* Guide to the Elements – Revised Edition, Albert Stwertka, ( Oxford University Press ; 1998 ) ISBN 0-19-508083-1

* 1998 – Pakistan tests medium-range missiles capable of reaching India.

* 1998 – Travelers Group announces an agreement to undertake the $ 76 billion merger between Travelers and Citicorp, and the merger is completed on October 8, of that year, forming Citibank.

* 1916 – Phil Leeds, American actor ( d. 1998 )

* 1919 – Georgios Mylonas, Greek politician ( d. 1998 )

* 1998 – Lily Jackson, American actress

* 1998 – Peyton List, American actress

* 1998 – Spencer List, American actor

* 1900 – David Manners, Canadian-American actor ( d. 1998 )

* 1902 – Theodore Schultz, American economist, Nobel laureate ( d. 1998 )

* 1921 – Leo Penn, American director ( d. 1998 )

* 1943 – Jon Postel, American computer scientist ( d. 1998 )

* 1998 – Jack Scanlon, English actor

* 1908 – Gene Raymond, American actor ( d. 1998 )

* 1913 – Fred Davis, English snooker player ( d. 1998 )

Since the 1998 – 99 Ashes series, a Waterford Crystal representation of the Ashes urn has been presented to the winners of an Ashes series as the official trophy of that series.

As a compromise, the MCC commissioned a trophy in the form of a larger replica of the urn in Waterford Crystal to award to the winning team of each series from 1998 – 99.

After re-establishing its credibility in 1989, Australia underlined its superiority with victories in the 1990 – 91, 1993, 1994 – 95, 1997, 1998 – 99, 2001 and 2002 – 03 series, all by convincing margins.

* 1922 – Geoffrey Dutton, Australian author and historian ( d. 1998 )

* 1998 – Gene Evans, American actor ( b. 1922 )

* 1998 – Rozz Williams, American musician ( Christian Death, Shadow Project, and Premature Ejaculation ) ( b. 1963 )

Global earthquake epicenter s, 1963 – 1998

* 1998 – An earthquake measuring 6. 1 on the Richter Scale in northeast Afghanistan kills more than 5, 000.

* 1998 – Papua New Guinea earthquake: A tsunami triggered by an undersea earthquake destroys 10 villages in Papua New Guinea killing an estimated 3, 183, leaving 2, 000 more unaccounted for and thousands more homeless.

* 1998 – A magnitude 6. 6 earthquake hits northern Afghanistan, killing up to 5, 000.

* The most prominent natural disasters of the decade include: Hurricane Andrew striking South Florida in August 1992, the crippling super storm of March 1993 along the Eastern Seaboard, the devastating 1994 Northridge earthquake in Los Angeles, the Great Hanshin earthquake in Kobe, Japan in January 1995, the Blizzard of 1996 in the eastern U. S., the US drought of 1999, the deadly Hurricane Mitch which struck Central America in October 1998, and the destructive Oklahoma tornado outbreak in May 1999, the August 1999 İzmit earthquake in Turkey, and the September 1999 Chi-Chi earthquake in Taiwan.

The town suffered natural disasters in 1944 ( earthquake ) and in 1998 ( ice storm ).

The strongest earthquake registered in the last 30 years occurred on July 9, 1998, and had its epicenter 5 kilometers northeast of Ponta da Ribeirinha, on the island of Faial, reaching a 5. 8 magnitude.

Jayapura was struck by the Aitape Tsunami after the 1998 Papua New Guinea earthquake.

* Mkhitar Gosh ( Armenia, 4 December 1998 )-for outstanding contribution to the elimination of the consequences of the Spitak earthquake, humanitarian assistance and reconstruction work.

On May 4, 1998, a part of the island was destroyed by a submarine earthquake.

In May 1998, Faisebad was struck by an earthquake ; Khadr's new charity was among those NGOs which accompanied emergency supplies to the area in United Nations flights.

During the 1998 earthquake, which hit affected the northern communities of the island, several houses were damaged and the parochial church was unusable.

The ruins of the Ribeirinha Lighthouse after the 1998 earthquake that affected many of the parishes of Faial

A quarter of a century later, the Church of São Mateus da Ribeirinha was constructed, and would remain the center of religious life in the parish until the violent earthquake of July 9, 1998.

Following the earthquake of 1998, the building was abandoned due to major cracks and deterioration of the internal structure.

The parish is crossed by important geological faults: Chã da Crus Fault ( reactivated during the 9 July 1998 earthquake ), the Ribeirinha-Espalhaftos Fault and the Carapeto Fault oriented along a north-northwest to south-southeast alignment.

