August 1998 calendar

Events

• 02 Aug 1998 26th du Maurier Golf Classic
• 04 Aug 1998 Rebel forces revolt against President Laurent Kabila's government in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, starting the Second Congo War; 3,900,000 people are killed before it ends in 2003, making it the bloodiest war, to date, since World War II. Accusations of Rwanda backing them up have been made with Rwanda denying it. (BBC)
• 05 Aug 1998 The United States tells the Democratic Republic of the Congo's neighbours to not get involved with the rebellion in the east of the country. (BBC)
• 07 Aug 1998 1998 U.S. embassy bombings: The bombings of the United States embassies in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and Nairobi, Kenya, kill 224 people and injure over 4,500; they are linked to terrorist Osama bin Laden, an exile of Saudi Arabia.
• 09 Aug 1998 Star Bank LPGA Classic
• 10 Aug 1998 HRH Prince Al-Muhtadee Billah is proclaimed the crown prince of Brunei with a Royal Proclamation.
• 14 Aug 1998 Gary C. Evans, infamous in New York's Capital Region for killing five people, escapes police custody and kills himself by jumping off a bridge.
• 15 Aug 1998 The Omagh bombing is carried out in Northern Ireland by the Real IRA.
• 16 Aug 1998 80th PGA Championship at Sahalee Country Club - Seattle, Washington
• 17 Aug 1998 Monica Lewinsky scandal: US President Bill Clinton admits in taped testimony that he had an ''improper physical relationship'' with White House intern Monica Lewinsky. On the same day he admits before the nation that he ''misled people'' about the relationship.
• 19 Aug 1998 On the day of his 52nd birthday, U.S. President Bill Clinton admits in taped testimony that he had an "improper physical relationship" with White House intern Monica Lewinsky. He also admits before the nation that night in a nationally televised address that he "misled people" about his sexual affair with Lewinsky.
• 20 Aug 1998 The Supreme Court of Canada rules that Quebec cannot legally secede from Canada without the federal government's approval.
• 23 Aug 1998 Minnesota LPGA Classic
• 24 Aug 1998 E.G. Marshall, American actor (The Defenders, Nixon, Absolute Power), dies at age 88 (born 1910).
• 26 Aug 1998 Computer virus CIH activates and attacks Windows 9x.
• 28 Aug 1998 Pakistan's National Assembly passes a constitutional amendment to make the ''Qur'an and Sunnah'' the ''supreme law'' but the bill is defeated in the Senate.
• 30 Aug 1998 State Farm Rail Golf Classic

Famous Birthday

• Shawn Mendes

  Pop Singer.

• Lauren Cimorelli

  Pop Singer.

• Sofia Richie

  Model.

• China Anne McClain

  American actress.

• Lil Skies
• Mimi Keene

  TV Actress.

• Lottie Tomlinson

  Family Member.

• Barbie Imperial

  Reality Star.

• Chandler Wilson

  YouTube Star.

• CJ Dippa

  Rapper.

• Ronan Parke

  Pop Singer.

• Reece Bibby

  Pop Singer.

• Devan Leos

  Movie Actor.

• Kayce Brewer

  YouNow Star.

• Cozi Zuehlsdorff

  Movie Actress.

• Jade Chynoweth

  Dancer.

• Alan Poulos

  YouNow Star.

• Jack Scanlon

  Movie Actor.

• Robin Packalen

  Pop Singer.

• Calvin Mijnsbergen

  YouNow Star.

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Famous Deaths

• Nino Ferrer

  Italian singer and songwriter of pop music.

• Julien Green

  French-born American novelist (d. 1998).

• Persis Khambatta

  East Indian model and actress who made her modeling debut at the age of 13.

• Wladyslaw Komar

  Polish track and field athlete (Born 1940).

• Tadeusz Slusarski

  Polish track and field athlete (Born 1950).

• Nelly's

  Greek photographer (Born 1899).

• Eva Bartok

  Hungarian actress who was on-screen from 1952 and starred in 38 films.

• Yuri Artyukhin

  Russian cosmonaut (Born 1930).

• Waneta Hoyt

  American convicted serial killer (d. 1998).

• Raquel Rastenni

  Danish singer (Born 1915).

• Andre Weil

  French mathematician (Born 1906).

• Otto Kretschmer

  German U-boat commander (Born 1912).

• Andre Weil

  French mathematician (Born 1906).

• Mahmoud Saremi

  Iranian journalist.

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Brandy & Monica - The Boy Is Mine
2. Shania Twain - You're Still The One
3. Usher - My Way
4. Sarah McLachlan - Adia
5. Monica - The First Night

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. Pras Michel featuring ODB & Mya - Ghetto Supastar (That Is What You Are)
2. Boyzone - No Matter What
3. B*Witched - C'est La Vie
4. The Spice Girls - Viva Forever
5. Another Level - Freak Me