What Happened In February 1898 - Historical Events 1898 February

Historical Events for February, 1898

15th » The battleship USS Maine ACR-1 6 explodes and sinks in Havana harbor in Cuba, killing 274. This event leads the United States to declare war on Spain.
27th » King George I of Greece survives an assassination attempt.

1st » Leila Denmark, American pediatrician (d. 2012)
3rd » Alvar Aalto, Finnish architect, designed the Finlandia Hall and Aalto Theatre (d. 1976)
6th » Harry Haywood, American politician (d. 1985)
6th » Alla Tarasova, Russian actress (d. 1973)
7th » Dock Boggs, American singer-songwriter and banjo player (d. 1971)
10th » Bertolt Brecht, German author (d. 1956)
10th » Joseph Kessel, French journalist and author (d. 1979)
11th » Leó Szilárd, Hungarian-American physicist (d. 1964)
12th » Wallace Ford, English-American actor (d. 1966)
14th » Bill Tilman, English mountaineer and explorer (d. 1977)
14th » Fritz Zwicky, Swiss-American physicist and astronomer (d. 1974)
15th » Totò, Italian actor, singer, and screenwriter (d. 1967)
15th » Allen Woodring, American runner (d. 1982)
16th » Katharine Cornell, American actress and producer (d. 1974)
18th » Enzo Ferrari, Italian race car driver and businessman, founded Ferrari (d. 1988)
18th » Luis Muñoz Marín, Puerto Rican poet and politician, 1st Governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (d. 1980)
20th » Jimmy Yancey, American pianist and composer (d. 1951)
22nd » Thillaiaadi Valliammai, South African activist (d. 1914)
24th » Kurt Tank, German pilot and engineer (d. 1983)