Today in History for December 1998

Months in 1998: January February March April May June July August September October November

Historical Events

Events 1 - 14 of 14

1st - Exxon announces a $73.7 billion USD deal to buy Mobil, thus creating Exxon-Mobil, the world's largest company.
4th - The Unity Module, the second module of the International Space Station, is launched.
6th - JC Penney Golf Classic
6th - Hugo Chávez Frías, Venezuelan military and politician, is elected President of Venezuela.
8th - Tadjena massacre: 81 people are killed by armed groups in Algeria.
11th - Thai Airways Airbus A310-200 crashes near Surat Thani Airport, killing 101
16th - Iraq disarmament crisis: Operation Desert Fox - The United States and United Kingdom bomb targets in Iraq.
19th - Lewinsky scandal: The United States House of Representatives forwards articles I and III of impeachment against President Bill Clinton to the Senate.
20th - Wendy's Three-Tour Golf Challenge
26th - Iraq announces its intention to fire upon U.S. and British warplanes that patrol the northern and southern no-fly zones.
26th - Severe gales over Ireland, northern England, and southern Scotland cause widespread disruption and widespread power outages in Northern Ireland and southern Scotland.
29th - Leaders of the Khmer Rouge apologize for the 1970s genocide in Cambodia that claimed over 1 million.
31st - US movie box office hits record $6.24 billion for year
31st - Exchange rates between the euro and legacy currencies in the Eurozone become fixed.

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 1 of 1

4th - Olawoyin Olufemi, Nigerian Musician

Famous Weddings

Weddings 1 - 3 of 3

12th - TV personality Melissa Rivers (30) weds horse breeder John Endicott at The Plaza Hotel in New York City
19th - Actress Vivica A. Fox (34) weds singer Christopher Harvest at the Park Plaza in Los Angeles, California
20th - "Def Jam" business magnate Russell Simmons (41) weds model Kimora Lee (23) on the French Caribbean island of Saint Barthelemy

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 29 of 29

1st - Freddie Young, British cinematographer (b. 1902)
3rd - Pierre Hétu, Quebec conductor and pianist (b. 1936)
5th - Al Gore, Sr., American politician (b. 1907)
7th - John Addison, British composer (b. 1920)
9th - Shaughnessy Cohen, Canadian politician (b. 1948)
9th - Archie Moore, American boxer, dies at 81
11th - André Lichnerowicz, Polish-French physicist (b. 1915)
11th - Lynn Strait, American singer (Snot) (b. 1968)
12th - Marco Denevi, Argentine writer (b. 1922)
12th - Mo Udall, American politician (b. 1922)
12th - Lawton Chiles, U.S. Senator from Florida and Governor of Florida (b. 1930)
14th - Annette Strauss, American philanthropist (b. 1924)
14th - Norman Fell, American actor (b. 1924)
14th - Aloyisus Leon Higginbotham, Jr., American civil rights activist and author (b. 1928)
16th - William Gaddis, American writer (b. 1922)
18th - Lev Demin, Soviet cosmonaut (b. 1926)
19th - Antonio Ordóñez, Spanish bullfighter (b. 1932)
19th - Mel Fisher, American treasure hunter (b. 1922)
20th - Irene Hervey, American actress (b. 1910)
Boxing Champ Archie Moore (9th) 20th - Chester P. Lyons, Canadian naturalist and author (b. 1915)
21st - Roger Avon, Durham actor (b. 1914)
21st - Karl Denver, Scottish singer (b 1931)
21st - Ernst Gunther Schenck, German doctor who joined the Sturmabteilung in 1933 {b. 1904)
22nd - Michelle Thomas, American actress (b. 1969)
25th - John Pulman, English snooker player (b. 1926)
25th - Bryan MacLean, American singer, musician and songwriter (Love) (b. 1946)
29th - Jean-Claude Forest, writer and illustrator of comics (Barbarella) (b. 1930)
30th - Johnny Moore, American singer (The Drifters) (b. 1934)
30th - George Webb, English actor (b. 1911)