1998 34647 225604070 2008-07-14T14:47:20Z 68.155.217.104 /* July-December */ {{year nav|1998}} {{C20YearInTopicX}} Year '''1998''' ('''[[Roman numerals|MCMXCVIII]]''') was a [[common year starting on Thursday]] (link will display full 1998 [[Gregorian calendar]]). {{C20YearTOCawards|1998}} The year 1998 was designated: ''International Year of the Ocean'' by [[UNESCO]].<ref>[http://ioc.unesco.org/iyo/newsdesk/97-250e.htm 1998—INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF THE OCEAN: MESSAGE OF UNESCO DIRECTOR-GENERAL {29 December 1997}<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> ==Events of 1998== <!-- The calendar article is: [[common year starting on Thurday]]. -- Remove any month-calendars here, such as: {{Month3|1|3|0}}. --> ===January=== <!--Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. Preferred style is to repeat dates, shorter than sub-bullets, and helps search-engines to display the related dates. Also, the same dates can be repeated in ranges: May 7-9. -- -- IF THIS CHRONOLOGY IS SPLIT INTO SEPARATE ARTICLES, please -- categorize the individual month articles using, for example, -- as per [[Wikipedia:Categorization#Year categories]]. --> {{Month3|1|3|0}} * [[January]] - A massive [[winter storm]], caused by [[El Niño]], strikes [[New England]], southern [[Ontario]] and [[Quebec]], resulting in widespread power failures, severe damage to forests, and numerous deaths. * [[January 1]] - Smoking is banned in all [[California]] bars and restaurants. * [[January 2]] - [[Russia]] begins to circulate new [[Russian ruble|ruble]]s to stem [[inflation]] and promote confidence. [[Image:IceStormPowerLines.png|thumb|Coated in ice, power and telephone lines sag and often break, resulting in [[power outage]]s.]] [[Image:Rouble.jpg|thumb|New [[Russian ruble|ruble]]s]] [[Image:LPnosunm.jpeg|thumb|[[Lunar Prospector]]]] * [[January 2]] - A gunman shoots Antario Teodoro Filho, Brazilian politician and radio presenter, during a broadcast.<ref>http://www.snopes.com/horrors/freakish/onstage.htm</ref> * [[January 4]] - [[Wilaya of Relizane massacres of 4 January 1998]] in [[Algeria]]: Over 170 are killed in 3 remote villages. * [[January 6]] - The [[Lunar Prospector]] spacecraft is launched into orbit around the [[Moon]], and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently shadowed craters near the Moon's poles. * [[January 8]] - [[Ramzi Yousef]] is sentenced to life in prison for planning the [[World Trade Center bombing]]. * [[January 8]] - [[Cosmologist]]s announce that the [[universe]]'s expansion rate is increasing. * [[January 11]] - [[Sidi-Hamed massacre]] in [[Algeria]]: over 100 people are killed. * [[January 12]] - Nineteen [[Europe]]an nations agree to forbid [[human cloning]]. * [[January 14]] - Researchers in [[Dallas, Texas]] present findings about an [[enzyme]] that slows aging and cell death ([[apoptosis]]). * [[January 16]] - [[NASA]] announces that [[John Glenn]] will return to space when the Space Shuttle ''[[Discovery]]'' blasts off in October. * [[January 17]] - [[Paula Jones]] accuses U.S. President [[Bill Clinton]] of [[sexual harassment]]. * [[January 20]] - [[Nepal]]ese police intercept a shipment of 272 human [[skull]]s in [[Kathmandu]]. * [[January 22]] - Suspected "[[Unabomber]]" [[Theodore Kaczynski]] pleads guilty, and accepts a sentence of life without the possibility of parole. * [[January 25]] - [[Super Bowl XXXII]]: The [[Denver Broncos]] become the first [[American Football Conference|AFC]] team in [[Super Bowl XVIII|14 years]] to win the [[Super Bowl]], as they defeat the [[Green Bay Packers]], 31-24. * [[January 25]] - The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam ([[LTTE]]) suicide attack [[Sri Lanka]]'s [[Temple of the Tooth]], killing 8 people, injuring 25 others. * [[January 26]] - [[Lewinsky scandal]]: On American television, President [[Bill Clinton]] denies he had "[[sexual relations]]" with former [[White House]] intern [[Monica Lewinsky]]. * [[January 26]] - [[Compaq]] buys [[Digital Equipment Corporation]]. * [[January 27]] - U.S. First Lady [[Hillary Rodham Clinton]] appears on ''[[Today (NBC program)|The Today Show]]'', calling the attacks against her husband part of a "vast right-wing conspiracy." * [[January 28]] - [[Ford Motor Company]] announces the buyout of [[Volvo Cars]] for $6.45 billion. * [[January 28]] - Gunmen hold at least 400 children and teachers hostage for several hours, at an elementary school in [[Manila]], [[Philippines]]. * [[January 29]] - In [[Birmingham, Alabama]], a bomb explodes at an abortion clinic, killing 1 and severely wounding another. Serial bomber [[Eric Rudolph]] is the prime suspect. ===February=== {{Month3|2|6|0}} * [[February]] - [[Iraq disarmament crisis]]: The [[United States Senate]] passes Resolution 71, urging U.S. President [[Bill Clinton]] to "take all necessary and appropriate actions to respond to the threat posed by [[Iraq]]'s refusal to end its weapons of mass destruction programs." * [[February 2]] - The [[S&P 500|Standard & Poor's 500]] index closed above 1,000 for the first time, rising 20.99 points, or 2.14%, closing at 1,001.27. * [[February 3]] - [[Cavalese cable-car disaster]]: a [[United States Military]] pilot causes the deaths of 20 people near [[Trento]], [[Italy]], when his low-flying plane severs the cable of a cable-car. * [[February 3]] - [[Karla Faye Tucker]] is executed in [[Texas]], becoming the first woman executed in the [[United States]] since [[1984]] and the first to be executed in [[Texas]] since the [[American Civil War]]. * [[February 4]] - An [[earthquake]] measuring 6.1 on the [[Richter magnitude scale|Richter scale]] in northeast [[Afghanistan]] kills more than 5,000 people. * [[February 6]] - Washington National Airport is renamed [[Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport]]. * [[February 6]] - The [[France|French]] [[prefect]] [[Claude Erignac]] is assassinated in the streets of [[Ajaccio]] ([[Corse]]). * [[February 7]] - [[Roger Nicholas Angleton]] commits suicide in a prison cell in [[Houston]], [[Texas]] by cutting himself with razor blades. He admits to murdering socialite [[Doris Angleton]] in her [[River Oaks]] home in his suicide note. * [[February 7]]-[[February 22]] - The [[1998 Winter Olympics]] are held in Nagano, Japan. * [[February 9]] - [[Eduard Shevardnadze]], the [[Georgia (country)|Georgian]] [[head of state]], survives an assassination attempt in [[Tbilisi]]. * [[February 10]] - A [[college]] dropout becomes the first person to be convicted of a [[hate crime]] committed in [[cyberspace]].<ref>http://venus.soci.niu.edu/~cudigest/CUDS10/cud1014</ref> * [[February 10]] - Voters in [[Maine]] repeal a [[gay rights]] law passed in [[1997]], becoming the first [[U.S. state]] to abandon such a law. * [[February 10]] - The first [[XML]] specification is released.