What Happened In July 1998 In History

Historical Events for July, 1998

• 4th » Japan launches the Nozomi (spacecraft) e.g Nozomi probe to Mars, joining the United States and Russia as a outer space known as space exploring nation.
• 10th » Roman Catholic sex abuse cases: The Roman Catholic Diocese of Dallas named Diocese of Dallas agrees to pay $23.4 million to nine former altar boys who claimed they were child sexual abuse named sexually abused by Rudolph Kos, a former priest.
• 17th » 1998 Papua New Guinea earthquake known as Papua New Guinea earthquake: A tsunami triggered by an undersea earthquake destroys 10 villages in Papua New Guinea killing an estimated 3,183, leaving 2,000 more unaccounted for and thousands more homeless.
• 17th » A diplomatic conference adopts the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, establishing a International Criminal Court known as permanent international court to prosecute individuals for genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and the cri
• 24th » United States Capitol shooting incident (1998) or 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.

Famous Birthdays on July in 1998

• 4th » Malia Obama, American daughter of Barack Obama
• 7th » Dylan Sprayberry, American Actor
• 8th » Jaden Smith, American actor and rapper
• 10th » Haley Pullos, American actress
• 22nd » Madison Pettis, American actress
• 24th » Bindi Irwin, Australian television host and actress
• 30th » Johnny Bennett, English-Irish actor

Famous Deaths for July 1998

• 3rd » Danielle Bunten Berry, American game designer and programmer (b. 1949)
• 5th » Sid Luckman, American football player (b. 1916)
• 6th » Roy Rogers, American actor and singer (b. 1911)
• 7th » Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola, Nigerian businessman and politician (b. 1937)
• 11th » Panagiotis Kondylis, Greek philosopher and author (b. 1943)
• 12th » Jimmy Driftwood, American singer-songwriter and banjo player (b. 1907)
• 12th » Arkady Ostashev, Russian engineer (b. 1925)
• 12th » Serge Lemoyne, Canadian painter (b. 1941)
• 15th » S. Shanmuganathan (Sri Lankan politician) called S. Shanmuganathan, Sri Lankan politician (b. 1960)
• 16th » John Henrik Clarke, American historian and scholar (b. 1915)
• 17th » Lillian Hoban, American author and illustrator (b. 1925)
• 19th » Elmer Valo, Polish-American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1921)
• 20th » June Byers, American wrestler (b. 1922)
• 21st » Alan Shepard, American admiral, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1923)
• 21st » Robert Young (actor) e.g Robert Young, American actor and singer (b. 1907)
• 22nd » Fritz Buchloh, German footballer and coach (b. 1909)
• 22nd » Hermann Prey, German opera singer (b. 1929)
• 25th » Tal Farlow, American guitarist (b. 1921)
• 25th » Evangelos Papastratos, Greek businessman, co-founded Papastratos (b. 1910)
• 27th » Binnie Barnes, English-American actress and singer (b. 1903)
• 28th » Zbigniew Herbert, Polish poet and author (b. 1924)
• 28th » Lenny McLean, English boxer, actor, and author (b. 1949)
• 29th » Jerome Robbins, American director, producer, and choreographer (b. 1918)
• 30th » Jorge Russek, Mexican actor (b. 1932)
• 30th » Buffalo Bob Smith, American television host (b. 1917)

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