What Happened In October 1998 In History

Historical Events for October, 1998

• 7th » Matthew Shepard, a gay student at the University of Wyoming, is found tied to a fence after being savagely beaten by two young adults in Laramie, Wyoming.
• 10th » A Lignes Aériennes Congolaises Boeing 727 is 1998 Lignes Aériennes Congolaises crash or shot down by rebels in Kindu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, killing 41 people.
• 14th » Eric Rudolph is charged with six bombings including the 1996 Centennial Olympic Park bombing in Atlanta known as Atlanta, Georgia.
• 23rd » Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian people called Palestinian Chairman Yasser Arafat reach a "land for peace" agreement.
• 23rd » Swatch Internet Time, a measure of 1000 "beats" per day was inaugurated by Swatch Group named The Swatch Group.
• 24th » Launch of Deep Space 1 comet/asteroid mission
• 28th » An Air China jetliner is hijacked by disgruntled pilot Yuan Bin and flown to Taiwan.
• 29th » Apartheid: In South Africa, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (South Africa) known as Truth and Reconciliation Commission presents its report, which condemns both sides for committing atrocities.
• 29th » Space Shuttle Discovery blasts off on STS-95 with 77-year old John Glenn on board, making him the oldest person to go into space.
• 29th » ATSC HDTV broadcasting in the United States is inaugurated with the launch of STS-95 space shuttle mission.
• 29th » While 'en route' from Adana to Ankara, a Turkish Airlines flight with a crew of 6 and 33 passengers is hijacked by a Kurdish militant who orders the pilot to fly to Switzerland. The plane instead lands in Ankara after the pilot tricked the hijacker into t
• 29th » Hurricane Mitch, the second deadliest Atlantic hurricane in history, makes Landfall (meteorology) named landfall in Honduras.
• 29th » The Gothenburg nightclub fire in Sweden kills 63 and injures 200.
• 31st » Iraq disarmament crisis begins: Iraq announces it would no longer cooperate with United Nations weapons inspectors.

Famous Birthdays on October in 1998

• 6th » Mia-Sophie Wellenbrink, German actress and singer
• 10th » Nash Aguas, Filipino actor
• 23rd » Amandla Stenberg, American actress
• 29th » Lance Stroll, Canadian race driver
• 30th » Meimi Tamura, Japanese singer and actress (S/mileage)

Famous Deaths for October 1998

• 2nd » Gene Autry, American singer, guitarist, and actor (b. 1907)
• 2nd » Olivier Gendebien, Belgian race car driver (b. 1924)
• 2nd » Sanjaasürengiin Zorig, Mongolian politician (b. 1962)
• 3rd » Roddy McDowall, English-American actor, singer, and producer (b. 1928)
• 4th » S. Arasaratnam, Sri Lankan historian and academic (b. 1930)
• 6th » Mark Belanger, American baseball player (b. 1944)
• 7th » Cees de Vreugd, Dutch strongman and weightlifter (b. 1952)
• 7th » Arnold Jacobs, American tuba player and educator (b. 1915)
• 10th » Clark Clifford, American captain, lawyer, and politician 9th United States Secretary of Defense (b. 1906)
• 10th » Tommy Quaid, Irish hurler (b. 1957)
• 11th » Richard Denning, American actor (b. 1914)
• 12th » Mario Beaulieu (Canadian senator) called Mario Beaulieu, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1930)
• 12th » Matthew Shepard, American murder victim (b. 1976)
• 13th » Dmitry Nikolayevich Filippov, Russian politician (b. 1944)
• 14th » Cleveland Amory, American author and activist (b. 1917)
• 14th » Frankie Yankovic, American accordion player (b. 1916)
• 15th » Colette Darfeuil, French actress (b. 1906)
• 17th » Joan Hickson, English actress (b. 1906)
• 17th » Hakim Said, Pakistani scholar and politician, 20th Governor of Sindh (b. 1920)
• 18th » Alfred Praks, Estonian-Swedish wrestler (b. 1902)
• 21st » Francis W. Sargent, American politician, 64th Governor of Massachusetts (b. 1915)
• 22nd » Eric Ambler, English author (b. 1909)
• 23rd » Barnett Slepian, American physician (b. 1946)
• 24th » Nancy Meek Pocock, Members of the Order of Ontario (b. 1910)
• 25th » Warren Wiebe, American singer (b. 1953)
• 28th » Ted Hughes, English author, poet, and playwright (b. 1930)
• 29th » Paul Misraki, Turkish-French composer (b. 1908)
• 31st » Elmer Vasko, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1935)

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