<ref>[http://www.w3.org/TR/1998/REC-xml-19980210 Extensible Markup Language (XML) 1.0<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> * [[February 12]] - The presidential [[line-item veto]] is declared unconstitutional by a United States federal judge. * [[February 14]] - United States authorities announce that [[Eric Rudolph]] is a suspect in an [[Alabama]] [[abortion]] clinic bombing. * [[February 15]] - [[Dale Earnhardt]] wins the [[Daytona 500]] in his 20th try, after many unsuccessful attempts. * [[February 16]] - [[China Airlines Flight 676]] crashes into a residential area near [[Chiang Kai-shek International Airport]], killing 202 people (all 196 on board and 6 on the ground). * [[February 18]] - Two [[white separatist]]s are arrested in [[Nevada]], accused of plotting [[biological warfare]] on [[New York City]] [[metro|subway]]s. * [[February 19]] - [[1998 Auckland power crisis]]: A 66-day blackout begins in [[Auckland]], [[New Zealand]]. * [[February 19]] - Larry Wayne Harris of the [[Aryan Nations]] and William Leavitt are arrested in [[Henderson, New York]], for possession of military grade [[anthrax]]. * [[February 20]] - [[Iraq disarmament crisis]]: Iraqi President [[Saddam Hussein]] negotiates a deal with U.N. Secretary General [[Kofi Annan]], allowing weapons inspectors to return to [[Baghdad]], preventing military action by the United States and [[United Kingdom|Britain]]. * [[February 22]] - One third of the [[Tower block]] "Palace II" collapses in [[Rio de Janeiro]], [[Brazil]].<ref>[http://www.unb.br/ics/dan/Serie274empdf.pdf Cronograma:<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> * [[February 23]] - [[Florida El Niño Outbreak]]: [[Tornado]]es in central [[Florida]] destroy or damage 2,600 structures and kill 42. * [[February 23]] - [[Osama bin Laden]] publishes a ''[[fatwa]]'', declaring ''[[jihad]]'' against all [[Jew]]s and [[Tenth Crusade|Crusaders]]. * [[February 24]] - ''[[Hustler]]'' publisher [[Larry Flynt]] is acquitted on charges of defaming [[Jerry Falwell]]. * [[February 24]] - A man tries to hijack a [[Turkish Airlines]] passenger plane, claiming that he has a [[bomb]] in his [[teddy bear]]; passengers disapprove and apprehend him. * [[February 28]] - [[Serbia]]n police begin to wipe out so-called "terrorist gangs" in [[Kosovo]]. ===March=== <!--Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. Preferred style is to repeat dates, shorter than sub-bullets, and helps search-engines to display the related dates.--> {{Month3|3|6|0}} * [[March 2]] - Data sent from the [[Galileo probe]] indicates that [[Jupiter (planet)|Jupiter]]'s moon [[Europa (moon)|Europa]] has a liquid ocean under a thick crust of ice. * [[March 2]] - [[Natascha Kampusch]] is abducted by Wolfgang Priklopil (she will remain in his captivity until August 2006). * [[March 4]] - [[Gay rights]]: ''[[Oncale v. Sundowner Offshore Services]]'': The [[Supreme Court of the United States]] rules that federal laws banning on-the-job [[sexual harassment]] also apply when both parties are the same sex. * [[March 5]] - [[NASA]] announces that the [[Clementine mission|Clementine]] probe orbiting the Moon has found enough water in polar craters to support a human colony and rocket fueling station. * [[March 5]] - NASA announces the choice of [[United States Air Force]] Lt. Col. [[Eileen Collins]] as commander of a future [[Space Shuttle Columbia|Space Shuttle ''Columbia'']] mission to launch an [[X-ray]] telescope, making Collins the first woman commander of a [[space shuttle]] mission. * [[March 7]] - The Imperial Wizard of the [[Ku Klux Klan]] is fined for burning a cross in his garden and infringing air regulations in [[California]]. * [[March 10]] - United States troops stationed in the [[Persian Gulf]] begin to receive the first [[anthrax]] [[vaccine]]. * [[March 11]] - [[Danish parliamentary election, 1998]]: Prime Minister [[Poul Nyrup Rasmussen]] is unexpectedly re-elected. * [[March 14]] - An [[earthquake]] measuring 6.9 on the [[Richter magnitude scale|Richter scale]] hits southeastern [[Iran]]. * [[March 23]] - The [[70th Academy Awards]], hosted by [[Billy Crystal]], are held at the [[Shrine Auditorium]] in [[Los Angeles, California]] with the film ''[[Titanic (1997 film)|Titanic]]'' winning a record 11 Oscars. * [[March 24]] - The [[Jonesboro massacre]], 2 young boys (aged 11 and 13 years) fire upon students at Westside Middle School while hidden in woodlands near the school. 4 students and 1 teacher are killed, and 10 are injured. * [[March 26]] - [[Oued Bouaicha massacre]] in [[Algeria]]: 52 people are killed with axes and knives, 32 of them babies under the age of 2. * [[March 27]] - The [[Food and Drug Administration]] approves [[Viagra]] for use as a treatment for male [[impotence]], the first pill to be approved for this condition in the United States. * [[March 29]] - A series of 3 tornadoes in southern [[Minnesota]] kills 3 people. ===April=== [[Image:Akashi-kaikyo bridge3.jpg|thumb|200px|Akashi-Kaikyo Bridge]] <!--Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. Preferred style is to repeat dates, shorter than sub-bullets, and helps search-engines to display the related dates.--> {{Month3|4|2|0}} * [[April 1]] - [[Ukraine|Ukrainian]] [[serial killer]] [[Anatoly Onoprienko]] is sentenced to death for 52 murders. * [[April 1]] - The [[MS Elation]] sets sail. * [[April 5]] - In [[Japan]], the [[Akashi-Kaikyo Bridge]] linking [[Shikoku]] with [[Honshū]] and costing about US$3.8 billion, opens to traffic, becoming the largest [[suspension bridge]] in the world. * [[April 6]] - [[Pakistan]] tests medium-range missiles capable of hitting [[India]]. * [[April 7]] - [[Citicorp]] and [[Travelers Group]] announce plans to merge, creating the largest financial-services conglomerate in the world, [[Citigroup]]. * [[April 7]] - [[George Michael]] is arrested in a restroom at [[Will Rogers Memorial Park]] for committing a lewd act in front of a police officer. This incident leads to him [[coming out]] as gay. * [[April 8]] - [[Iraq disarmament crisis]]: UNSCOM reports to the UN Security Council that Iraq's declaration on its biological weapons program is incomplete and inadequate. * [[April 8]] - [[Birmingham Tornado of April 1998]]: An F5 [[tornado]] strikes the western portion of the [[Birmingham, Alabama]] area, killing 32. * [[April 10]] - [[Good Friday]]: 18 hours after the end of the talks deadline, the [[Belfast Agreement]] is signed between the Irish and British governments and most [[Northern Ireland]] political parties, with the notable exception of the [[Democratic Unionist Party]]. * [[April 16]] - An F3 tornado passes through downtown [[Nashville, Tennessee]] - the first significant tornado in 11 years to directly hit a major city. An F5 tornado travels through rural portions south of Nashville (see [[1998 Nashville tornado outbreak]]). * [[April 22]] - The [[Disney's Animal Kingdom]] theme park at [[Walt Disney World]] opens to the public for the first time. * [[April 25]] - A waste reservoir at the Los Frailes mine in [[Andalusia]], [[Spain]] ruptures, discharging heavy metal waste into the Guadiamar River. The pollution threatens the sensitive ecosystem and endangered species of [[Doñana National Park]], [[Spain]]'s largest nature reserve, but is diverted into the [[Guadalquivir River]]. Up to 100 km² of farmland are ruined by the spill. [http://edition.cnn.com/EARTH/9804/25/spain.disaster.reut/] ===May=== <!-- No Fair Use rationale, image removed [[Image:Steve Jobs with iMac.jpg|thumb|[[Steve Jobs]] introducing the original iMac computer]]--> <!--Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. Preferred style is to repeat dates, shorter than sub-bullets, and helps search-engines to display the related dates. Also, the same dates can be repeated in ranges: May 7-9. --> {{Month3|5|4|0}} * [[May 9]] - [[Dana International]], a [[transexual]] singer from [[Israel]], wins the [[Eurovision Song Contest 1998]] in [[Birmingham]], UK. * [[May 11]] - India conducts 3 underground nuclear tests in [[Pokhran]], including 1 [[thermonuclear]] device. * [[May 11]] - The first [[euro]] coins are minted in [[Pessac]], France. Because the final specifications for the coins were not finished in 1998, they will have to be melted and minted again in 1999. * [[May 13]] - India carries out 2 more nuclear tests at [[Pokhran]]. The United States and Japan impose economic sanctions on India. * [[May 13]] -[[May 14]] Riots directed against Chinese Indonesians break out in Indonesia. Indonesian natives destroy and burn Chinese Indonesian-owned properties and kill and rape more than 1,000 Chinese Indonesians. * [[May 15]] - [[Iraq disarmament crisis]]: UNSCOM learns that an Iraqi delegation has travelled to [[Bucharest]], to meet with scientists who can provide the country with missile guidance systems. * [[May 18]] - ''[[United States v. Microsoft]]'': The [[United States Department of Justice]] and 20 [[U.S. state]]s file an [[United States antitrust law|antitrust]] case against [[Microsoft]]. * [[May 18]] - [[The New Republic]] publishes ''Hack Heaven'', a fabricated story by [[Stephen Glass (reporter)|Stephen Glass]]. Glass is later fired from TNR and the events are depicted in the 2003 film ''[[Shattered Glass]]''. * [[May 19]] - The [[Galaxy IV]] communications satellite fails, leaving 80-90% of the world's pagers without service. * [[May 21]] - At [[Thurston High School]] in [[Springfield, Oregon]], [[Kipland Kinkel]] (who was suspended for bringing a [[gun]] to school) shoots a [[semi-automatic rifle]] into a room filled with students, killing 2 and wounding 25 others, after killing his parents at home. * [[May 21]] - Crime: In [[Miami, Florida]], 5 [[abortion clinic]]s are hit by a [[butyric acid]] attacker. * [[May 21]] - [[Suharto]] resigns, after 32 years as [[President of Indonesia]] and his 7th consecutive re-election by the Indonesian Parliament (MPR). Suharto's hand-picked Vice President, [[Jusuf Habibie|B. J. Habibie]], becomes Indonesia's third president. * [[May 21]]-[[September 30]] - [[Expo '98]] is held in [[Lisbon]], [[Portugal]], with the title "Oceans, an Heritage for the Future". [[UNESCO]] had previously declared 1998 to be the International Year of the Oceans due to the Expo, which 12 million people attended. * [[May 22]] - [[Lewinsky scandal]]: A federal judge rules that [[United States Secret Service]] agents can be compelled to testify before a [[grand jury]] concerning the scandal. * [[May 22]] - [[Murray Gleeson]] is appointed [[Chief Justice of Australia]], succeeding [[Gerard Brennan|Sir Gerard Brennan]]. * [[May 26]] - At 23 years of age, [[Bear Grylls]] became the youngest British climber to scale the top of [[Mount Everest]] and back down.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6666889.stm BBC NEWS | UK | Flying over the top of the world<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> * [[May 27]] - [[Oklahoma City bombing]]: [[Michael Fortier]] is sentenced to 12 years in prison and fined $200,000 for failing to warn authorities about the terrorist plot. [[Image:Pakistan Nuclear Test.jpg|thumb|180px|[[May 28]]: Pakistan's nuclear test in Chaghai hills.]] * [[May 28]] - [[Nuclear testing]]: In response to a series of Indian nuclear tests, Pakistan explodes 5 nuclear devices of its own in the Chaghai hills of Baluchistan, prompting the United States, Japan and other nations to impose [[economic sanction]]s. * [[May 30]] - [[Nuclear testing]]: Pakistan conducts 1 more nuclear explosion following its first test. * [[May 30]] - A 6.6 magnitude [[earthquake]] hits northern [[Afghanistan]], killing up to 5,000. ===June=== <!-- Removing copyrighted image with no applicable fair use rationale [[Image:Colddead-fp.jpg|thumb|Heston giving his well-known speech, when responding to opposition to [[Second Amendment to the United States Constitution|the Right to Bear Arms]]]] --> <!--Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. Preferred style is: repeat dates, shorter than sub-bullets. --> {{Month3|6|0|0}} * [[June 2]] - The [[CIH virus]] is discovered in [[Taiwan]]. * [[June 2]] - [[California]] voters approve Proposition 227, abolishing the state's bilingual education program. * [[June 3]] - [[Eschede train disaster]]: an [[InterCityExpress]] [[high speed rail|high speed train]] derails between [[Hannover]] and [[Hamburg]], [[Germany]], causing 101 deaths. * [[June 4]] - [[Terry Nichols]] is sentenced to life in prison for his role in the [[Oklahoma City bombing]]. * [[June 5]] - A [[Strike action|strike]] begins at the [[General Motors Corporation]] parts factory in [[Flint, Michigan]], quickly spreading to 5 other assembly plants and lasting 7 weeks. * [[June 7]] - Three white supremacists murder [[James Byrd Jr.]] in [[Jasper, Texas]]. * [[June 8]] - Actor [[Charlton Heston]] becomes president of the [[National Rifle Association]]. * [[June 8]] - President [[Sani Abacha]] of [[Nigeria]] dies of apparent heart failure. * [[June 10]] - The [[1998 FIFA World Cup]] begins in France. * [[June 12]] - A jury in [[Hattiesburg, MS]], convicts 17-year-old [[Luke Woodham]] of killing 2 students and wounding 7 others at Pearl High School.[http://www.cnn.com/US/9806/12/school.shooting.verdict/] * [[June 12]] - [[Christina Marie Williams]], 13, is kidnapped in [[Seaside, California]] while walking her dog. * [[June 12]] - [[Philippines|The Philippines]] celebrated their 100th [[Centennial]] year Anniversary. * [[June 14]] - The [[Chicago Bulls]] win their 6th [[National Basketball Association|NBA]] title in 8 years when they beat the [[Utah Jazz]], 87-86 in Game Six. This is also [[Michael Jordan]]'s last game as a Bull, clinching the game in the final seconds on a fadeaway jumper. * [[June 16]] - The [[Detroit Red Wings]] sweep the [[Washington Capitals]] in 4 games in the [[1998 Stanley Cup Finals]]. * [[June 25]] - ''[[Clinton v. City of New York]]'': The [[United States Supreme Court]] rules that the [[Line Item Veto Act of 1996]] is unconstitutional. * [[June 25]] - Microsoft releases [[Windows 98]] (First Edition). * [[June 27]] - The [[Ayrshire (Earl of Carrick's Own) Yeomanry]], a [[British Army|British]] [[Yeomanry]] [[Cavalry]] [[Regiment]] parade at [[Ayr]], [[Scotland]] to celebrate their Bicentenary. * [[June 30]] - [[Philippines|Philippine]] Vice President [[Joseph Estrada]] was sworn in as the 13th President of [[Philippines|The Philippines]]. ===July=== <!--Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. Preferred style is to repeat dates, shorter than sub-bullets. --> {{Month3|7|2|0}} * July - The [[Yangtze River]] experiences massive [[flooding]] as the government of the [[People's Republic of China]] sends in the Army for flood relief efforts. * [[July 5]] - Japan launches a probe to [[Mars (planet)|Mars]], joining the United States and Russia as an [[outer space]]-exploring nation. * [[July 6]] - The new [[Hong Kong International Airport]] at [[Chek Lap Kok]] opens. * [[July 10]] - The [[DNA]]-identified remains of [[United States Air Force]] 1st Lt. Michael Joseph Blassie arrive home to his family in [[St. Louis, Missouri]], after being in the [[Tomb of the Unknowns]] since [[1984]]. * [[July 10]] - [[Catholic priests' sex abuse scandal]]: The [[Diocese of Dallas]] agrees to pay $23.4 million to 9 former altar boys who claimed they were sexually abused by former priest Rudolph Kos. * [[July 12]] - [[France national football team|France]] defeats [[Brazil national football team|Brazil]] 3-0 to win the [[1998 FIFA World Cup]]. * [[July 17]] - At a conference in Rome, 120 countries vote to create a permanent [[International Criminal Court]] to prosecute individuals for [[genocide]], [[crimes against humanity]], [[war crimes]], and the [[crime of aggression]]. * [[July 17]] - In [[Saint Petersburg]], [[Nicholas II of Russia]] and his family are buried in St. Catherine Chapel, 80 years after he and his family were killed by [[Bolshevik]]s. * [[July 17]] - A [[tsunami]] triggered by an undersea [[earthquake]] destroys 10 villages in [[Papua New Guinea]], killing an estimated 1,500, leaving 2,000 more unaccounted for and thousands more homeless. * [[July 17]] - Biologists report in the journal ''[[Science (journal)|Science]]'' how they sequenced the [[genome]] of the [[bacterium]] that causes [[syphilis]], ''[[Treponema pallidum]]''. * [[July 24]] - [[U.S. Capitol shooting incident (1998)|Russell Eugene Weston Jr.]] bursts into the [[United States Capitol]] and opens fire, killing 2 police officers. He is later ruled incompetent to stand trial. * [[July 25]] - The [[United States Navy]] commissions the aircraft carrier [[USS Harry S. Truman|USS ''Harry S. Truman'']] and puts her into service. * [[July 25]] - Wakayama Arsenic poison case: 63 are sickened and 4 killed by [[arsenic]] in a festival in the town in [[Wakayama Prefecture]] in Japan; [[Masumi Hayashi]] is arrested for murder. * [[July 28]] - [[Monica Lewinsky scandal]]: Ex-[[White House]] intern [[Monica Lewinsky]] receives [[transactional immunity]], in exchange for her [[grand jury]] testimony concerning her relationship with U.S. President [[Bill Clinton]]. * [[July 31]] - The United Kingdom bans the importation of [[land mine]]s. ===August=== [[Image:Kenya bombing 1.jpg|thumb|120px|[[August 7|Aug.7]]: Nairobi Embassy bombing.]] <!--Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. Preferred style is: repeat dates, shorter than sub-bullets. --> {{Month3|8|5|0}} * [[August 5]] - [[Iraq disarmament crisis]]: Iraq officially suspends all cooperation with UNSCOM teams. * [[August 7]] - Yangtze River Floods: In [[China]] the [[Yangtze River]] breaks through the main bank; before this, from August 1-5, periphery levees collapsed consecutively in Jiayu County Baizhou Bay. The death toll exceeds 12,000, with many thousands more injured. * [[August 7]] - [[1998 U.S. embassy bombings]]: The bombings of the United States embassies in [[Dar es Salaam]], [[Tanzania]], and [[Nairobi]], [[Kenya]] kill 224 people and injure over 4,500; they are linked to terrorist [[Osama Bin Laden]], an exile of [[Saudi Arabia]]. * [[August 14]] - [[Gary C. Evans]], infamous in New York's [[Capital Region]] for killing 5 people, escapes police custody and kills himself by jumping off a bridge. * [[August 15]] - [[Omagh bombing]]: The [[Real IRA]] detonates a car bomb in [[Omagh]], [[County Tyrone]], [[Northern Ireland]], killing 29 and injuring over 200 (the greatest loss of life in a single incident of [[The Troubles]]). * [[August 16]] - [[Silk-Miller police murders]]: [[Australia]]n police officers are murdered in [[Moorabbin, Victoria]]. * [[August 19]] - [[Monica Lewinsky scandal]]: On the day of his 52nd birthday, U.S. President [[Bill Clinton]] admits in taped testimony that he had an "improper physical relationship" with [[White House]] intern [[Monica Lewinsky]]. He also admits before the nation that night in a nationally televised address that he "misled people" about his sexual affair with Lewinsky. * [[August 19]] - [[Russian financial crisis]]: Russia defaults on the state short-term bonds, and devalues the ruble. The ruble loses 70% of its value against U.S. dollar in the next 6 months. Several of the largest Russians banks collapse, and millions of people lose their savings. * [[August 20]] - The [[Supreme Court of Canada]] states [[Quebec]] cannot legally secede from [[Canada]] without the federal government's approval. * [[August 20]] - [[1998 U.S. embassy bombings]]: The [[United States military]] launches [[cruise missile]] attacks against alleged [[Al-Qaeda]] camps in [[Afghanistan]] and a suspected chemical plant in [[Sudan]] in retaliation for the [[August 7]] bombings of American embassies in [[Kenya]] and [[Tanzania]]. The [[al-Shifa pharmaceutical factory]] in [[Khartoum]] is destroyed in the attack. * [[August 24]] - First [[RFID]] human implantation tested in the United Kingdom. * [[August 26]] - [[Iraq disarmament crisis]]: Scott Ritter resigns from [[UNSCOM]], sharply criticizing the [[Bill Clinton|Clinton]] administration and the U.N. Security Council for not being vigorous enough about insisting that Iraq's weapons of mass destruction be destroyed. Ritter tells reporters that "Iraq is not disarming," "Iraq retains the capability to launch a chemical strike." * [[August 31]] - [[North Korea]] reportedly launches [[Kwangmyongsong]], their first satellite. Although North Korea reports that it reached stable orbit, [[North American Aerospace Defense Command|NORAD]] was never able to confirm this assertion. ===September=== [[Image:Hudson03.jpg|thumb|Canadian Coast Guard Vessel Henry Hudson searches for [[Swissair Flight 111]] debris]] <!-- Link all dates, even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> {{Month3|9|1|0}} * [[September 2]] - In Canada, pilots for [[Air Canada]] launch the first strike in the company's history. * [[September 2]] - A [[McDonnell Douglas MD-11]] airliner carrying [[Swissair Flight 111]] crashes near [[Peggys Cove, Nova Scotia]], after taking off from [[New York City]] en-route to [[Geneva]]. All 229 people on board are killed. * [[September 2]] - A [[United Nations]] court finds [[Jean-Paul Akayesu]], the former mayor of a small town in [[Rwanda]], guilty of 9 counts of [[genocide]], marking the first time that the [[1948]] law banning genocide is enforced. * [[September 3]] - In [[Somalia]], the southern port of [[Kismayo]] is declared the capital of independent [[Jubaland]] under Muhamed Said Hersi. * [[September 7]] - [[Google]], Inc. is founded, in [[Menlo Park, California]], by [[Stanford University]] [[Ph.D.]] candidates [[Larry Page]] and [[Sergey Brin]].