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1998 Calendar

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•  January 28, 1998 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Earth Tiger in Chinese astrology.
•  February 20, 1998 – American figure skater Tara Lipinski becomes the youngest gold-medalist at the Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.
•  February 23, 1998 – In the United States, tornadoes in central Florida destroy or damage 2,600 structures and kill 42.
•  April 22, 1998 – Disney’s Animal Kingdom opens at Walt Disney World near Orlando, Florida, United States.
•  June 3, 1998 – Eschede train disaster: an ICE high speed train derails in Lower Saxony, Germany, causing 101 deaths.
•  September 11, 1998 – Opening ceremony for the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Malaysia is the first Asian country to host the games.
•  October 17, 1998 – At Jesse, in the Niger Delta, Nigeria, a petroleum pipeline explodes killing about 1200 villagers, some of whom are scavenging gasoline.
•  November 30, 1998 – Exxon and Mobil sign a $73.7 billion USD agreement to merge, thus creating Exxon-Mobil, the world’s largest company.
•  December 4, 1998 – The Unity Module, the second module of the International Space Station, is launched.
•  December 19, 1998 – Lewinsky scandal: The United States House of Representatives forwards articles I and III of impeachment against President Bill Clinton to the Senate.

•  January 1, 1998 – Marlene Lawston, American child actress
•  January 12, 1998 – Nathan Gamble, American actor
•  February 8, 1998 – Šarlote Lēnmane, Latvian singer
•  February 15, 1998 – Zachary Gordon, American actor
•  July 10, 1998 – Haley Pullos, American actress
•  July 17, 1998 – Felipe Juan Froilán de Marichalar y de Borbón, Spanish royal
•  July 24, 1998 – Bindi Irwin, Australian entertainer
•  August 1, 1998 – Khamani Griffin, American actor
•  August 19, 1998 – Ella Guevara, Filipino actress
•  October 18, 1998 – Julia Wróblewska, Polish actress