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 4, 1998 – An earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter Scale in northeast Afghanistan kills more than 5,000.
- February 28, 1998 – Kosovo War: Serbian police begin the offensive against the Kosovo Liberation Army in Kosovo.
- April 12, 1998 – An earthquake in Slovenia, measuring 5.6 on the Richter scale occurs near the town of Bovec.
- May 23, 1998 – The Good Friday Agreement is accepted in a referendum in Northern Ireland with 75% voting yes.
- August 7, 1998 – The United States embassy bombings in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and Nairobi, Kenya kill approximately 212 people.
- August 15, 1998 – Omagh bomb in Northern Ireland, the worst terrorist incident of The Troubles
- September 2, 1998 – Swissair Flight 111 crashes near Peggys Cove, Nova Scotia. All 229 people on board are killed.
- November 9, 1998 – Capital punishment in the United Kingdom, already abolished for murder, is completely abolished for all remaining capital offences.
- November 20, 1998 – A court in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan declares accused terrorist Osama bin Laden “a man without a sin” in regard to the 1998 U.S. embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania.
Who Were Born On 1998?
- January 12, 1998 – Nathan Gamble, American actor
- February 8, 1998 – Šarlote Lēnmane, Latvian singer
- April 9, 1998 – Elle Fanning, American actress
- April 24, 1998 – Ryan Newman, American actress
- June 24, 1998 – Coy Stewart, American actor
- July 17, 1998 – Felipe Juan Froilán de Marichalar y de Borbón, Spanish royal
- July 24, 1998 – Bindi Irwin, Australian entertainer
- July 31, 1998 – Rico Rodriguez II, American child actor
- August 19, 1998 – Ella Guevara, Filipino actress
- November 23, 1998 – Bradley Steven Perry, American child actor