October 1998 calendar

Events

• 01 Oct 1998 Vladimir Putin becomes a permanent member of the Security Council of the Russian Federation.
• 02 Oct 1998 Antz, the first feature film made by DreamWorks, is released.
• 06 Oct 1998 Matthew Shepard is beaten and left to die in a cornfield in Laramie, Wyoming.
• 07 Oct 1998 The United States Congress passes the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act, which gives copyright holders 20 more years of copyright privilege on work they control. This effectively freezes the public domain to works created before 1923 in the United States.
• 08 Oct 1998 The House of Representatives authorizes an impeachment inquiry into President Bill Clinton.
• 10 Oct 1998 A Lignes Aeriennes Congolaises Boeing 727 is shot down by rebels in Kindu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, killing 41 people.
• 11 Oct 1998 Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail LPGA Tournament
• 12 Oct 1998 The Congress of the United States passes the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.
• 14 Oct 1998 New York Islanders beat Tampa Bay, 7-1, to end 11 game winless streak
• 15 Oct 1998 American Airlines becomes the first airline to offer electronic ticketing in all 44 countries it serves.
• 16 Oct 1998 Former Chilean dictator General Augusto Pinochet is arrested in London on a warrant from Spain requesting his extradition on murder charges.
• 17 Oct 1998 (to October 18) Severe flooding takes place in south Central Texas.
• 19 Oct 1998 Travelers Group changes its company name to Citigroup Incorporated.
• 23 Oct 1998 Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Chairman Yasser Arafat reach a ''land for peace'' agreement.
• 24 Oct 1998 Launch of Deep Space 1 comet/asteroid mission
• 29 Oct 1998 Hurricane Mitch, the second deadliest Atlantic hurricane in history, makes landfall in Honduras.
• 31 Oct 1998 Iraq disarmament crisis begins: Iraq announces it would no longer cooperate with United Nations weapons inspectors.

Famous Birthday

• Amandla Stenberg

  Movie Actress.

• Daya (singer)
• Perrine Laffont
• Danika Yarosh
• Constantine-Alexios Prince of Greece and Denmark
• Alberico De Giglio

  YouTube Star.

• Aaron Carpenter

  Vine Star.

• Autumn Jeannette

  Rapper.

• Matt Cornett

  TV Actor.

• Dominic Larovere

  Vine Star.

• Josh Levi

  Pop Singer.

• Charisma Kain

  Pop Singer.

• Angelina Galvis

  Instagram Star.

• Nash Aguas

  TV Actor.

• Tanner Zagarino

  Instagram Star.

• Katie Douglas

  TV Actress.

• Gage Bordeaux

  Instagram Star.

• Spencer Goulding

  Instagram Star.

• Daya

  Pop Singer.

• Felix Sandman

  Pop Singer.

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Famous Deaths

• Ted Hughes

  British writer, England’s poet laureate from 1984, perhaps the most famous contemporary poet in the world until his death of cancer in late...

• Pauline Julien

  Canadian singer-songwriter and actress (d. 1998).

• Cleveland Amory

  American writer, author of "Who Killed Society," and "Proper Bostonians.

• Matthew Shepard

  American white male, a 21-year-old University of Wyoming student, the victim of the lowest level of brutal bigotry.

• Paul Misraki

  Turkish-French composer and historian (d. 1998).

• Eric Ambler

  London, England -- Suspense writer (Epitaph for a Spy).

• Mario Beaulieu

  Canadian lawyer and politician (d. 1998).

• Mark Belanger

  American baseball player (Born 1944).

• Elmer Vasko

  Canadian ice hockey player (Born 1935).

• Richard Denning

  Poughkeepsie, New York -- Actor (Steve-Karen, Hawaii Five-0).

• Arnold Jacobs

  American tuba player a.k.

• Joan Hickson

  British actress (Born 1906).

• Clark Clifford

  United States Secretary of Defense (Born 1906).

• Barnett Slepian

  American physician (Born 1946).

• Tommy Quaid

  Irish hurler (Born 1957).

• Francis W Sargent

  64th Governor of Massachusetts (Born 1915).

• Warren Wiebe

  American singer (Born 1953).

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Monica - The First Night
2. Barenaked Ladies - One Week
3. Aerosmith - I Don't Want To Miss A Thing
4. Dru Hill - How Deep Is Your Love
5. Jennifer Paige - Crush

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. Boyzone - No Matter What
2. B*Witched - Rollercoaster
3. Steps - One For Sorrow
4. The Beautiful South - Perfect 10
5. Robbie Williams - Millennium