The editor and co-publisher of The Riverdale Press, Bernard Stein, won the Pulitzer Prize for editorial writing for his editorials about Bronx and New York City issues in 1998.

In 1981, a split-season format forced the first ever divisional playoff series, in which the New York Yankees won the Eastern Division series over the Milwaukee Brewers ( who were in the American League until 1998 ) in five games while the Oakland Athletics swept the Kansas City Royals in three games in the Western Division.

Since October 1998, Chadian Movement for Justice and Democracy ( MDJT ) rebels, led by Youssuf Togoimi until his death in September 2002, have skirmished with government troops in the Tibesti region, resulting in hundreds of civilian, government, and rebel casualties, but little ground won or lost.

In the February 1998 national election, PUSC candidate Miguel Ángel Rodríguez won the presidency over PLN nominee Jose Miguel Corrales.

That mark set an American League record for wins which stood for 44 years until the Yankees won 114 games in 1998 ( a 162-game regular season ).

Considered one of the best NASCAR drivers of all time, Earnhardt won a total of 76 races over the course of his career, including one Daytona 500 victory in 1998.

* Earnhardt Jr. later went on to win the 2004 Daytona 500, three years after his father's death and six years to the day after his father won the 1998 Daytona 500.

Dilbert was named the best syndicated strip of 1997 in the Harvey Awards and won the Max & Moritz Prize as best international comic strip for 1998.

In 1998, he won an open primary with 54 % of the vote.

It won the Spiel des Jahres award in 1998 and won the third place Deutscher Spiele Preis award in 1998.

Another exploit was in 1998 when Roberto Benigni won three oscars for his movie Life Is Beautiful ( La vita è bella ) ( Best Actor, Best Foreign Film, Best Music ).

* Derrek Lee ( 1998 – 2003 ) — Lee won a Gold Glove in the 2003 championship season.

After 16 years of the Christian-Liberal coalition, led by Helmut Kohl, the Social Democrats together with the Greens won the elections of 1998.

Ialá returned as the candidate for the PRS, claiming to be the legitimate president of the country, but the election was won by former president João Bernardo Vieira, deposed in the 1998 coup.

The SPD in coalition with the Greens won the elections of 1998.

* What Dreams May Come, a 1998 movie that won an Academy Award for its depiction of heaven and hell as the subjective creations of the individual, was an essentially mystical interpretation of heaven, hell and reincarnation.

After finishing second in their division in 1994 ( in a strike year ), 1995, and 1996, the Astros won consecutive division titles in 1997, 1998, and 1999.

Irina Krush ( born December 24, 1983 ) is an American chess player who has won the U. S. Women's Chess Championship in 1998, 2007, 2010, and 2012.

At age 14 Krush won the 1998 U. S. Women's Chess Championship to become the youngest U. S. Women's Champion ever.

Manning's Colts defeated the Chargers in 1998 and 1999, but in 2004 with Leaf long gone from the game the revamped Chargers behind Drew Brees erupted into playoff contention ; on December 26 with both teams at 11-3 the Colts hosted the Chargers with Manning close to matching Dan Marino's touchdown record ; the Chargers stormed to a 31-16 lead, but Dominic Rhodes ' kickoff return put the Colts within eight points, then with one minute remaining Manning rifled a 21-yard touchdown to Brandon Stokley, breaking Marino's record ; the two-point try succeeded, then after Brees was intercepted the game went to overtime and the Colts won 34-31 on a field goal.

She has won or shared first in the chess tournaments of Hastings 1993, Madrid 1994, León 1996, U. S. Open 1998, Hoogeveen 1999, Siegman 1999, Japfa 2000, and the Najdorf Memorial 2000.

In October 1998, Polgár won the VAM four-grandmaster tournament in Hoogeveen, Netherlands by 1½ points over Jan Timman.

The first world title was won by the Canadian team from Regina, Saskatchewan, skipped by Ernie Richardson.

* November 5: Canadian province of Saskatchewan holds a general election which is won by the ruling Saskatchewan New Democrats.

* Grey Cup – Ottawa Rough Riders won 23-20 over the Saskatchewan Roughriders

* Grey Cup – Hamilton Tiger-Cats won 13 – 10 over the Saskatchewan Roughriders

* September 1, 2001: Jockey Tim Moccasin won his 14th consecutive race, a North American record, at Marquis Downs in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.

The party also won four seats in Saskatchewan and one seat in Manitoba.

* Grey Cup – Toronto Argonauts won 47 – 23 over the Saskatchewan Roughriders

* Grey Cup – Saskatchewan Roughriders won 43 – 40 over the Hamilton Tiger-Cats

* Vanier Cup – Western Ontario Mustangs won 35 – 10 over the Saskatchewan Huskies

* Grey Cup – Ottawa Rough Riders won 29-11 over the Saskatchewan Roughriders.

* Grey Cup – Hamilton Tiger-Cats won 24-1 over the Saskatchewan Roughriders

* Inaugural World Curling Championships held in Falkirk and Edinburgh for men only and known as the " Scotch Cup "; it is won by a Canadian team from Regina, Saskatchewan, skipped by Ernie Richardson

Saskatchewan kicker Dave Ridgway's last-second field goal won the game and made him a legend in the prairie province.

When the party won the 1991 provincial election, he became Premier of Saskatchewan.

The duo would contribute to a productive season for Saskatchewan as they finished with a 7-7-2 record and won a playoff series for the first time since 1956 before losing their first playoff match-up with the BC Lions.

Saskatchewan won 23 – 19 in a game where James Johnson recorded a Grey Cup record three interceptions en route to being named Most Valuable Player of the 2007 Grey Cup.

Calvert and his government were defeated in the 2007 provincial election, dropping to 20 seats while the Saskatchewan Party under Brad Wall won a majority government with 38.

His 1986 collection, The Night the Dog Smiled, was short-listed for that year's English language poetry Governor General's Award, and he won the 1984 Saskatchewan Writers ' Guild Founders Award.

In Saskatchewan, Social Credit won seats in the Legislature in two elections-2 seats in the 1938 election, and 3 in the 1956 election.

The team has also won one Yates Cup conference championship in that time, in 2006, but lost to the Saskatchewan Huskies in the Mitchell Bowl soon after.

Former leader of the socialist Cooperative Commonwealth Federation in Canada, which won five back-to-back majority provincial governments in Saskatchewan.

The current champions are the South East Prairie Thunder from Steinbach, Manitoba, won captured their first title at the 2012 Allan Cup in Lloydminster, Saskatchewan.

The Saskatchewan Party won 38 seats in the Legislative Assembly, and leader Brad Wall was sworn in as the province's 14th Premier on November 21, 2007.