What generation is 1898? Lost Generation

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About the Generation (1898)

The Lost Generation (1883-1900): Grew up in the shadow of World War I, known for their disillusionment with societal norms and contributions to modernist literature and art.

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Famous People (Celebrities) Born in 1898

  • Enzo Ferrari (Feb 18, 1898)
  • C.S. Lewis (Nov 29, 1898)
  • Misao Okawa (Mar 5, 1898)
  • William James Sidis (Apr 1, 1898)
  • Jack Haley (Aug 10, 1898)
  • George Gershwin (Sep 26, 1898)
  • Alvar Aalto (Feb 3, 1898)
  • Umm Kulthum (Dec 30, 1898)
  • Harry Patch (Jun 17, 1898)
  • Golda Meir ( 3, 1898)

What Happened in 1898

  1. Apr 8 - Battle of Atbara River, Anglo-Egyptian forces crush 6,000 Sudanese
  2. Apr 24 - Spanish–American War: Spain declares war after rejecting US ultimatum to withdraw from Cuba
  3. May 19 - US Congress passes the Private Mailing Card Act, allowing private publishers and printers to produce postcards, had to be labelled "Private Mailing Cards" until 1901, known as "souvenir cards"
  4. Jun 10 - US Marines land in Cuba during Spanish–American War
  5. Aug 9 - Rudolf Diesel of Germany obtains patent #608,845 for his internal combustion engine, later known as the diesel engine
  6. Sep 21 - Empress Dowager Cixi seizes power and ends the Hundred Days' Reform in China, imprisoning the Guangxu Emperor
  7. Dec 21 - Scientists Pierre and Marie Curie discover radium

Popular Movies 1898

  1. Something Good - Negro Kiss - Director: Selig, William. Country: USA.
  2. Sunset Limited, Southern Pacific Ry. - Director: unknown. Country: USA.

Who Was US President 1898

William McKinley
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