1898 Fact Sheet
Database: Date of Independence for Modern Countries
| Record Name | Year | Country | Previous Ruler Country | Date |
| Philippines Country Formation Date | 1898 | Philippines | Spain | June 12, 1898 |
Database: Great Inventions by Year and Country
| Record Name | Year | Country | Region | Source | Inventor Name |
| Telephone answering machine | 1898 | Denmark | Europe | Encyclopedia Britannica Almanac 2003 | Valdemar Poulsen |
Database: Hockey Stanley Cup Winners
| Record Name | Year | Winning Team | Winning Coach | Losing Team | Losing Coach | Sport | City | Note |
| 1898 Stanley Cup Winner | 1898 | Montreal Victorias | Frank Richardson (manager) | (no challengers) | Hockey | Montreal |
Database: Year and Discoverer of Chemical Elements
| Record Name | Element | Year Discovered | Discovered By | Source |
| Krypton | Krypton | 1898 | Sir William Ramsay, Morris M. Travers | Jefferson Lab |
| Neon | Neon | 1898 | Sir William Ramsay, Morris M. Travers | Jefferson Lab |
| Polonium | Polonium | 1898 | Marie Sklodowska Curie | Jefferson Lab |
| Radium | Radium | 1898 | Marie Sklodowska Curie, Pierre Curie | Jefferson Lab |
| Xenon | Xenon | 1898 | Sir William Ramsay, Morris M. Travers | Jefferson Lab |
Database: Solar System Moons
| Record Name | Planet | Discoverer | Year Discovered | Kilometers from Planet | Diameter (Kilometers) | Oribital Period |
| Phoebe | Saturn | W. Pickering | 1898 | 12,952,000 | 220 | 550.48 |
Database: World Land Speed Record Holders
| Record Name | Year | Date | Car | Driver | Speed (MPG) | Speed (KPH) | Source |
| Jeantaud | 1898 | Dec 18 | Jeantaud | Gaston Chasseloup-Laubat | 39.24 | 62.78 | Thrust Team |
Database: Periodic Table of the Elements
| Record Name | Symbol | Group | Number | Melting Point | Boiling Point | Density | Year Discovered | Atomic Weight | % of Earth's Crust |
| Neon | Ne | 18 | 10 | -249 | -246 | 1898 | 20.1797 | ||
| Krypton | Kr | 18 | 36 | -157 | -153 | 1898 | 83.8 | ||
| Xenon | Xe | 18 | 54 | -112 | -108 | 1898 | 131.293 | ||
| Polonium | Po | 16 | 84 | 254 | 962 | 9.3 | 1898 | 209 | |
| Radium | Ra | 2 | 88 | 700 | 1737 | 5.5 | 1898 | 226 |
Database: Wimbledon Tennis Men's Tournament Winners
| Record Name | Year | Sport | Winner | Loser | Score |
| 1898 Wimbledon Mens Result | 1898 | Tennis | Reggie Doherty | Laurie Doherty | 63 63 26 57 61 |
Database: United States Average Annual Temperature
| Record Name | Year | Country | Temperature | Rank | Source |
| Average Annual Temperature for 1898 | 1898 | United States | 52.19 deg F | 20 | National Climatic Data Center |
Database: List of Secret Societies at Universities
| Record Name | Year Established | University | Member Limit | Active or Honorary | Name | Source |
| Dragon Society (Dartmouth College) | 1898 | Dartmouth College | Senior | Class society | Dragon Society | Wikipedia |
Database: Yearly Total Seasonal Rainfall for Los Angeles
| Record Name | City | State | Country | Season | Total Rainfall (inches) | Inches above or below average | Source |
| Los Angeles Seasonal Rainfall for 1898-1899 | Los Angeles | CALIFORNIA | United States | 1898-1899 | 5.59 | -9.54 | National Weather Service |
| Los Angeles Seasonal Rainfall for 1897-1898 | Los Angeles | CALIFORNIA | United States | 1897-1898 | 7.06 | -8.07 | National Weather Service |
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