André Weil (; 6 May 1906 – 6 August 1998 ) was an influential French mathematician of the 20th century, renowned for the breadth and quality of his research output, its influence on future work, and the elegance of his exposition.

* 1998 – Dominique Aury, French novelist ( b. 1907 )

* 1998 – Jean-François Lyotard, French philosopher and sociologist ( b. 1924 )

* 1998: Two days after the French football team became World Cup champions, huge celebrations took place nationwide.

The French succeeded in helping it to quell the disturbances, and an African peacekeeping force ( MISAB ) occupied Bangui until 1998 when they were relieved by a United Nations peacekeeping mission ( MINURCA ).

Beginning with Sans Soleil, he developed a deep interest in digital technology, which led to his film Level 5 ( 1996 ) and Immemory ( 1998, 2008 ), an interactive multimedia CD-ROM, produced for the Centre Pompidou ( French language version ) and from Exact Change ( English version ).

* 1913 – Jean Marais, French actor ( d. 1998 )

The “ perennialist ” or “ traditionalist ” school is represented by authors like the French René Guénon ( 1886 – 1951 ), the Indian Ananda Coomaraswamy ( 1877 – 1947 ), the Swiss Frithjof Schuon ( 1907 – 1998 ), the Italian Julius Evola ( 1898 – 1974 ), the Iranian Seyyed Hossein Nasr ( born in 1933 ), both scholars and esotericists.

Comptoirs Francais du Pacifique francs ( CFPF ) per US $ 1 – 95. 89 ( 2005 ), 96. 04 ( 2004 ), 105. 66 ( 2003 ), 126. 71 ( 2002 ), 133. 26 ( 2001 ), 117. 67 ( January 2000 ), 111. 93 ( 1999 ), 107. 25 ( 1998 ), 106. 11 ( 1997 ), 93. 00 ( 1996 ), 90. 75 ( 1995 ); note-linked at the exact official rate of 0. 055 French francs to one Pacifique franc.

* 1998 – Maurice Schumann, French politician and writer ( b. 1911 )

euros per US $ 1 – 1, 3002 ( February 2005 ), 0. 9867 ( January 2000 ), 0. 9386 ( 1999 ); French francs ( F ) per US $ 1 – 5. 65 ( January 1999 ), 5. 8995 ( 1998 ), 5. 8367 ( 1997 ), 5. 1155 ( 1996 ), 4. 9915 ( 1995 )

His major subsequent films include The French Connection ( 1971 ), in which he played Jimmy " Popeye " Doyle ; The Poseidon Adventure ( 1972 ); The Conversation ( 1974 ); Superman ( 1978 ), in which he played arch-villain Lex Luthor ; Hoosiers ( 1986 ); Mississippi Burning ( 1987 ); Unforgiven ( 1992 ); The Firm ( 1993 ); Crimson Tide ( 1995 ); Get Shorty ( 1995 ); The Birdcage ( 1996 ); Enemy of the State ( 1998 ); and The Royal Tenenbaums ( 2001 ).

* 1931 – Éric Tabarly, French sailor ( d. 1998 )

In May 1998, the French Government named her an Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters.

* 1998: Apprends-moi Céline, by Maria Pacôme, director Raymond Acquaviva, French tour

euros per US $ 1 – 0. 9867 ( January 2000 ), 0. 9386 ( 1999 ); French francs ( F ) per US $ 1 – 5. 65 ( January 1999 ), 5. 8995 ( 1998 ), 5. 8367 ( 1997 ), 5. 1155 ( 1996 ), 4. 9915 ( 1995 )

* 1914 – Haroun Tazieff, French volcanologist and geologist ( d. 1998 )

* 1906 – André Weil, French mathematician ( d. 1998 )

* 1998 – Jean Marais, French actor ( b. 1913 )

* 1907 – Edwige Feuillère, French film actress ( d. 1998 )

* 1907 – Dominique Aury, French novelist ( d. 1998 )

* 1930 – Jean-Claude Forest, French writer and illustrator ( d. 1998 )

Bracelet winners who first achieved fame in other fields include French actor / singer Patrick Bruel ( in 1998 ), Danish soccer player Jan Vang Sørensen ( in 2002 ) and American actress Jennifer Tilly ( in 2005 ).

* May 6 – André Weil, French mathematician ( d. 1998 )

* René Pellos, French artist ( d. 1998 )

In 1998 and 1999 AMRAAMs were again fired by USAF F-15 fighters at Iraqi aircraft violating the No-Fly-Zone, but this time they failed to hit their targets.

In 1998, CDR Patrick Driscoll made the first " Blue Jet " landing on a " haze gray and underway " aircraft carrier, USS Harry S. Truman ( CVN-75 ).

In 1998 the Belgian Air Force purchased three B-Hunter UAV-systems, each consisting of 6 aircraft and two ground control stations.

At 39 years, the noisy but impressive Shackleton held the distinction of being the aircraft with the longest period of active RAF service, until overtaken by the English Electric Canberra in 1998.

This aircraft first flew in 1966 and remained in service until 1998.

A 1998 patent describes a device that can scare off birds from wind turbines, aircraft, and other sensitive installations by way of microwave energy pulses.

Scotland's aviation industry has long been based in and around Prestwick and its international airport, and although aircraft manufacture ceased at the former British Aerospace plant in 1998, a significant number of aviation companies are still based on the Prestwick site.

* 1998: Fourth extension of Gatwick's runway to to enable longer-range operations with fully laden widebody aircraft.

* February 3, 1998: U. S. military aircraft severed the cable of an aerial ropeway in Cavalese, Italy, killing 20 people.

Tanker aircraft returned to Beale in 1998 when the 940th Air Refueling Wing ( 940 ARW ), an Air Force Reserve Command ( AFRC ) unit operationally gained by AMC, transferred to Beale with its KC-135R aircraft following the closure of its former home station, Mather AFB, California because of Base Realignment and Closure ( BRAC ) 1988 action.

He is most known for the discoveries of the wrecks of the RMS Titanic in 1985, the battleship Bismarck in 1989, and the aircraft carrier USS Yorktown in 1998.

In March and April 1998 two McDonnell-Douglas MD-11 aircraft joined the fleet and long-haul destinations as Newark, Montreal and São Paulo were ( re ) introduced.

The aircraft were upgraded to the E-6 Mercury beginning in 1990, and the E-6A was upgraded to the dual-role E-6B from 1998.

The policy was enforced by U. S., UK, and French aircraft patrols until France withdrew in 1998.

In the aftermath of Operation Desert Fox in December 1998, Iraq announced it would no longer respect the no-fly zones and resumed its efforts in shooting down Allied aircraft.

*, was an aircraft carrier commissioned in 1959 and decommissioned in 1998.

For the 12-month period ending March 17, 1998, the airport had 72, 700 aircraft operations, an average of 199 per day: 92 % general aviation, 6 % air taxi, and 2 % military.

Paul to Hong Kong and Osaka in 1998 using 747-400 aircraft, but were dropped in the same year.

When Scottish Aviation merged with British Aerospace as a result of the Aircraft and Shipbuilding Industries Act, BAe maintained aircraft production at the site until 1998, primarily updates of the Jetstream line.

On Wednesday, 2 September 1998 the aircraft used for the flight, registered HB-IWF, crashed into the Atlantic Ocean southwest of Halifax International Airport at the entrance to St. Margarets Bay, Nova Scotia.