<ref> "The History Of Google – Searching The World" (notes), Matt Jacks, [[10 January]] 2005, webpage: [http://www.work-at-home-net-guides.com/articles/history-of-google.html WAH-HGoogle]. </ref> * [[September 8]] - [[St. Louis Cardinals]] first baseman [[Mark McGwire]] breaks baseball's single-season [[home run|home-run]] record, formerly held by [[Roger Maris]]. McGwire hits #62 at [[Busch Stadium II|Busch Stadium]] in the 4th inning off of [[Chicago Cubs]] pitcher [[Steve Trachsel]]. * [[September 9]] - The [[United Nations General Assembly]] elects Didier Opertiri of [[Uruguay]] as president for its 53rd session. * [[September 9]] - A coroner records a verdict of [[suicide]] on former footballer [[Justin Fashanu]], who was found hanged in a [[London]] lock-up garage 4 months before. * [[September 14]] - The [[Al-Qaeda Organization in the Islamic Maghreb|GSPC]] is formed in [[Algeria]], splitting off from the [[Armed Islamic Group|GIA]] over its policy of massacring civilians. * [[September 15]] - Telecommunications companies [[MCI Communications]] and [[WorldCom]] complete their $37 billion merger to form [[MCI WorldCom]]. * [[September 25]]-[[September 28]] - Major creditors of [[Long-Term Capital Management]], a [[Greenwich, Connecticut]]-based [[hedge fund]], after days of tough bargaining and some informal mediation by [[Federal Reserve]] officials, agree on terms of a re-capitalization. * [[September 27]] - In Germany, [[SPD]]'s [[Gerhard Schröder]] defeats 4-term [[Christian Democratic Union (Germany)|CDU]] Chancellor [[Helmut Kohl]]. * [[September 29]] - [[Iraq disarmament crisis]]: The [[Congress of the United States|U.S. Congress]] passes the "Iraq Liberation Act", which states that the United States wants to remove [[Saddam Hussein]] from power and replace the government with a democratic institution. * [[September 30]] - [[Pokémon]] is released in the U.S. ===October=== <!--Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> {{Month3|10|3|0}} * [[October 1]] - [[Sky Digital (UK & Ireland)|Sky Digital]] launches in the UK. * [[October 3]] - In Australia, [[John Howard]]'s coalition government is re-elected for a second term. * [[October 4]] - [[Leafie Mason]] is murdered in her [[Hughes Springs, Texas]] house by [[Angel Maturino Resendiz]]. She is his second victim in his second incident. * [[October 6]] - College student [[Matthew Shepard]] is found tied to a fence near [[Laramie, Wyoming]], a [[gay-bashing]] victim. He dies [[October 12]], becoming a symbol of gay-bashing victims and sparking public reflection on [[homophobia]] in the US. * [[October 7]] - Oslo's [[Fornebu]] Airport closes. * [[October 7]] - The [[United States Congress]] passes the [[Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act]], which gives copyright holders 20 more years of copyright privilege on work they control. This effectively freezes the [[public domain]] to works created before [[1923]] in the United States. * [[October 8]] - [[Oslo Airport]] (Gardermoen) opens. * [[October 8]] - [[Japan-Republic of Korea Joint Declaration A New Japan-Republic of Korea Partnership towards the Twenty-first Century]]. * [[October 12]] - The [[Congress of the United States]] passes the [[Digital Millennium Copyright Act]]. * [[October 14]] - [[Eric Robert Rudolph]] is charged with 6 bombings (including the [[1996 Olympic bombing]]) in [[Atlanta, Georgia]]. * [[October 15]] - [[American Airlines]] becomes the first airline to offer electronic ticketing in all 44 countries it serves. * [[October 16]] - British police place General [[Augusto Pinochet]] under [[house arrest]] during his medical treatment in the [[UK]]. * [[October 17]]-[[October 18]] - [[October 1998 South Central Texas floods|severe flooding]] takes place in south [[Central Texas]]. * [[October 21]] - The [[New York Yankees]] defeat the [[San Diego Padres]] to sweep them in the [[1998 World Series|World Series]]. The Yankees had a magical season with 114 regular-season wins and 11 postseason victories (125 total - the most by any team in 123 years of Major League baseball). * [[October 27]] - Germany: New Chancellor [[Gerhard Schroeder]] and his liberal [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|SPD]]-[[Alliance '90/The Greens|Green]] Coalition takes office. * [[October 28]] - An [[Air China]] jetliner is hijacked by disgruntled pilot Yuan Bin and flown to [[Taiwan]]. After landing the plane safely, Yuan Bin is arrested. * [[October 29]] - [[Apartheid]]: In [[South Africa]], the [[Truth and Reconciliation Commission (South Africa)|Truth and Reconciliation Commission]] presents its report, which condemns both sides for committing atrocities. * [[October 29]] - ''[[STS-95]]'': The Space Shuttle ''[[Space Shuttle Discovery|Discovery]]'' blasts off with 77-year-old [[John Glenn]] on board, making him the 2nd oldest person to go into space. (He became the first American to orbit the Earth on [[February 20]], [[1962]]). * [[October 29]] - While en route from [[Adana]] to [[Ankara]], a [[Turkish Airlines]] flight with a crew of 6 and 33 passengers is hijacked by a [[Kurd]]ish militant, who orders the pilot to fly to [[Switzerland]]. The plane instead lands in Ankara after the pilot tricks the hijacker into thinking that he was landing in the [[Bulgaria]]n capital of [[Sofia]] to refuel. * [[October 29]] - [[Hurricane Mitch]] makes landfall in Central America, killing an estimated 18,000 people. * [[October 29]] - In [[Freehold Borough, New Jersey]], [[Melissa Drexler]] pleads guilty to aggravated [[manslaughter]] for killing her baby moments after delivering him in the bathroom at her senior [[prom]], and is sentenced to 15 years imprisonment. * [[October 29]] - In [[Gothenburg]], [[Sweden]], 2 arsonists burn down a local Macedonian Society disco, killing 63 and injuring 200, most of them children of refugees. * [[October 31]] - [[Iraq disarmament crisis]] begins: [[Iraq]] announces it will no longer cooperate with United Nations weapons inspectors. ===November=== <!--Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. Preferred style is to repeat dates, shorter than sub-bullets, and helps search-engines to display the related dates. Also, the same dates can be repeated in ranges: May 7-9.--> {{Month3|11|6|0}} * [[November 1]] - The [[European Court of Human Rights]] is instituted. * [[November 3]] - [[Jesse Ventura]], former [[professional wrestler]], is elected [[Governor of Minnesota]]. * [[November 3]] - [[Edmonton]], Canada and [[Wonju]], [[South Korea]] are declared as sister cities. * [[November 5]] - [[Lewinsky scandal]]: As part of the [[impeachment]] inquiry, House Judiciary Committee chairman [[Henry Hyde]] sends a list of 81 questions to U.S. President [[Bill Clinton]]. * [[November 5]] - The journal ''[[Nature (journal)|Nature]]'' publishes a genetic study showing compelling evidence that [[Thomas Jefferson]] fathered his slave [[Sally Hemings]]' son Eston Hemings Jefferson. * [[November 5]] - [[Myra Hindley]] loses her second appeal in 11 months against her [[whole life tariff]]. * [[November 7]] - [[John Glenn]] returns to [[Earth]] aboard the Space Shuttle ''[[Discovery]]''. * [[November 9]] - In the largest civil settlement in United States history, a federal judge approves a US$1.03 billion settlement requiring dozens of brokerage houses (including [[Merrill Lynch]], [[Goldman Sachs]], and [[Salomon Smith Barney]]) to pay investors who claim they were cheated in a wide-spread price-fixing scheme on the [[NASDAQ]]. * [[November 9]] - United Kingdom formally [[Capital punishment in the United Kingdom|abolishes the death penalty]]. * [[November 12]] - [[Daimler-Benz]] completes a merger with [[Chrysler Corporation]] to form [[Daimler-Chrysler]]. * [[November 13]]-[[November 14]] - [[Iraq disarmament crisis]]: U.S. President [[Bill Clinton]] orders airstrikes on [[Iraq]], then calls them off at the last minute when [[Iraq]] promises once again to "unconditionally" cooperate with UNSCOM. * [[November 19]] - [[Lewinsky scandal]]: The [[United State House of Representatives]]' Judiciary Committee begins [[impeachment]] hearings against U.S. President [[Bill Clinton]]. * [[November 20]] - A court in [[Taliban]]-controlled [[Afghanistan]] declares accused terrorist [[Osama bin Laden]] "a man without a sin" in regard to the [[1998 U.S. embassy bombings]] in [[Kenya]] and [[Tanzania]]. * [[November 20]] - [[Galina Starovoitova]], Russian legislator and democracy advocate, is assassinated in [[Saint Petersburg]], Russia. * [[November 20]] - At the [[Baikonur Cosmodrome]] in [[Kazakhstan]], the first component for the [[International Space Station]] (''Zarya'', or sunrise,) is launched. * [[November 21]] - The "dump site" murder in [[Hyvinkää]], [[Finland]]: Satanists [[Jarno Elg]], Terhi Tervashonka and Mika Riska murder, cut up, and partly eat a 23-year-old man. * [[November 23]]-[[November 26]] - [[Iraq disarmament crisis]]: According to [[UNSCOM]], [[Iraq]] once again ends cooperation with the United Nations inspectors, alternately intimidating and withholding information from them. * [[November 24]] - [[America Online]] announces it will acquire [[Netscape Communications]] in a stock-for-stock transaction worth US$4.2 billion. * [[November 26]] - [[Tony Blair]] becomes the first [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] to address the [[Dáil Éireann]], the [[Republic of Ireland]]'s parliament. * [[November 26]] - [[Japan-China Joint Declaration On Building a Partnership of Friendship and Cooperation for Peace and Development]]. *[[November 27]] - The [[Sega Dreamcast]] is made first available in Japan. * [[November 30]] - [[Deutsche Bank]] announces a US$10 billion deal to buy [[Bankers Trust]], thus creating the largest financial institution in the world. ===December=== <!--Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> {{Month3|12|1|0}} * [[December 1]] - [[Exxon]] announces a US$73.7 billion deal to buy [[Mobil]], thus creating [[Exxon-Mobil]], the second-largest company on the planet by revenue. * [[December 5]] - [[D.C. United]] defeats [[Vasco da Gama]] 2 – 1 on aggregate to win the [[Interamerican Cup]] (one of the greatest triumphs in the history of U.S. club soccer). * [[December 6]] - [[Hugo Chávez Frías]], former member of the Venezuelan military and politician, is [[Venezuelan presidential election, 1998|elected]] President of [[Venezuela]]. * [[December 8]] - [[Tadjena massacre]] in [[Algeria]]: 81 villagers are killed. * [[December 11]] - [[Iraq disarmament crisis]]: [[Iraq]] announces that United Nations weapons inspections will no longer take place on Friday, the Muslim day of rest. [[Iraq]] also refuses to provide test data from the production of missiles and engines. * [[December 16]]-[[December 19]] - [[Iraq disarmament crisis]]: U.S. President [[Bill Clinton]] orders American and British airstrikes on [[Iraq]]. UNSCOM withdraws all weapons inspectors from Iraq. * [[December 17]] - [[Claudia Benton]], of [[West University Place]], [[Texas]], is murdered in her house by [[Angel Maturino Resendiz]] (his third victim in his third incident). * [[December 19]] - [[Iraq disarmament crisis]]: [[Iraq]]i Vice-President [[Taha Yassin Ramadan]] announces that [[Iraq]] will no longer cooperate and declares that UNSCOM's "mission is over." * [[December 19]] - [[Lewinsky scandal]]: President [[Bill Clinton]] is [[impeachment|impeached]] by the [[United States House of Representatives]]. * [[December 21]] - [[Iraq disarmament crisis]]: UN Security Council members France, Germany and Russia call for sanctions to end against [[Iraq]]. The three Security Council members also call for UNSCOM to either be disbanded or for its role to be recast. The U.S. says it will veto any such proposal. * [[December 26]] - [[Iraq disarmament crisis]]: [[Iraq]] announces its intention to fire upon U.S. and British warplanes that patrol the northern and southern "no-fly zones". * [[December 26]] - Six sailors die and five yachts are lost in the [[Sydney to Hobart yacht race]]. The biggest disaster in the race's history * [[December 29]] - [[Khmer Rouge]] leaders apologize for the [[genocide]] in [[Cambodia]] that claimed over 1 million in the [[1970s]]. * [[December 31]] - The first [[leap second]] since [[June 30]], [[1997]] occurs. In the [[eurozone]], the currency rates of this day are fixed permanently. <!-- IF THIS CHRONOLOGY IS SPLIT AS ARTICLES, see top note.--> ===Undated=== * The [[VW Passat#B5|fourth generation]] of [[VW]]'s [[Volkswagen Passat|Passat]] [[automobile]] goes on sale in [[North America]]. * Ibrahim Hanna, the last native speaker of [[Mlahsô language|Mlahsô]], dies in [[Qamishli]], [[Syria]], making the language effectively extinct. In that same year, the last native speaker of related [[Bijil Neo-Aramaic]] dies in [[Jerusalem]]. * [[Karolyn Nunnallee]], whose daughter died ten years earlier in the [[Carrollton bus collision]], elected president of [[Mothers Against Drunk Driving]]. *December - Grade school children in [[Aurora]], [[Colorado]], collect $35,000 to purchase and free slave children in [[Sudan]]. ===Fictional=== The following are references to year 1998 in fiction: * Comics: :* Set in 1998: ''[[V for Vendetta]]'' (1982-1988) * Computer/video games: * Set in 1998: :* ''[[Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories]]'' (2005) :* ''[[Resident Evil 0]]'' Around [[July 23]] to early [[July 24]] :* ''[[Resident Evil (video game)|Resident Evil]]'' (1996), on [[July 24]] :* ''[[Resident Evil (film)|Resident Evil (film adaptation)]]'' (2002) on [[July 23]] to [[July 24]]. :* ''[[Resident Evil 2]]'' (1998), from the night of [[September 29]] to early [[September 30]]. :* ''[[Resident Evil 3]]'' (1999), from [[September 28]] to [[October 1]] :* ''[[Resident Evil: Apocalypse]]'' (2004) from [[September 30]] to [[October 1]] :* ''[[Snake's Revenge]]'' (1992) :* ''[[Max Payne]]'' (2001): Max Payne's wife and daughter are murdered. :* ''[[The House of the Dead 2|The House Of The Dead]] The Curien Case :* ''[[CarnEvil]]'': The rising of the Carnival of Evil. * Film: :* ''[[Back to the Future Part II]]'' (1989): [[Marty McFly]], Jr. is born. * Television: :* ''[[Defenders of the Earth]]'' (1986): Jedda Walker is born. ==Births== {{Year in other calendars|Japanese=[[Heisei]] 10}} <!--Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. Preferred style is to repeat dates, shorter than sub-bullets, and helps search-engines to display related birthdates. --> <!-- Please do not add yourself, non-notable people, fictional characters, or people without Wikipedia articles to this list. No red links, please. --> * [[January 1]] - [[Marlene Lawston]],American Actress * [[January 12]] - [[Nathan Gamble]], American actor * [[February 25]] - [[Brendon Baerg]], American actor * [[April 9]] - [[Elle Fanning]], American actress * [[April 15]] - [[Sharlene san Pedro]], Filipino actress * [[April 24]] - [[Ryan Newman (actress)|Ryan Newman]], American actress * [[May 16]] - [[Ariel Waller]], Canadian actress * [[July 2]] - [[Hannah Lay]], American Actress * [[July 8]] - [[Jaden Smith]], American Actor * [[July 17]] - [[Felipe Juan Froilán de Marichalar y de Borbón]], grandson of [[Juan Carlos I]] of Spain. * [[July 18]] - [[Nixzmary Brown]], American child abuse victim (d. [[2006]]) * [[July 22]] - [[Madison Pettis]], American actress * [[July 24]] - [[Bindi Irwin]], daughter of wildlife icon [[Steve Irwin]]. * [[August 19]] - [[Ella Guevara]], Filipino actress * [[August 25]] - [[China Anne McClain]], American actress * [[September 21]] - [[Brino quadruplets]], American actor/actresses * [[October 6]] - [[Mia-Sophie Wellenbrink]], German actress and singer * [[October 18]] - [[Julia Wróblewska]], Polish actress * [[November 3]] - [[Darcy Rose Byrnes]], American actress * [[December 29]] - [[Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick]], American actor ==Deaths== ===January-June=== <!--Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. Preferred style is to repeat dates, shorter than sub-bullets, and helps search-engines to display related dates. --> * [[January 1]] - [[Helen Wills Moody]], American tennis player (b. [[1905]]) * [[January 4]] - [[Mae Questel]], American actress (b. [[1908]]) * [[January 5]] - [[Sonny Bono]], American singer, actor, and politician (b. [[1935]]) * [[January 7]] - [[Vladimir Prelog]], Croatian chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1906]]) * [[January 8]] - [[Michael Tippett]], English composer (b. [[1905]]) * [[January 9]] - [[Kenichi Fukui]], Japanese chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1918]]) * [[January 9]] - [[Charito Solis]], Filipino actress (b. 1935) * [[January 11]] - [[Klaus Tennstedt]], German conductor (b. [[1926]]) * [[January 15]] - [[Junior Wells]], American harmonica player (b. [[1934]]) * [[January 19]] - [[Carl Perkins]], American guitarist (b. [[1932]]) * [[January 21]] - [[Jack Lord]], American actor (b. [[1920]]) * [[January 23]] - [[Alfredo Ormando]], Italian writer (b. [[1958]]) * [[January 28]] - [[Shotaro Ishinomori]], Japanese Manga artist, "Father of [[Henshin]] heroes." (b. [[1938]]) * [[February 3]] - [[Karla Faye Tucker]], Texas murderer (b. [[1959]]) * [[February 6]] - [[Falco (musician)|Falco]], Austrian musician (b. [[1957]]) * [[February 6]] - [[Carl Wilson]], American musician (b. [[1946]]) * [[February 7]] - [[Lawrence Sanders]], American author (b. [[1920]]) * [[February 7]] - [[Roger Nicholas Angleton]], American murderer (b. [[1942]]) * [[February 8]] - [[Halldór Laxness]], Icelandic writer, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1902]]) * [[February 8]] - [[Julian Lincoln Simon]], American economist and author (b. [[1932]]) * [[February 18]] - [[Harry Caray]], American television and radio broadcaster (b. [[1917]]) * [[February 22]] - [[Red Reeder]], [[U.S. Army]] officer and author (b. [[1902]]) * [[February 22]] - [[Abraham Alexander Ribicoff]], American [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]] politician (b. [[1910]]) * [[February 23]] - [[Sean A. Moore]], American writer (b. [[1965]]) * [[February 24]] - [[Henny Youngman]], English-born comedian (b. [[1906]]) * [[February 26]] - [[Theodore Schultz]], American economist, [[Nobel Prize in Economics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1902]]) * [[February 27]] - [[George H. Hitchings]], American scientist, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] (b. [[1905]]) * [[February 27]] - [[J. T. Walsh]], American actor (b. [[1943]]) * [[February 28]] - [[Dermot Morgan]], Irish actor and comedian (b. [[1952]]) * [[March 7]] - [[Bernarr Rainbow]], historian of music education, organist, and choir master, (b.[[1914]]) * [[March 8]] - [[Ray Nitschke]], American football player (b. [[1936]]) * [[March 10]] - [[Lloyd Bridges]], American actor (b. [[1913]]) * [[March 12]] **[[Judge Dread]], English musician (b. [[1945]]) **[[Beatrice Wood]], American artist and ceramicist (b. [[1893]]) **[[Jozef Kroner]], Slovak actor (''[[The Shop on Main Street]]'') (b. [[1924]]) * [[March 13]] - [[Bill Reid]], Canadian artist (b. [[1920]]) * [[March 13]] - [[Risen Star]], American racehorse (b. [[1985]]) * [[March 15]] - [[Benjamin Spock]], American athlete, pediatrician, and author (b. [[1903]]) * [[March 16]] - [[Derek Harold Richard Barton]], British chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1918]]) * [[March 20]] - [[George Howard (jazz)|George Howard]], American jazz saxophone musician (b. [[1956]]) * [[March 25]] - [[Daniel Massey (actor)|Daniel Massey]], English actor (b. [[1933]]) * [[March 31]] - [[Bella Abzug]], American politician (b. [[1920]]) * [[April 1]] - [[Rozz Williams]], American singer (b. [[1963]]) * [[April 5]] - [[Cozy Powell]], English rock drummer (b. [[1947]]) * [[April 6]] - [[Wendy O. Williams]], American singer (b. [[1949]]) * [[April 6]] - [[Tammy Wynette]], American singer (b. [[1942]]) * [[April 13]] - [[Patrick de Gayardon]], French skydiver and skysurfing pioneer (b. [[1960]]) * [[April 15]] - [[Rose Maddox]], American singer (b. [[1925]]) * [[April 15]] - [[Pol Pot]], Cambodian Khmer Rouge leader (b. [[1925]]) * [[April 16]] - [[Fred Davis (snooker player)|Fred Davis]], English snooker player (b. [[1913]]) * [[April 17]] - [[Muhammad Metwally Al Shaarawy]], Egyptian [[Faqih|Muslim jurist]] (b. [[1911]]) * [[April 19]] - [[Octavio Paz]], Mexican diplomat and writer, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1914]]) * [[April 21]] - [[Irene Vernon]], American actress (b. [[1922]]) * [[April 22]] - [[Kitch Christie]], South African rugby coach (b. [[1940]]) * [[April 23]] - [[Constantine Karamanlis]], Greek politician (b. [[1907]]) * [[April 23]] - [[James Earl Ray]], American assassin (b. [[1928]]) * [[April 25]] - [[Wright Morris]], American photographer and writer (b. [[1910]]) * [[May 1]] - [[Eldridge Cleaver]], American activist (b. [[1935]]) * [[May 2]] - [[Kevin Lloyd]], British actor (b. [[1949]]) * [[May 2]] - [[Justin Fashanu]], British footballer (b. [[1961]]) * [[May 2]] - [[Hide (musician)|Hide]], Japanese musician (b. [[1964]]) * [[May 3]] - [[Jason Anderson]], American military (b. [[1974]]) * [[May 7]] - [[Allan McLeod Cormack]], South African-born physicist, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] (b. [[1924]]) * [[May 7]] - [[Eddie Rabbitt]], American musician (b. [[1941]]) * [[May 9]] - [[Alice Faye]], American entertainer (b. [[1915]]) * [[May 14]] - [[Frank Sinatra]], American entertainer (b. [[1915]]) * [[May 14]] - [[Marjory Stoneman Douglas]], American conservationist and writer (b. [[1890]]) * [[May 15]] - [[Earl Manigault]], American basketball player (b. [[1944]]) * [[May 19]] - [[Sosuke Uno]], [[Prime Minister of Japan]] (b. [[1922]]) * [[May 22]] - [[José Enrique Moyal]], mathematical physicist (b. [[1910]]) * [[May 28]] - [[Phil Hartman]], Canadian-born artist, writer, actor, and comedian (b. [[1948]]) * [[May 29]] - [[Barry Goldwater|Barry M. Goldwater]], American politician (b. [[1909]]) * [[June 1]] - [[Darwin Joston]], American actor (b. [[1937]]) * [[June 3]] - [[Poul Bundgaard]], Danish actor and singer (b. [[1922]]) * [[June 10]] - [[Hammond Innes]], English author (b. [[1914]]) * [[June 11]] - [[Catherine Cookson]], English author (b. [[1906]]) * [[June 13]] - [[Birger Ruud]], Norwegian athlete (b. [[1911]]) * [[June 20]] - [[Conrad Schumann]], East German border guard (b. [[1942]]) ===July-December=== <!--Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. Preferred style is to repeat dates, shorter than sub-bullets, and helps search-engines to display related dates. --> * [[July 3]] - [[Danielle Bunten Berry]], American software developer (b. [[1949]]) * [[July 6]] - [[Roy Rogers]], American singer and actor (b. [[1911]]) * [[July 19]] - [[Elmer Valo]], Slovak [[Major League Baseball]] player (b. [[1921]]) * [[July 22]] - [[Hermann Prey]], German bass-baritone (b. [[1929]]) * [[August 2]] - [[Shari Lewis]], American ventriloquist (b. [[1933]]) * [[August 3]] - [[Alfred Schnittke]], Russian-born composer (b. [[1934]]) * [[August 4]] - [[Yuri Artyukhin]], cosmonaut (b. [[1930]]) * [[August 6]] - [[André Weil]], French mathematician (b. [[1906]]) * [[August 8]] - [[Mahmoud Saremi]], Iranian journalist * [[August 9]] - [[Frankie Ruiz]], Puerto Rican singer (b. ([[1958]]) * [[August 24]] - [[E.G. Marshall]], American actor (b. [[1910]]) * [[August 26]] - [[Frederick Reines]], American physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1918]]) * [[September 2]] - [[Jackie Blanchflower]], Irish footballer (b. [[1933]]) * [[September 6]] - [[Akira Kurosawa]], Japanese screenwriter, producer, and director (b. [[1910]]) * [[September 9]] - [[Lucio Battisti]], Italian singer (b. [[1943]]) * [[September 10]] - [[Carl Forgione]], British actor (b. [[1944]]) * [[September 13]] - [[George Wallace]], American politician (b. [[1919]]) * [[September 14]] - [[Johnny Adams]], American musician (b. [[1932]]) * [[September 21]] - [[Florence Griffith Joyner|Florence "Flo-Jo" Griffith-Joyner]], American runner (b. [[1959]]) * [[September 27]] - [[Narita Bryan]], Japanese racehorse (b. [[1991]]) * [[September 29]] - [[Jared High]], bullycide victim (b. [[1985]]) * [[September 30]] - [[Dan Quisenberry]], baseball player (b. [[1953]]) * [[September 30]] - [[Bruno Munari]], Italian-born industrial designer (b. [[1907]]) * [[September 30]] - [[Pavel Štěpán]], Czech pianist (b. [[1925]]) * [[October 2]] - [[Gene Autry]], American actor, singer, and sports team owner (b. [[1907]]) * [[October 2]] - [[Olivier Gendebien]], Belgian race car driver (b. [[1924]]) * [[October 3]] - [[Roddy McDowall]], British actor (b. [[1928]]) * [[October 6]] - [[Mark Belanger]], American baseball player (b. [[1944]]) * [[October 8]] - [[Zhang Chongren]], Chinese artist (b. [[1907]]) * [[October 10]] - [[Tommy Quaid]], Irish [[hurling|hurler]] (b. [[1957]]) * [[October 12]] - [[Matthew Shepard]], American murder victim (b. [[1976]]) * [[October 13]] - General [[Gérard Charles Édouard Thériault]], Canadian Chief of the Defence Staff (b. [[1932]]) * [[October 14]] - [[Frankie Yankovic]], American musician (b. [[1916]]) * [[October 16]] - [[Jon Postel]], American Internet pioneer (b. [[1943]]) * [[October 17]] - [[Hakim Mohammed Said]], Pakistani scholar and [[philanthropist]] (b. [[1920]]) * [[October 29]] - [[Ted Hughes]], English poet (b. [[1930]]) * [[November 3]] - [[Bob Kane]], American comic book creator (b. [[1915]]) * [[November 10]] - [[Hal Newhouser]], baseball player (b. [[1921]]) * [[November 13]] - [[Michel Trudeau]], Canadian outdoorsman, son of [[Pierre Trudeau]] (b. [[1975]]) * [[November 17]] - [[Kenneth Allen McDuff]], Texas [[serial killer]] executed * [[November 22]] - [[Stu Unger]], professional poker player (b. [[1953]]) * [[November 25]] - [[Flip Wilson]], American actor and comedian (b. [[1933]]) * [[November 28]] - [[Kerry Wendell Thornley]], American counterculture figure and writer (b. [[1938]]) * [[November 29]] - [[Martin Ruane]], British wrestler best known as Giant Haystacks and later, The Loch Ness Monster (b. [[1947]]) * [[November 29]] - [[Frank Latimore]], well known Hollywood actor (b. [[1925]]) * [[December 2]] - [[Brian Stonehouse]], English painter and World War II secret agent (b. [[1918]]) * [[December 7]] - [[Michael Craze]], British actor (b. [[1942]]) * [[December 7]] - [[Martin Rodbell]], American scientist, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] (b. [[1925]]) * [[December 12]] - [[Lawton Chiles]], U.S. Senator from Florida and Governor of Florida (b. [[1930]]) * [[December 14]] - [[Annette Strauss]], American philanthropist and mayor of Dallas, Texas (b. [[1924]]) * [[December 16]] - [[William Gaddis]], American writer (b. [[1922]]) * [[December 17]] - [[Claudia Benton]], Peruvian-born child psychologist (murdered) (b. [[1959]]) * [[December 18]] - [[Lev Demin]], cosmonaut (b. [[1926]]) * [[December 20]] - [[Irene Hervey]], American actress (b. [[1910]]) * [[December 20]] - [[Alan Lloyd Hodgkin]], British scientist, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] (b. [[1914]]) * [[December 21]] - [[Roger Avon]], Durham actor (b. [[1914]]) * [[December 22]] - [[Michelle Thomas]], American actress (b. [[1969]]) * [[December 25]] - [[John Pulman]], English snooker player (b. [[1923]]) ===Unknown dates=== * (none) == Ship events == {{C20YearTOCright}} * [[List of ship commissionings in 1998]] * [[List of ship decommissionings in 1998]] ==Nobel prizes== * [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Physics]] - [[Robert B. Laughlin]], [[Horst L. Störmer]], [[Daniel Chee Tsui]] * [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Chemistry]] - [[Walter Kohn]], [[John Pople]] * [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Medicine]] - [[Robert F. Furchgott]], [[Louis J. Ignarro]], [[Ferid Murad]] * [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Literature]] - [[José Saramago]] * [[Nobel Peace Prize|Peace]] - [[John Hume]] and [[David Trimble]] * [[Nobel Prize in Economics|Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel]] - [[Amartya Sen]] ==Templeton Prize== * Sir [[Sigmund Sternberg]] ==Fields Medal== *[[Richard Ewen Borcherds]], [[William Timothy Gowers]], [[Maxim Kontsevich]], [[Curtis T. McMullen]] ==See also== * [[20th century]] ==Notes== {{reflist}} ==External links== {{commonscat_left|1998}} {{Events by month}} [[Category:1998| ]] [[af:1998]] [[als:1990er#1998]] [[am:1998 እ.ኤ.አ.]] [[ar:1998]] [[an:1998]] [[frp:1998]] [[ast:1998]] [[gn:1998]] [[av:1998]] [[ay:1998]] [[az:1998]] [[bn:১৯৯৮]] [[zh-min-nan:1998 nî]] [[map-bms:1998]] [[be:1998]] [[be-x-old:1998]] [[bh:१९९८]] [[bs:1998]] [[br:1998]] [[bg:1998]] [[ca:1998]] [[cv:1998]] [[cs:1998]] [[co:1998]] [[cy:1998]] [[da:1998]] [[pdc:1998]] [[de:1998]] [[et:1998]] [[el:1998]] [[es:1998]] [[eo:1998]] [[eu:1998]] [[fa:۱۹۹۸ (میلادی)]] [[fo:1998]] [[hif:1998]] [[fr:1998]] [[fy:1998]] [[ga:1998]] [[gan:1998年]] [[gv:1998]] [[gd:1998]] [[gl:1998]] [[ko:1998년]] [[haw:1998]] [[hy:1998]] [[hi:1998]] [[hr:1998.]] [[io:1998]] [[ig:1998]] [[ilo:1998]] [[bpy:মারি ১৯৯৮]] [[id:1998]] [[ia:1998]] [[os:1998]] [[zu:1998]] [[is:1998]] [[it:1998]] [[he:1998]] [[jv:1998]] [[pam:1998]] [[kn:೧೯೯೮]] [[ka:1998]] [[csb:1998]] [[kk:1998]] [[kw:1998]] [[sw:1998]] [[ht:1998 (almanak gregoryen)]] [[ku:1998]] [[la:1998]] [[lv:1998]] [[lb:1998]] [[lt:1998 m.]] [[lij:1998]] [[li:1998]] [[ln:1998]] [[jbo:1998moi nanca]] [[lmo:1998]] [[hu:1998]] [[mk:1998]] [[mi:1998]] [[mr:इ.स. १९९८]] [[ms:1998]] [[nah:1998]] [[nl:1998]] [[nds-nl:1998]] [[cr:1998]] [[ja:1998年]] [[nap:1998]] [[no:1998]] [[nn:1998]] [[nrm:1998]] [[nov:1998]] [[oc:1998]] [[uz:1998]] [[pi:१९९८]] [[pag:1998]] [[nds:1998]] [[pl:1998]] [[pt:1998]] [[ty:1998]] [[ksh:Joohr 1998]] [[ro:1998]] [[qu:1998]] [[ru:1998 год]] [[se:1998]] [[sq:1998]] [[scn:1998]] [[simple:1998]] [[sk:1998]] [[sl:1998]] [[so:1998]] [[sr:1998]] [[sh:1998]] [[su:1998]] [[fi:1998]] [[sv:1998]] [[tl:1998]] [[ta:1998]] [[tt:1998]] [[te:1998]] [[th:พ.ศ. 2541]] [[vi:1998]] [[tg:1998]] [[tpi:1998]] [[tr:1998]] [[tk:1998]] [[uk:1998]] [[ur:1998ء]] [[vec:1998]] [[wa:1998]] [[vls:1998]] [[wuu:公元1998年]] [[yo:1998]] [[zh-yue:1998年]] [[cbk-zam:1998]] [[bat-smg:1998]] [[zh:1998年]]