What Happened In June 1898 - Historical Events 1898 June

Historical Events for June, 1898

10th » Spanish–American War: United States Marine Corps called U.S. Marines land on the island of Cuba.
11th » Spanish–American War: U.S. war ships set sail for Cuba.
13th » Yukon named Yukon Territory is formed, with Dawson, Yukon known as Dawson chosen as its capital.
17th » The Hospital Corpsman called United States Navy Hospital Corps is established.
21st » The United States Capture of Guam e.g captures Guam from Spain.
22nd » Spanish–American War: United States Marines land in Cuba.
27th » The first solo circumnavigation of the globe is completed by Joshua Slocum from Briar Island, Nova Scotia.

5th » Salvatore Ferragamo, Italian shoe designer, founded Salvatore Ferragamo Italia S.p.A. (d. 1960)
5th » Federico García Lorca, Spanish poet, playwright, and director (d. 1936)
6th » Ninette de Valois, Irish-English dancer, choreographer, and director (d. 2001)
6th » Walter Abel, American actor (d. 1987)
9th » Luigi Fagioli, Italian race car driver (d. 1952)
17th » M. C. Escher, Dutch illustrator (d. 1972)
17th » Carl Hermann, German physicist and academic (d. 1961)
17th » Harry Patch, English soldier and firefighter (d. 2009)
19th » James Joseph Sweeney, American bishop (d. 1968)
21st » Donald C. Peattie, American botanist and author (d. 1964)
22nd » Erich Maria Remarque, German-Swiss author (d. 1970)
24th » Armin Öpik, Estonian-Australian paleontologist and geologist (d. 1983)
24th » Karl Selter, Estonian politician, 14th Minister of Foreign Affairs of Estonia (d. 1958)
26th » Willy Messerschmitt, German engineer and businessman (d. 1978)
26th » Chesty Puller, American general (d. 1971)
29th » Yvonne Lefébure, French pianist and educator (d. 1986)

10th » Tuone Udaina, Croatian-Italian last speaker of the Dalmatian language
13th » Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau, Canadian lawyer and politician, 5th Premier of Quebec (b. 1840)
17th » Edward Burne-Jones, English painter (b. 1833)