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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 1, 1998 – Rear Admiral Lillian E. Fishburne became the first female African American to be promoted to rear admiral.
- April 22, 1998 – Disney’s Animal Kingdom opens at Walt Disney World near Orlando, Florida, United States.
- May 13, 1998 – India carries out two nuclear tests at Pokhran, following the three conducted on May 11. The United States and Japan impose economic sanctions on India.
- May 30, 1998 – A magnitude 6.6 earthquake hits northern Afghanistan, killing up to 5,000.
- June 3, 1998 – Eschede train disaster: an ICE high speed train derails in Lower Saxony, Germany, causing 101 deaths.
- July 10, 1998 – Roman Catholic sex abuse cases: The Diocese of Dallas agrees to pay $23.4 million to nine former altar boys who claimed they were sexually abused by former priest Rudolph Kos.
- October 1, 1998 – Vladimir Putin becomes a permanent member of the Security Council of the Russian Federation.
- October 14, 1998 – Eric Robert Rudolph is charged with six bombings including the 1996 Centennial Olympic Park bombing in Atlanta, Georgia.
- October 29, 1998 – The Gothenburg nightclub fire in Sweden kills 63 and injures 200.
Who Were Born On 1998?
- January 12, 1998 – Nathan Gamble, American actor
- January 28, 1998 – Ariel Winter, American actress (Modern Family)
- February 8, 1998 – Šarlote Lēnmane, Latvian singer
- February 15, 1998 – Zachary Gordon, American actor
- April 24, 1998 – Ryan Newman, American actress
- July 1, 1998 – Hollie Steel, English singer
- July 8, 1998 – Jaden Smith, American actor
- July 24, 1998 – Bindi Irwin, Australian entertainer
- August 25, 1998 – China Anne McClain, American actress
- December 22, 1998 – G. Hannelius, American child actress