Tuesday August 11, 1998
US date format: 8/11/1998, UK date format: 11/8/1998
It was Tuesday, under the sign of Leo (see birth chart on August 11, 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.
In that special week of August people in US were listening to The Boy Is Mine by Brandy & Monica.
In UK No Matter What by Boyzone was in the top 5 hits.
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, directed by Guy Ritchie, was one of the most viewed movies released in 1998
while Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden was one of the best selling books.
On TV people were watching Any Day Now.
If you liked videogames you were probably playing Carmen Sandiego Math Detective or Bust a Groove.
But much more happened that day: find out below..
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Historical Events
Which were the important events of August 11, 1998?
Holidays
- Brazil - Student�s Day, Lawyer�s Day, Foundation of the Law Studies in Brazil
- Zimbabwe - Heroes Day
- Taiwan - Valentine's Day
- Roman Catholicism - the feasts of at least 5 saints: St. Tiburtius
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Movies
Which were the most popular Movies released in those months?
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Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Directed by: Guy Ritchie
Starring: Jason Flemyng, Dexter Fletcher, Nick Moran, Jason Statham
Country: United States of America
Rounders
Directed by: John Dahl
Starring: Matt Damon, Edward Norton, Gretchen Mol, John Malkovich
Country: United States of America
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Directed by: Mark Christopher
Starring: Ryan Phillippe, Salma Hayek, Neve Campbell, Mike Myers
Ground Control
Directed by: Richard Howard
Starring: Kiefer Sutherland, Robert Sean Leonard, Bruce McGill, Kristy Swanson
Run Lola Run
Directed by: Tom Tykwer
Starring: Franka Potente, Moritz Bleibtreu, Herbert Knaup, Nina Petri
Country: United States of America
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Music charts
Which were the top hits in that special week of August 11, 1998?
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Top #10 songs in the USA
Top #5 songs in the UK
- Boyzone - No Matter What
- The Spice Girls - Viva Forever
- Pras Michel featuring ODB & Mya - Ghetto Supastar (That Is What You Are)
- Stardust - Music Sounds Better With You
- Sash! featuring Tina Cousins - Mysterious Times
Top #10 R&B songs
- Kelly Price - Friend Of Mine
- Nicole Featuring Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott & Mocha - Make It Hot
- Brandy & Monica - The Boy Is Mine
- Monica - The First Night
- Jon B - They Don't Know/Are U Still Down
- Usher - My Way
- Next - Too Close
- Tatyana Ali - Daydreamin'
- Big Punisher Featuring Joe - Still Not A Player
- Mase Featuring Puff Daddy - Lookin' At Me
Sport Games on August 11, 1998
Bundesliga 2
Football (Germany)- F Koln - Stuttgarter K : 2 - 1
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TV Series
Which were the most popular TV Series released in those months?
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Any Day Now
Directed by: Travis Fine
Perla
Directed by: Sergio Castilla
Get Real
Directed by: Simon Shore
Saaya
Directed by: Anurag Basu
Sex and the City
Directed by: Susan Seidelman
Days to next August 11
If August 11, 1998 is your birthday you're 22 years, 1 month, 15 days old and you'll celebrate your next birthday in 10 months, 16 days.
Magazine Covers
What news were making the headlines those days in August 1998?
- LIFE: Wicked Weather
- Time: TIME Magazine Cover: Monica Lewinsky & Bill Clinton -- Aug. 10, 1998
- SportsIllustrated: Sports Illustrated: no.9651
- EW: Entertainment Weekly: no.444
- Wired: Wired - August, 1998
Books
Which were the most popular books released in the last weeks?
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Memoirs of a Geisha
By: Arthur Golden
A literary sensation and runaway bestseller, this brilliant debut novel tells with seamless authenticity and exquisite lyricism the true confessions of one of Japan's most celebrated geisha.Speaking
We Are Our Mothers' Daughters
By: Cokie Roberts
In this revised and expanded tenth-anniversary edition of the #1 New York Times bestseller, renowned political commentator Cokie Roberts once again examines the nature of women's roles through the revealing lens
Citizen Soldiers
By: Stephen E. Ambrose
From Stephen E. Ambrose, bestselling author of Band of Brothers and D-Day, the inspiring story of the ordinary men of the U.S. army in northwest Europe from the day after D-Day until the end of the bitterest days of World …
A Walk In The Woods
By: Bill Bryson
Soon to be a major motion picture starring Robert Redford and Nick Nolte.The Appalachian Trail trail stretches from Georgia to Maine and covers some of the most breathtaking terrain in
The Notebook
By: Nicholas Sparks
Every so often a love story so captures our hearts that it becomes more than a story-it becomes an experience to remember forever. The Notebook is such a book.
Videogames
What videogames would you be playing back in the days?
Looney Tunes: Carrot Crazy
G.A.S.P. Fighters' NEXTream
GuitarFreaks
Carmen Sandiego Math Detective
Bust a Groove
Financial News
Stock Markets and Exchange Rates
Stock Markets
- ExxonMobil XOM: opens at $67.31
- Apple AAPL: opens at $37.75
- Microsoft MSFT: opens at $102.87
- General Electric GE: opens at $86.25
- International Business Machines IBM: opens at $126.12
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