latvian-Russian director and screenwriter (d. 1948)
23rd » Randolph Scott, American actor (d. 1987)
23rd » Freda Utley, English scholar and author (d. 1978)
24th » Cliff Heathcote, American baseball player (d. 1939)