Hisdates•ComHistorical Events In 1998
Tuesday, 21 October 2025
Jan 01 All California bars, clubs & card rooms must be smoke-free in the year 1998. 
Jan 01 On this day in history mongolia switches from a 46 hour to 40 hour work week
Jan 01 The Ontario Southland Railway takes over the operation of the Guelph Junction Railway (formerly the Goderich subdivision) which had been leased by CP from the City of Guelph since 1888. The Ontario Southland also took over the 3.1 mile remnant of the CP owned Guelph and Goderich Railway in the year 1998.
Jan 01 US Census Bureau estimates population at 268,921,733 on this day in history.
Jan 02 On this day in history autopsy of Chris Farley shows he overdosed of opiates &cocaine
Jan 05 In the year 1998 ice storm knocks out electricity in Quebec & Ontario
Jan 05 Sonny Bono, half of the Sonny and Cher pop duo and politician, dies in a skiing accident in Lake Tahoe, California at age 62 on this day in history.
Jan 05 Vandals decapitate Copenhagen's Little Mermaid in the year 1998.
Jan 08 In the year 1998 national Defence deploys 4,000 soldiers to help Hydro-Quebec with the worst ice storm damage; 1.3 million households will lose power in Eastern Ontario and Quebec.
Jan 08 On this day in history roseanne files for divorce from 3rd husband Ben Thomas
Jan 08 Unabomber suspect Theodore Kaczynski asks to act as his own lawyer on this day in history.
Jan 08 World Trade Center bomber Ramzi Ahmed Yousef sentenced to life on this day in history.
Jan 09 Anatoly Karpov defeats Viswanathan Anand to retain chess title in the year 1998.
Jan 09 Anatoly Solovyov & Pavel Vinogradov spacewalk record 3 hours 8 minutes in the year 1998.
Jan 09 In the year 1998 decapitated head of Danish Little Mermaid is returned
Jan 09 In the year 1998 hockey News selects Wayne Gretzky best NHL player ever
Jan 09 On this day in history over 100 teams of linemen arrive from Detroit and other parts of the US to help clean up after the ice storm; 1.3 million homes still without electricity in Quebec and Eastern Ontario
Jan 11 24th Annual People's Choice Awards - Seinfeld, Tim Allen win in the year 1998.
Jan 11 On this day in history uS female Figure Skating championship won by Michelle Kwan
Jan 11 On this day in history uS male Figure Skating championship won by Todd Eldredge
Jan 13 In the year 1998 cBS pays $4 billion to televise AFC games for 8-years
Jan 14 100th episode of "Ellen," airs on this day in history.
Jan 14 Charles Barkley pleads not guilty to an assault charge in the year 1998.
Jan 15 Amos "Junior" Wells, blues musician, dies at 63 in the year 1998.
Jan 15 NASA announces John Glenn, 76, may fly in space again on this day in history.
Jan 16 In the year 1998 investigators for special counsel Kenneth Starr questioned former White House intern Monica Lewinsky about allegations that she had an affair with President Clinton.
Jan 17 President Clinton faces sexual harassment charges from Paula Jones on this day in history.
Jan 19 On this day in history carl Perkins, singer/songwriter, dies at 65
Jan 19 On this day in history rock 'n' roll pioneer Carl Perkins, whose hit song Blue Suede Shoes helped lift Elvis Presley to stardom, dies aged 65.
Jan 19 On this day in history the CN line bewteen Moncton, NB and Mont-Joli, Que is transferred to the Quebec Railway Corporation, through its wholly owned subsidiaries as follows New Brunswick East Coast Railway between Pacific Junction, near Moncton, and Campbellton, NB. Matapedia Railway between Campbellton, NB and Mont-Joli, QC.
Jan 19 The CN line bewteen Moncton, NB and Mont-Joli, Que is transferred to the Quebec Railway Corporation, through its wholly owned subsidiaries as follows: New Brunswick East Coast Railway between Pacific Junction, near Moncton, and Campbellton, NB. Matapedia Railway between Campbellton, NB and Mont-Joli, QC in the year 1998.
Jan 20 In the year 1998 rock & Roll Hall of Fame inducts Mama & Papas, Eagles
Jan 20 On this day in history warner Brothers TV Network begins Tuesday night programming
Jan 21 Pope John Paul II arrived in Havana for his first-ever visit to Cuba in the year 1998.
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