What Happened In December 1998 In History

Historical Events for December, 1998

• 4th » The 'Unity Module', the second module of the International Space Station, is launched.
• 8th » Tadjena massacre named Eighty-one people are killed by armed groups in Algeria.
• 11th » Thai Airways International Flight 261 Thai Airways Flight 261 crashes near Surat Thani Airport, killing 101. The pilot flying the Thai Airways International Thai Airways Airbus Airbus A310 A310-300 A310-300 is thought to have suffered spatial disorientati
• 19th » President Bill Clinton is Impeachment of Bill Clinton called impeached by the United States House of Representatives, becoming the second President of the United States to be impeached.
• 26th » Iraq announces its intention to fire upon U.S. and British warplanes that patrol the northern and southern Iraqi no-fly zones or no-fly zones.
• 29th » Leaders of the Khmer Rouge apologize for the 1970s genocide in Cambodia that claimed over 1 million lives.
• 31st » The European Exchange Rate Mechanism freezes the values of the legacy currencies in the Eurozone, and establishes the value of the euro currency.

Famous Birthdays on December in 1998

• 2nd » Amber Montana, American actress
• 15th » Chandler Canterbury, American actor
• 20th » Ivett Tóth, Hungarian figure skater
• 22nd » G. Hannelius, American actress and singer
• 29th » Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick, American actor

Famous Deaths for December 1998

• 1st » Freddie Young, English cinematographer (b. 1902)
• 3rd » Pierre Hétu, Canadian pianist and conductor (b. 1936)
• 5th » Albert Gore, Sr., American lawyer and politician (b. 1907)
• 6th » César Baldaccini, French sculptor (b. 1921)
• 7th » John Addison, English-American composer (b. 1920)
• 7th » Martin Rodbell, American biochemist and endocrinologist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine or Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1925)
• 8th » Michael Craze, English actor (b. 1942)
• 9th » Shaughnessy Cohen, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1948)
• 9th » Archie Moore, American boxer and actor (b. 1913)
• 11th » André Lichnerowicz, French physicist and mathematician (b. 1915)
• 11th » Lynn Strait, American singer-songwriter (Snot (band) known as Snot) (b. 1968)
• 12th » Lawton Chiles, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 41st Governor of Florida (b. 1930)
• 12th » Marco Denevi, Argentinian author and screenwriter (b. 1922)
• 12th » Mo Udall, American captain and politician (b. 1922)
• 14th » Norman Fell, American actor (b. 1924)
• 14th » A. Leon Higginbotham, Jr., American lawyer, judge, and activist (b. 1928)
• 14th » Annette Strauss, American philanthropist and politician, Mayor of Dallas (b. 1924)
• 16th » William Gaddis, American author (b. 1922)
• 18th » Lev Dyomin, Russian colonel, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1926)
• 19th » Mel Fisher, American treasure hunter (b. 1922)
• 19th » Antonio Ordóñez, Spanish bullfighter (b. 1932)
• 20th » Irene Hervey, American actress (b. 1909)
• 20th » Alan Lloyd Hodgkin, English physiologist and biophysicist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine e.g Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1916)
• 20th » C. P. Lyons, Canadian historian and author (b. 1915)
• 21st » Roger Avon, English actor (b. 1914)
• 21st » Karl Denver, Scottish-English singer (b. 1931)
• 21st » Ernst-Günther Schenck, German colonel and physician (b. 1904)
• 23rd » Joe Orlando, Italian-American author and illustrator (b. 1927)
• 24th » Syl Apps, Canadian ice hockey player and pole vaulter (b. 1915)
• 25th » Bryan MacLean, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Love (band) e.g Love) (b. 1946)
• 25th » John Pulman, English snooker player (b. 1926)
• 29th » Jean-Claude Forest, French author and illustrator (b. 1930)
• 30th » Johnny Moore (musician) named Johnny Moore, American singer (The Drifters) (b. 1934)
• 30th » Sam Muchnick, American wrestling promoter, co-founded the National Wrestling Alliance (b. 1905)
• 30th » George Webb (actor) known as George Webb, English actor (b. 1911)

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