1998

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Millennium: 2nd millennium
Centuries: 19th century20th century21st century
Decades: 1960s  1970s  1980s  – 1990s –  2000s  2010s  2020s
Years: 1995 1996 199719981999 2000 2001

1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1998th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 998th year of the 2nd millennium, the 98th year of the 20th century, and the 9th year of the 1990s decade.

Events[change | change source]

January[change | change source]

New rubles
Frozen trees during the winter storm

February[change | change source]

March[change | change source]

April[change | change source]

The Akashi-Kaikyo Bridge

May[change | change source]

June[change | change source]

July[change | change source]

The US Embassy in Kenya after the bombing

August[change | change source]

September[change | change source]

Vessels searching for Swissair Flight 111 off Nova Scotia
Flooding in Nicaragua caused by Hurricane Mitch

October[change | change source]

November[change | change source]

December[change | change source]

Births[change | change source]

Deaths[change | change source]

January[change | change source]

Sonny Bono
Vladimir Prelog

February[change | change source]

Enoch Powell
George H. Hitchings

March[change | change source]

Lloyd Bridges

April[change | change source]

Pol Pot
Octavio Paz
Konstantinos Karamanlis

May[change | change source]

Frank Sinatra
Sōsuke Uno
Phil Hartman
Barry Goldwater

June[change | change source]

July[change | change source]

Alan Shepard

August[change | change source]

Frederick Reines

September[change | change source]

Akira Kurosawa
Yang Shangkun

October[change | change source]

November[change | change source]

December[change | change source]

Martin Rodbell

Nobel Prizes[change | change source]

Movies released[change | change source]

Hit songs[change | change source]

New books[change | change source]

References[change | change source]

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