( 1998 ) consider the possibility of a structural fault, aligned northeast to southwest coincident with the Ribeirinha-Espalhafatos Fault that occurred during the 1998 earthquake.

This church survived until the 9 June 1998 earthquake that destroyed many of the bridges and homes in Salão.

It has 32 floors and, at high, is the tallest base-isolated structure in the world, having undergone a seismic retrofit from 1998 to 2001 so that the building will sustain minimal damage and remain functional after a magnitude 8. 2 earthquake.

* 1998 Pokljuka, Slovenia ( Pursuit ) and Hochfilzen, Austria ( Team )

a flag of convenience registry ; includes ships from 20 countries among which are Croatia 17, Slovenia 7, People's Republic of China 5, Greece 5, United Arab Emirates 3, Norway 2, Japan 2, and Ukraine 2 ( 1998 est.

From 1998 to 2000, Slovenia occupied a nonpermanent seat on the UN Security Council and in that capacity distinguished itself with a constructive, creative, and consensus-oriented activism.

Invited to begin accession negotiations with the European Union in November 1998, Slovenia has achieve two of its primary foreign policy goals: membership in the EU and NATO.

* Together with Hungary and Italy, Slovenia formed a Multinational Land Force ( the so-called Trilateral Brigade ) in April 1998 with regional peacekeeping ability.

* In November 1998, Slovenia hosted its first major multinational exercise, " Cooperative Adventure Exchange ," involving almost 6, 000 troops from 19 NATO and PfP countries ; otherwise it participates actively in PfP and EAPC ;

In a series of high-level meetings since the latter half of 1998, Slovenia and Croatia have been engaged in settling bilateral differences, a process which accelerated after the death of Croatian President Franjo Tuđman in 1999.

On the commercial front, in 1998 Iveco Ford's EuroCargo, which was sold in over ninety countries and led the market in Italy, the United Kingdom, Spain, Bulgaria and Slovenia, was voted the " Best Imported Truck " in Germany.

* 2004: Co-editor with Gašper Malej of the collection Različni jeziki / Linguaggi di-versi, publication of the Poets ’ and Translators ’ Workshop Različni jeziki / Linguaggi di-versi, held in Ankaran, Slovenia, in 2002, project Linguagi di-versi has been going on with a some pauses from 1998 until 2009 ), Knjigarna Libris, Koper, 221 p.

A Spanish international since 18 November 1998 ( Italy 2 – Spain 2 ), Valerón appeared with the national side at UEFA Euro 2000, the 2002 FIFA World Cup ( where he scored in a 3 – 1 win against Slovenia ) and Euro 2004, netting immediately after coming from the bench in a 1 – 0 victory over Russia in the latter competition.

Bosnia and Herzegovina's first qualifying attempt for any major tournament saw them grouped with Greece, Denmark, and two former Yugoslav republics Croatia and Slovenia during qualifiers for the 1998 FIFA World Cup.

* the Vilenica International Prize for Literature, Slovenia, 1998,

* Vilenica Prize, Slovenia ( 1988, 1998 )

Slovenia has far less of its land under organic cultivation, although between 1998 and 2003 their organic sector grew from less than 0. 1 % of Slovenian agriculture to roughly the European Union average of 3. 3 %.

He headed the negotiating team for the Accession of Slovenia to the EU between 1998 and 2004.

The series Geografija Slovenije ( English Geography of Slovenia ), published by the Anton Melik Geographical Institute, was founded in 1998 to publish the latest findings in Slovenian geography research.

The NAC was officially launched in Dublin in June 1998, with a Joint Declaration by the Ministers for Foreign Affairs of Brazil, Egypt, Ireland, Mexico, New Zealand, South Africa, Sweden, and Slovenia, the latter of which subsequently left the Coalition.

On June 9, 1998, an 18-point declaration entitled " A Nuclear-Weapons-Free World: The Need for a New Agenda " was signed by the governments of the eight nations of Brazil, Egypt, Ireland, Mexico, New Zealand, Slovenia, South Africa, and Sweden to shape foreign policy around the goal of " the elimination of nuclear weapons and assurance that they will never be produced again.

After captaining the team in a 1: 0 loss in the final game of the UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying phase against Slovenia, Stanković announced his retirement from international football after 13 years since his debut against South Korea in 1998.

He made his senior debut in a friendly against Slovenia on 19 August 1998, and scored his first international goal on 10 October, in an UEFA Euro 2000 qualifier against Azerbaijan, in the 58th minute of a 4 – 0 triumph.