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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 4, 1998
– An earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter Scale in northeast Afghanistan kills more than 5,000.
February 10, 1998
– Voters in Maine repeal a gay rights law passed in 1997 becoming the first U.S. state to abandon such a law.
February 23, 1998
– In the United States, tornadoes in central Florida destroy or damage 2,600 structures and kill 42.
March 4, 1998
– 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.
May 13, 1998
– Race riots break out in Jakarta, Indonesia, where shops owned by Indonesians of Chinese descent are looted and women raped.
May 26, 1998
– The Supreme Court of the United States rules that Ellis Island, the historic gateway for millions of immigrants, is mainly in the state of New Jersey, not New York.
June 3, 1998
– Eschede train disaster: an ICE high speed train derails in Lower Saxony, Germany, causing 101 deaths.
November 19, 1998
– Vincent van Gogh’s Portrait of the Artist Without Beard sells at auction for US$71.5 million.
December 8, 1998
– Eighty-one people are killed by armed groups in Algeria.
Who Were Born On 1998?
February 25, 1998
– Brendon Baerg, American actor
April 9, 1998
– Elle Fanning, American actress
May 16, 1998
– Ariel Waller, Canadian actress
July 8, 1998
– Jaden Smith, American actor
July 22, 1998
– Madison Pettis, American actress
July 24, 1998
– Bindi Irwin, Australian entertainer
July 31, 1998
– Rico Rodriguez II, American child actor
August 19, 1998
– Ella Guevara, Filipino actress
October 6, 1998
– Mia-Sophie Wellenbrink, German actress and singer
October 18, 1998
– Julia Wróblewska, Polish actress