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* 1998 – In Japan, the Akashi-Kaikyo Bridge linking Awaji Island with Honshū and costing about $ 3. 8 billion USD, opens to traffic, becoming the largest suspension bridge in the world.
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* 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 )
1998 and Japan
International Federation of Cheerleading ( IFC ): Established on the 5th July 1998, the International Federation of Cheerleading ( IFC ) is a non-profit federation based in Tokyo, Japan and is the world governing body of cheerleading.
The IFC is a non-profit organisation founded in 1998 and based in Tokyo, Japan.
The series premiered in Japan on TV Tokyo from April 3, 1998 until June 19, 1998, broadcasting only twelve episodes and a special due to its controversial content.
In late 1997 and in early 1998 the " space adventure " genre was a very popular TV theme in Japan.
" Look Japan, 1 / 1998 1998, 30-33.
* 1964 – Hideto " hide " Matsumoto, Japanese musician ( X Japan ) ( d. 1998 )
Introduced in Japan in 1998 as part of the Bemani series, and released in North America and Europe in 1999, Dance Dance Revolution is the pioneering series of the rhythm and dance genre in video games.
* 1998 – American figure skater Tara Lipinski becomes the youngest gold-medalist at the Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.
The is Nintendo's successor to the 8-bit Game Boy handheld game console, and was released on October 21, 1998 in Japan, November 18, 1998 in North America, November 23, 1998 in Europe and November 27, 1998 in Australia.
* Nihonmatsu, Japan ( 1998 )
In his 1998 paper, Japan's Trap, Princeton economics professor Paul Krugman argued that based on a number of models, Japan had a new option.
Despite the 31 August 1998 North Korean missile test which overflew the Home Islands, Japan has maintained its support for the Korean Energy Development Organization ( KEDO ) and the Agreed Framework, which seeks to freeze the North Korean nuclear program.
Mitsubishi built more than 30 different Jeep models in Japan between 1953 and 1998.
* Japan – Mitsubishi Jeeps – 1953 – 1998
* 1998 – Japan launches the Nozomi probe to Mars, and thus joins the United States and Russia as a space exploring nation.
Mobile phones were introduced in Japan in 1979 but became a mass media only in 1998 when the first downloadable ringing tones were introduced in Finland.
* 1998 – Nuclear testing: Pakistan responds to a series of nuclear tests by India with five of its own codenamed Chagai-I, prompting the United States, Japan, and other nations to impose economic sanctions.
A flag of convenience registry: Japan owns 19 ships, Hong Kong 5, Cyprus 1, Denmark 1, Greece 1, Netherlands 1, Singapore 1, and UK 1 ( 1998 est.
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.
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