1998 Calendar
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1998 Historical Event(s)
January 28, 1998
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Earth Tiger in Chinese astrology.
February 28, 1998
– Kosovo War: Serbian police begin the offensive against the Kosovo Liberation Army in Kosovo.
April 12, 1998
– An earthquake in Slovenia, measuring 5.6 on the Richter scale occurs near the town of Bovec.
May 13, 1998
– Race riots break out in Jakarta, Indonesia, where shops owned by Indonesians of Chinese descent are looted and women raped.
June 7, 1998
– James Byrd, Jr. of Texas is killed when white supremacists drag him behind a pickup truck along an asphalt pavement.
June 11, 1998
– Compaq Computer pays $9 billion for Digital Equipment Corporation in the largest high-tech acquisition.
September 2, 1998
– Swissair Flight 111 crashes near Peggys Cove, Nova Scotia. All 229 people on board are killed.
October 1, 1998
– Vladimir Putin becomes a permanent member of the Security Council of the Russian Federation.
October 16, 1998
– Former Chilean dictator General Augusto Pinochet is arrested in London on a warrant from Spain requesting his extradition on murder charges.
October 23, 1998
– Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Chairman Yasser Arafat reach a “land for peace” agreement.
Who Were Born On 1998?
January 1, 1998
– Marlene Lawston, American child actress
January 12, 1998
– Nathan Gamble, American actor
February 8, 1998
– Šarlote Lēnmane, Latvian singer
February 25, 1998
– Brendon Baerg, American actor
April 9, 1998
– Elle Fanning, American actress
July 1, 1998
– Hollie Steel, English singer
July 22, 1998
– Madison Pettis, American actress
July 31, 1998
– Rico Rodriguez II, American child actor
August 19, 1998
– Ella Guevara, Filipino actress
November 23, 1998
– Bradley Steven Perry, American child actor