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1998 Historical Event(s)
January 17, 1998
– Lewinsky scandal: Matt Drudge breaks the story of the Bill Clinton-Monica Lewinsky affair on his website The Drudge Report.
January 28, 1998
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Earth Tiger in Chinese astrology.
February 6, 1998
– Washington National Airport is renamed Ronald Reagan National Airport.
July 6, 1998
– Hong Kong’s Kai Tak Airport is closed and the new Hong Kong International Airport at Chek Lap Kok becomes operational.
July 17, 1998
– Papua New Guinea earthquake: A tsunami triggered by an undersea earthquake destroys 10 villages in Papua New Guinea killing an estimated 3,183, leaving 2,000 more unaccounted for and thousands more homeless.
September 2, 1998
– The UN’s International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda finds Jean Paul Akayesu, the former mayor of a small town in Rwanda, guilty of nine counts of genocide.
October 1, 1998
– Vladimir Putin becomes a permanent member of the Security Council of the Russian Federation.
October 7, 1998
– Matthew Shepard, a gay student at the University of Wyoming, is found tied to a fence after being savagely beaten by two young adults in Laramie, Wyoming.
October 14, 1998
– Eric Robert Rudolph is charged with six bombings including the 1996 Centennial Olympic Park bombing in Atlanta, Georgia.
November 30, 1998
– Exxon and Mobil sign a $73.7 billion USD agreement to merge, thus creating Exxon-Mobil, the world’s largest company.
Who Were Born On 1998?
January 28, 1998
– Ariel Winter, American actress (Modern Family)
February 15, 1998
– Zachary Gordon, American actor
May 16, 1998
– Ariel Waller, Canadian actress
June 24, 1998
– Coy Stewart, American actor
July 1, 1998
– Hollie Steel, English singer
July 8, 1998
– Jaden Smith, American actor
July 17, 1998
– Felipe Juan Froilán de Marichalar y de Borbón, Spanish royal
July 22, 1998
– Madison Pettis, American actress
July 31, 1998
– Rico Rodriguez II, American child actor
October 6, 1998
– Mia-Sophie Wellenbrink, German actress and singer