Sunday May 31, 1998
US date format: 5/31/1998, UK date format: 31/5/1998
It was Sunday, under the sign of Gemini (see birth chart on May 31, 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.
Famous people born on this day include Cheyo Carrillo .
In that special week of May people in US were listening to Too Close by Next.
In UK Under The Bridge / Lady Marmalade by All Saints was in the top 5 hits.
Can't Hardly Wait, directed by Harry Elfont, Deborah Kaplan, was one of the most viewed movies released in 1998
while A Widow For One Year by John Irving was one of the best selling books.
On TV people were watching Saaya.
If you liked videogames you were probably playing 1080° Snowboarding or Carmen Sandiego Math Detective.
But much more happened that day: find out below..
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Historical Events
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Holidays
- World No Tobacco Day.
- Syaday (Discordianism) (5th day of the season of Confusion, honors Apostle Sri Syadasti).
- Saint Gislemerio
- Saint Mechtilde of Diessen
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Events
- Wins Wegmans Rochester Golf International
Famous Birthday
- Cheyo Carrillo: World Music Singer.
Famous Deaths
- Charles Van Acker: Belgian-American race car driver (d....
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Movies
Which were the most popular Movies released in those months?
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Can't Hardly Wait
Directed by: Harry Elfont, Deborah Kaplan
Starring: Jennifer Love Hewitt, Ethan Embry, Charlie Korsmo, Lauren Ambrose
Country: United States of America
Dirty Work
Directed by: Bob Saget
Starring: Norm MacDonald, Jack Warden, Artie Lange, Traylor Howard
Phoenix
Directed by: Danny Cannon
Starring: Ray Liotta, Anthony LaPaglia, Daniel Baldwin, Jeremy Piven
Basil
Directed by: Radha Bharadwaj
Starring: Christian Slater, Jared Leto, Claire Forlani, Derek Jacobi
The Big Swap
Directed by: Niall Johnson
Starring: Anthony Edridge, Sorcha Brooks, Richard Cherry, Julie-Ann Gillitt
Music charts
Which were the top hits in that special week of May 31, 1998?
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Top #10 songs in the USA
- Next - Too Close
- Mariah Carey - My All
- Shania Twain - You're Still The One
- Janet - I Get Lonely
- The Backstreet Boys - Everybody (Backstreet's Back)
- Mya - It's All About Me
- Xscape - The Arms Of The One Who Loves You
- Savage Garden - Truly Madly Deeply
- K-Ci & JoJo - All My Life
- Public Announcement - Body Bumpin' Yippie-Yi-Yo
Top #5 songs in the UK
- All Saints - Under The Bridge / Lady Marmalade
- The Tamperer featuring Maya - Feel It
- Boyzone - All That I Need
- Aqua - Turn Back Time
- Steps - Last Thing On My Mind
Top #10 R&B songs
- Janet Featuring BLACKstreet - I Get Lonely
- Next - Too Close
- Mya & Sisqo - It's All About Me
- Mariah Carey - My All/Breakdown
- Xscape - The Arms Of The One Who Loves You
- Montell Jordan Feat. Master P & Silkk The Shocker - Let's Ride
- Brandy & Monica - The Boy Is Mine
- Jon B - They Don't Know/Are U Still Down
- K-Ci & JoJo - All My Life/Don't Rush (Take Love Slowly)
- Aretha Franklin - A Rose Is Still A Rose
Sport Games on May 31, 1998
NBA
American Basketball- Indiana Pacers - Chicago Bulls : 83 - 88
Serie B
Football (Italy)- Cagliari - Venezia : 1 - 1
- F. Andria - Reggiana : 1 - 1
- Foggia - Ravenna : 2 - 2
- Genoa - C. Sangro : 2 - 1
- Monza - Ancona : 3 - 3
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TV Series
Which were the most popular TV Series released in those months?
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Saaya
Directed by: Anurag Basu
Sex and the City
Directed by: Susan Seidelman
Open House
Directed by: Andrew Paquin
Flashback
Directed by: Franco Amurri
Cardcaptor Sakura
Directed by: Morio Asaka
Magazine Covers
What news were making the headlines those days in May 1998?
- LIFE: Septuplets
- Time: TIME Magazine Cover: Frank Sinatra -- May 25, 1998
- SportsIllustrated: Sports Illustrated: no.9640
- EW: Entertainment Weekly: no.433
- Wired: Wired - May, 1998
Books
Which were the most popular books released in the last weeks?
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A Widow For One Year
By: John Irving
Ruth Cole is a complex, often self-contradictory character--a "difficult" woman. By no means is she conventionally "nice," but she will never be forgotten.Ruth's story is told in three parts, each focusing on a crucial time in her life. When
The Gifts Of The Jews
By: Thomas Cahill
The author of the runaway bestseller How the Irish Saved Civilization has done it again. In The Gifts of the Jews Thomas Cahill takes us on another enchanting journey into history,
Aphrodite
By: Isabel Allende
Under the aegis of the Goddess of Love, Isabel Allende uses her storytelling skills brilliantly in Aphrodite to evoke the delights of food and sex.
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
By: John Berendt
Shots rang out in Savannah's grandest mansion in the misty,early morning hours of May 2, 1981. Was it murder or self-defense? For nearly a decade, the shooting and its aftermath reverberated throughout this hauntingly beautiful city of moss-hung oaks and …
Damascus Gate
By: Robert Stone
“A stunning novel by a great American writer.”—Washington PostJerusalem: home to seekers, heretics, hustlers, and madmen of many faiths. In this most fractious city, a plot unfolds to bomb the sacred
Videogames
What videogames would you be playing back in the days?
1080° Snowboarding
Divi-Dead
Star Wars Jedi Knight: Mysteries of the Sith
Aliens Online
Carmen Sandiego Math Detective
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