What Happened In April 1998 In History

Historical Events for April, 1998

• 5th » In Japan, the Akashi Kaikyō Bridge linking Awaji Island with Honshū and costing about $3.8 billion United States dollar e.g USD, opens to traffic, becoming the largest suspension bridge in the world.
• 6th » Pakistan tests medium-range missiles capable of reaching India.
• 6th » Travelers Group announces an agreement to undertake the $76 billion merger between Travelers and Citicorp, and the merger is completed on October 8, of that year, forming Citibank.
• 10th » Northern Ireland peace deal reached (Good Friday Agreement).
• 12th » An earthquake in Slovenia, measuring 5.6 on the Richter magnitude scale e.g Richter scale occurs near the town of Bovec.
• 20th » German terrorist group the Red Army Faction announces their dissolution after 28 years.

Famous Birthdays on April in 1998

• 3rd » Paris Jackson (actress) or Paris Jackson, American actress
• 6th » Peyton List (actress born 1998) or Peyton List, American actress
• 6th » Spencer List, American actor
• 9th » Elle Fanning, American actress
• 11th » Oliver Dillon, English actor
• 24th » Ryan Newman (actress) named Ryan Newman, American actress and singer
• 29th » Kimberly Birrell, Australian tennis player

Famous Deaths for April 1998

• 1st » Gene Evans, American actor (b. 1922)
• 1st » Rozz Williams, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Christian Death, Shadow Project, and Premature Ejaculation (band) or Premature Ejaculation) (b. 1963)
• 2nd » Rob Pilatus, American singer and dancer (Milli Vanilli and Rob & Fab) (b. 1965)
• 3rd » Mary Cartwright, English mathematician (b. 1900)
• 5th » Cozy Powell, English drummer (Black Sabbath Rainbow (rock band) e.g Rainbow, The Jeff Beck Group, and Emerson, Lake & Powell) (b. 1947)
• 6th » Norbert Schmitz, German footballer (b. 1958)
• 6th » Wendy O. Williams, American singer-songwriter (Plasmatics) (b. 1949)
• 6th » Tammy Wynette, American singer-songwriter (b. 1942)
• 7th » Alex Schomburg, Puerto Rican-American painter (b. 1905)
• 9th » Tom Cora, American cellist and composer (Skeleton Crew (band) Skeleton Crew, Curlew (band) Curlew, and Third Person (band) Third Person) (b. 1953)
• 10th » Archbishop Seraphim of Athens (b. 1913)
• 12th » Robert Ford (poet) known as Robert Ford, Canadian poet and diplomat (b. 1915)
• 13th » Patrick de Gayardon, French skydiver and base jumper (b. 1960)
• 15th » Pol Pot, Cambodian politician, 29th Prime Minister of Cambodia (b. 1925)
• 16th » Alberto Calderón, Argentinian-American mathematician (b. 1920)
• 16th » Fred Davis (snooker player) called Fred Davis, English snooker player (b. 1913)
• 16th » Marie-Louise Meilleur, Canadian super-centenarian (b. 1880)
• 17th » Linda McCartney, American singer-songwriter, photographer, and activist (Wings (band) e.g Wings) (b. 1941)
• 18th » Terry Sanford, American politician, 65th Governor of North Carolina (b. 1917)
• 19th » Octavio Paz, Mexican poet, philosopher, and academic Nobel Prize in Literature called Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1914)
• 21st » Jean-François Lyotard, French sociologist and philosopher (b. 1924)
• 22nd » Kitch Christie, South African rugby player and coach (b. 1940)
• 23rd » Konstantinos Karamanlis, Greek politician, 172nd Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1907)
• 23rd » James Earl Ray, American assassin of Martin Luther King, Jr. (b. 1928)
• 23rd » Thanassis Skordalos, Greek singer-songwriter and Cretan lyra e.g lyra player (b. 1920)
• 25th » Wright Morris, American author and photographer (b. 1910)
• 25th » Christian Mortensen, Danish-American super-centenarian (b. 1882)
• 27th » John Bassett, Canadian journalist (b. 1915)
• 27th » Carlos Castaneda, Peruvian-American author (b. 1925)
• 27th » Anne Desclos, French journalist and author (b. 1907)
• 27th » Browning Ross, American runner (b. 1924)
• 28th » Jerome Bixby, American author and screenwriter (b. 1923)
• 28th » Ramakant Desai, Indian cricketer (b. 1939)
• 29th » Hal Laycoe, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1922)
• 30th » Nizar Qabbani, Syrian poet (b. 1926)

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