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1998 Calendar Trivia
The next time you can reuse this calendar will be on year 2026. Both calendars will be exactly the same! This is assuming you are not interested in the dates for Easter and other irregular holidays that are based on a solar cycle.
April 4 (4/4), June 6 (6/6), August 8 (8/8), October 10 (10/10), December 12 (12/12), and the last day of February always fall on the same day of the week in any given year. This is called the ‘Doomsday rule’. Check these dates using the full 12-month calendar below to verify.
1998 Calendar
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Historical Events Of 1998
- January 28, 1998 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Earth Tiger in Chinese astrology.
- March 24, 1998 – A tornado sweeps through Dantan in India, killing 250 people and injuring 3000 others.
- 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 23, 1998 – The Good Friday Agreement is accepted in a referendum in Northern Ireland with 75% voting yes.
- June 5, 1998 – A strike begins at the General Motors parts factory in Flint, Michigan, that quickly spreads to five other assembly plants. The strike lasts seven weeks.
- July 17, 1998 – Papua New Guinea earthquake: A tsunami triggered by an undersea earthquake destroys ten 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.
- September 18, 1998 – ICANN is formed.
- October 16, 1998 – Former Chilean dictator General Augusto Pinochet is arrested in London on a warrant from Spain requesting his extradition on murder charges.
- November 30, 1998 – Exxon and Mobil sign a US$73.7 billion agreement to merge, thus creating ExxonMobil, the world’s largest company.
Who Were Born On 1998?
- January 22, 1998 – Silentó, American rapper
- February 8, 1998 – Šarlote Lēnmane, Latvian singer-songwriter
- February 10, 1998 – Candy Hsu, Taiwanese singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
- February 15, 1998 – Zachary Gordon, American actor
- February 20, 1998 – Shun Nishime, Japanese model and actor
- April 9, 1998 – Elle Fanning, American actress and singer
- June 13, 1998 – Abdallah El Akal, Israeli actor
- June 24, 1998 – Coy Stewart, American actor
- July 22, 1998 – Madison Pettis, American actress
- August 5, 1998 – Mimi Keene, English actress