1998

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This article is about the year 1998. For the number, see 1998 (number). For other uses, see 1998 (disambiguation).
Millennium: 2nd millennium
Centuries: 19th century20th century21st century
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Years: 1995 1996 199719981999 2000 2001
1998 by topic:
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1998 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar 1998
MCMXCVIII
Ab urbe condita 2751
Armenian calendar 1447
ԹՎ ՌՆԽԷ
Assyrian calendar 6748
Bahá'í calendar 154–155
Bengali calendar 1405
Berber calendar 2948
British Regnal year 46 Eliz. 2 – 47 Eliz. 2
Buddhist calendar 2542
Burmese calendar 1360
Byzantine calendar 7506–7507
Chinese calendar 丁丑(Fire Ox)
4694 or 4634
    — to —
戊寅年 (Earth Tiger)
4695 or 4635
Coptic calendar 1714–1715
Discordian calendar 3164
Ethiopian calendar 1990–1991
Hebrew calendar 5758–5759
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat 2054–2055
 - Shaka Samvat 1920–1921
 - Kali Yuga 5099–5100
Holocene calendar 11998
Igbo calendar 998–999
Iranian calendar 1376–1377
Islamic calendar 1418–1419
Japanese calendar Heisei 10
(平成10年)
Juche calendar 87
Julian calendar Gregorian minus 13 days
Korean calendar 4331
Minguo calendar ROC 87
民國87年
Thai solar calendar 2541
Unix time 883612800–915148799

1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (dominical letter D) 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.

1998 was designated as:

  • International Year of the Ocean[1]

Events[edit]

January[edit]

New rubles

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Akashi-Kaikyo Bridge

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Aug.7: Nairobi Embassy bombing.

September[edit]

Canadian Coast Guard Vessel Henry Hudson searches for Swissair Flight 111 debris

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Date unknown[edit]

Births[edit]

Births
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Deaths[edit]

Main article: Deaths in 1998
Deaths
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Nobel Prizes[edit]

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Fields Medal[edit]

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