* 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 )

Using his Las Vegas shows as a home base, he toured both within the United States and internationally, until a short time before his death in 1998.

* Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas ( 1998 )

In 1998 Moody was appointed chair in " consciousness studies " at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

Gilliam is also known for directing several films, including Brazil ( 1985 ), The Adventures of Baron Munchausen ( 1988 ), The Fisher King ( 1991 ), 12 Monkeys ( 1995 ), and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas ( 1998 ).

Throughout the 1990s, Gilliam directed his Trilogy of Americana, The Fisher King ( 1991 ), 12 Monkeys ( 1995 ), and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas ( 1998 ), which were based on scripts by other people, played on North American soil, and while still being surreal, had less fantastical plots than his previous trilogy.

* Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas ( 1998 )

* Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas ( 1998 )

| Win || 35 – 1 – 2 || Cheryl Nance || TKO || 9, 0: 41 || August 29, 1998 || Las Vegas, Nevada, USA ||

On August 28, 1998, Bernard Hopkins fought Robert Allen in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States.

Other roles during this period that displayed the actor's wide range included that of a crew chief in Days of Thunder ( 1990 ), a retiring cop in Falling Down ( 1992 ), an Hispanic barber in Wrestling Ernest Hemingway ( 1993 ), a New York tabloid editor in The Paper ( 1994 ), a rural doctor in Phenomenon ( 1996 ), an abusive father in 1996's Slingblade, an astronaut in Deep Impact ( 1998 ), a trail boss in Open Range ( 2003 ), a soccer coach in the comedy Kicking & Screaming, an old free spirit in Secondhand Lions ( 2003 ), a Las Vegas poker champion in Lucky You and a New York police chief in We Own the Night ( both 2007 ).

On 15 June 1998, Brigitte Boisselier said the headquarters of Clonaid was located in Las Vegas, Nevada and that Clonaid did not have enough funds for human cloning research.

* Westwood Studios in Las Vegas, Nevada, founded in 1987, acquired from Virgin Interactive Entertainment in August 1998, merged into EA Los Angeles in 2003.

In 1998, the show changed to a once-a-year format with Las Vegas as the location.

Muldoon has contributed the librettos for four operas by Daron Hagen: Shining Brow ( 1992 ), Vera of Las Vegas ( 1996 ), Bandanna ( 1998 ), and The Antient Concert ( 2005 ).

The 1998 film Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas is an adaptation of Thompson's novel of the same name, which is an account of Thompson and Acosta's trip to Las Vegas in 1971.

* Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas ( 1998 )

His other novels include Las Adventures des Inspector Cabillot ( 1998, written in Europanto ), L ' ultimo dei Vostiach ( The Last of the Vostiaks ), L ' interprete, Il Compagno di scuola, and Enciclopedia tresigallese.

On December 12 of 1998, however, he lost the title, after quitting in his corner in the seventh round against Fernando Vargas at Las Vegas.

* 1998 Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas as Goon

GeminiJets is a die-cast model airplane manufacturer based in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States founded in 1998.

He remained unsigned at the start of the 1998 – 99 campaign, instead starting suiting up with the Las Vegas Thunder of the IHL.

In 1996, a ten-year agreement was entered into with MGM Grand Las Vegas Las Vegas, Nevada ; in 1998, the MGM Grand Detroit, Michigan temporary facility was added.