* 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 )

No presidential candidate obtained a majority, so a run-off election between the top two candidates-Quito Mayor Jamil Mahuad of the DP and Social Christian Álvaro Noboa Pontón-was held on July 12, 1998.

* 1998 – Sam Yorty, American politician, 37th Mayor of Los Angeles ( b. 1909 )

The first spade at the start of the Daimler-Benz development was turned by the Mayor of Berlin, Eberhard Diepgen, on 11 October 1993, and the finished complex was officially opened by the Federal President of Germany, Roman Herzog, on 2 October 1998, in a glittering ceremony featuring large-scale celebrations and musical performances.

** Joseph Alioto, Mayor of San Francisco ( d. 1998 )

After the Labour party won the 1997 general election, the policy was outlined in a White paper entitled A Mayor and Assembly for London ( March 1998 ).

After his 1999 inauguration, Oakland Mayor Jerry Brown continued his predecessor Elihu Harris ' public policy of supporting downtown housing development in the area defined as the Central Business District in Oakland's 1998 General Plan.

On Tuesday, October 27, 1998, O ' Fallon Mayor Paul Renaud announced the new name of the team to be the " River City Rascals.

His last victim was Kathleen Grundy, a former Lady Mayor of Hyde, who was found dead at her home on 24 June 1998.

* Upendra J. Chivukula ( born 1950 ), represents the 17th legislative district in the New Jersey General Assembly, and has served on the Franklin Township Council since 1997, serving as its Mayor in 2000 and its Deputy Mayor in 1998.

Zhū Róngjī ( pinyin: Zhū Róngjī ; Wade-Giles: Chu Jung-chi ; IPA: ; born 23 October 1928 in Changsha, Hunan ) is a prominent Chinese politician who served as the Mayor and Party chief in Shanghai between 1987 and 1991, before serving as Vice-Premier and then the fifth Premier of the People's Republic of China from March 1998 to March 2003.

The London Assembly was the first of these, established following a referendum in 1998, in which public and media attention was focused principally on the post of Mayor of London.

Previously, he had been Deputy Mayor ( 1976 ) and Mayor of Martigny ( since 1984 ) and, from 1979 to 1998, member of the National Council.

He served variously as a Dublin City Council, Dáil Éireann and Seanad Éireann, becoming Lord Mayor of Dublin in 1998 – 1999.

Between 1998 and 1999 he served as Lord Mayor of Dublin.

Doyle served as Lord Mayor of Dublin from 1998 – 1999.

In 1998, she gained headlines around the world when she clashed with New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani urging the return of the original Winnie the Pooh dolls from Donnell Library Center to the British Museum after she said she " detected sadness " in their display behind bulletproof glass in the United States library.

It was opened on 2 October 1998 by the Queensland Minister for Transport, Steve Bredhauer, and the Lord Mayor of Brisbane, Jim Soorley.

The town gained notoriety in 1998, when Mayor Edwin Rivera Sierra traveled to Russia and acquired a huge statue of Christopher Columbus called " Birth of the New World ".

He was Mayor of Córdoba, Spain from 1979 to 1986 and coordinator of United Left ( Izquierda Unida, IU ) between 1989 and 1999 and General Secretary of the Communist Party of Spain ( PCE ) from 1988 to 1998.

He was Minister of Culture, Youth, and Sports from 1998 to 2000 and Mayor of Tirana from 2000 to 2011.

A reworked, and more successful, West End production opened at the Aldwych Theatre on 1 July 1998, starring Marcus Lovett as The Man and Lottie Mayor as Swallow, running for 1, 044 performances and closing in January 2001.

Following his refusal to pay, Mayor Torrefranca of Sagbayan, Bohol has survived two assassination attempts since 1998.