July 1998 calendar
Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened in July 1998.
The US president was Bill Clinton (Democrat), the UK Prime Minister was Tony Blair (Labour), Pope St John Paul II was leading the Catholic Church.
But much more happened on July 1998: find out below
Historical Events
Which were the important events of July 1998?
Events
- 02 Jul 1998 J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets is published.
- 05 Jul 1998 Japan launches a probe to Mars, and thus joins the United States and Russia as a space exploring nation.
- 06 Jul 1998 Hong Kong's Kai Tak Airport is closed and the new Hong Kong International Airport at Chek Lap Kok becomes operational.
- 07 Jul 1998 69th All Star Baseball Game: at Coors Field, Denver
- 10 Jul 1998 The DNA-identified remains of United States Air Force 1st Lieutenant Michael Joseph Blassie arrive home to his family in St. Louis, Missouri, after being in the Tomb of the Unknowns since 1984.
- 12 Jul 1998 16th Seniors Players Golf Championship
- 17 Jul 1998 Russia buries tsar Nicholas II and family, 80 years after they died
- 19 Jul 1998 127th British Golf Open: at Royal Birkdale
- 20 Jul 1998 Two hundred aid workers from CARE International, Doctors Without Borders and other aid groups leave Afghanistan on orders of the Taliban.
- 24 Jul 1998 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.
- 25 Jul 1998 The United States Navy commissions the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman and puts her into service.
- 26 Jul 1998 19th US Senior Golf Open ends at Riviera Country Club - Pacific Palisades, California
- 30 Jul 1998 The Disney Cruise Line launches its first cruise ship, the Disney Magic, from Port Canaveral, Florida.
- 06 Jul 1998 Hong Kong International Airport opens in Chek Lap Kok, Hong Kong, replacing Kai Tak Airport as the city's international airport.
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Music charts
Which were the top hits in July 1998?
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Top #5 songs in the USA
- Brandy & Monica - The Boy Is Mine
- Shania Twain - You're Still The One
- Next - Too Close
- Usher - My Way
- Mariah Carey - My All
Top #5 songs in the UK
- B*Witched - C'est La Vie
- Pras Michel featuring ODB & Mya - Ghetto Supastar (That Is What You Are)
- Baddiel & Skinner and The Lightning Seeds - Three Lions '98
- Mousse T vs Hot 'N' Juicy - Horny
- Another Level - Freak Me
Movies
Which were the most popular Movies released in that month?
Books
Which were the most popular books released in July 1998?
Rising Tides
By: Nora Roberts
The second novel in Nora Roberts' amazing Chesapeake Bay Saga #1 New York Times Bestseller, the Quinn brothers must return home to Maryland to fulfill their father's last request...Ethan
Philistines At The Hedgerow
By: Steven Gaines
An eccentric cast vies for a piece of Hamptons land - still inhabited by generations of families who have fished and farmed the region for generations.
Cities Of The Plain
By: Cormac McCarthy
The National Book Award-winning author, All the Pretty Horses and The Crossing, has created a stunning new novel that is a beautiful elegy about the American frontier. The
Sunset Limited
By: James Lee Burke
Dave Robicheaux is fighting with ghosts and killers in a land that's sain.
A Pirate Looks At Fifty
By: Jimmy Buffett
For millions of Jimmy Buffett fans, Tales From Margaritaville, and Where Is Joe Merchant? are his best-selling books.