1998 Calendar
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1998 Historical Event(s)
January 1, 1998
– Russia begins to circulate new rubles to stem inflation and promote confidence.
January 28, 1998
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Earth Tiger in Chinese astrology.
May 7, 1998
– Mercedes-Benz buys Chrysler for $40 billion USD and forms DaimlerChrysler in the largest industrial merger in history.
May 13, 1998
– Race riots break out in Jakarta, Indonesia, where shops owned by Indonesians of Chinese descent are looted and women raped.
May 30, 1998
– A magnitude 6.6 earthquake hits northern Afghanistan, killing up to 5,000.
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.
July 24, 1998
– Russell Eugene Weston Jr. bursts into the United States Capitol and opens fire killing two police officers. He is later ruled to be incompetent to stand trial.
October 24, 1998
– Launch of Deep Space 1 comet/asteroid mission
October 29, 1998
– Hurricane Mitch, the second deadliest Atlantic hurricane in history, makes landfall in Honduras.
November 9, 1998
– Capital punishment in the United Kingdom, already abolished for murder, is completely abolished for all remaining capital offences.
Who Were Born On 1998?
January 12, 1998
– Nathan Gamble, American actor
February 25, 1998
– Brendon Baerg, American actor
July 1, 1998
– Hollie Steel, English singer
July 8, 1998
– Jaden Smith, American actor
July 10, 1998
– Haley Pullos, American actress
July 24, 1998
– Bindi Irwin, Australian entertainer
August 1, 1998
– Khamani Griffin, American actor
October 6, 1998
– Mia-Sophie Wellenbrink, German actress and singer
October 18, 1998
– Julia Wróblewska, Polish actress
December 22, 1998
– G. Hannelius, American child actress