* 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

* 1998 – An earthquake in Slovenia, measuring 5. 6 on the Richter scale occurs near the town of Bovec.

* 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 )

Toronto: ECW, 1998.

In 1998, Psaltis was informed that Extreme Championship Wrestling ( ECW ) employee Buh Buh Ray Dudley was interested in bringing her into ECW.

She debuted in ECW on August 28, 1998 as the manager of Storm, feuding with Chris Candido and his manager, Tammy Lynn Sytch.

The band was signed to Universal Records in United States by late 1998, they were promoted by the songs " Champion ", which featured in Gran Turismo 3 ; " Post Enebriated Anxiety ", which was on the international version of Guide to Better Living ; " Chemical Heart ", via the internet ; and a cover of the Prong song " Snap Your Fingers, Snap Your Neck ", from Grinspoon's Pushing Buttons EP, which was included on ECW: Extreme Music.

On October 24, 1998, the Dudleys defeated Sabu and Rob Van Dam to win their fourth ECW Tag Team Championship.

He occasionally wrestled as a jobber as late as 1997 ( including a match against Rob Van Dam during the ECW " invasion " storyline that had Hardy billed as being from Virginia instead of Cameron, North Carolina ) before beginning his first major run in 1998.

Sabu at an ECW event in 1998.

Toronto: ECW Press, 1998.

In January, 1998, Awesome began appearing for ECW again and continued his feud with Masato Tanaka in the United States.

**" He Is Awesome " by FMW Productions ( FMW, 1996 – 1998 ; ECW, 1998 ; AJPW, 2002 – 2003 ; NOAH, 2003 – 2005 )

In 1998, he, along with many other ECW talent, competed at Jersey All Pro Wrestling's first anniversary show.

**" Hit Me with Your Best Shot " by Pat Benatar ( ECW / JAPW ; 1998 )

**" Let Me Clear My Throat " by DJ Kool ( ECW ; 1998 )-Used while teaming with The Blue Meanie

" by The Village People ( ECW ; 1998 – 1999 )

* ECW: Extreme Music ( 1998 )

In 1998, Shane Douglas kept the ECW World Heavyweight Championship while sidelined.

WCW and WWE Imitation-The wrestlers ' feel that in 1998 ECW was perhaps the number two wrestling organization in the world.

He then began to split time between both promotions through the next few years, with his final ECW match being a loss to Mikey Whipwreck on July 18, 1998 and his final AJPW match being a tag team match in which he and Stan Hansen lost to Gary Albright and Yoshihiro Takayama on September 11.

Candido in ECW in 1998

Polaco at an ECW event in 1998.

In May 1998 Kenney was hired by Extreme Championship Wrestling ( ECW ), and wrestled his first match against Nova in York, Pennsylvania.

Mikey Whipwreck was an important part of ECW for the next two years before leaving for World Championship Wrestling in late 1998.