What Happened In September 1998 In History

Historical Events for September, 1998

• 2nd » Swissair Flight 111 crashes near Peggys Cove, Nova Scotia. All 229 people on board are killed.
• 4th » Google is founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin, two students at Stanford University.
• 11th » Opening ceremony for the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Malaysia is the first Asian country to host the games.
• 14th » Telecommunications companies MCI Communications and WorldCom complete their $37 billion merger to form MCI WorldCom.
• 15th » With the landmark merger of WorldCom and MCI Communications completed the day prior, the new MCI WorldCom opens its doors for business.
• 18th » ICANN is formed.
• 27th » The Google internet search engine retrospectively claims this as its birthday.

Famous Deaths for September 1998

• 1st » Józef Krupiński, Polish poet (b. 1930)
• 1st » Cary Middlecoff, American golfer (b. 1921)
• 2nd » Jackie Blanchflower, Irish-English footballer (b. 1933)
• 2nd » Allen Drury, American author (b. 1918)
• 4th » Ernst Jaakson, Estonian diplomat (b. 1905)
• 4th » Elizabeth Kata, Australian author (b. 1912)
• 5th » Fernando Balzaretti, Mexican actor (b. 1946)
• 5th » Ferdinand Biondi, Canadian radio host (b. 1909)
• 5th » Willem Drees, Jr., Dutch economist and politician, Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management (Netherlands) e.g Dutch Minister of Transport (b. 1922)
• 5th » Verner Panton, Danish interior designer (b. 1926)
• 5th » Leo Penn, American actor and director (b. 1921)
• 6th » Ernst-Hugo Järegård, Swedish actor (b. 1928)
• 6th » Akira Kurosawa, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1910)
• 6th » Ric Segreto, American singer-songwriter, actor, and journalist (b. 1952)
• 9th » Lucio Battisti, Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1943)
• 9th » Bill Cratty, American dancer and choreographer (b. 1951)
• 10th » Carl Forgione, English actor (b. 1944)
• 11th » Dane Clark, American actor and director (b. 1913)
• 13th » Harry Lumley (ice hockey) e.g Harry Lumley, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1926)
• 13th » Frank Renouf, New Zealand businessman (b. 1918)
• 13th » George Wallace, American sergeant, lawyer, and politician, 45th Governor of Alabama (b. 1919)
• 15th » Louis Rasminsky, Canadian economist, 3rd Governor of the Bank of Canada (b. 1908)
• 17th » Ted Binion, American poker player and businessman (b. 1943)
• 17th » Geoffrey Dutton, Australian historian and author (b. 1922)
• 17th » Gustav Nezval, Czech actor (b. 1907)
• 18th » Charlie Foxx, American singer and guitarist (Inez and Charlie Foxx) (b. 1939)
• 19th » Patricia Hayes, English actress (b. 1909)
• 20th » Muriel Humphrey Brown, American politician, 28th Second Lady of the United States (b. 1912)
• 21st » Florence Griffith Joyner, American sprinter (b. 1959)
• 23rd » Ray Bowden, English footballer (b. 1909)
• 23rd » Mary Frann, American actress (b. 1943)
• 24th » Jeff Moss, American composer and screenwriter (b. 1942)
• 26th » Betty Carter, American singer (b. 1930)
• 27th » Narita Brian, Japanese race horse (b. 1991)
• 27th » Shawn Phelan, American actor (b. 1975)
• 27th » Doak Walker, American football player (b. 1927)
• 29th » Tom Bradley (American politician) e.g Tom Bradley, American lieutenant and politician, 38th Mayor of Los Angeles (b. 1917)
• 30th » Marius Goring, English actor and producer (b. 1912)
• 30th » Dan Quisenberry, American baseball player and poet (b. 1953)
• 30th » Robert Lewis Taylor, American author (b. 1912)

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