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Here are the sporting highlights of the world of sport in 1998. See the Top Earners for 1998. There were a few major world sporting events this year, such as the Winter Olympics, FIFA World Cup and the Commonwealth Games.
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For the first time, professional players from the National Hockey League participate in the Winter Olympics. And also for the first time in Olympic history, women took part in ice hockey. Women's Gold – United States won 3–1 over Canada. Men's Gold – Czech Republic won 1–0 over Russia.
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January 1: From this day onwards in California, all card rooms, clubs and bars must be smoke-free. January 1: In Mongolia, the work week is changed from 46 hours to 40 hours. January 1: The United States Census Bureau reports that the US population estimates at 268,921,733. January 1: In Russia, new rubles begin to circulate to stem inflation, and ...
February 1: In the United States Navy, Lillian E. Fishburne becomes the first African American woman to be promoted to rear admiral. February 2: In New York City, actor, director and producer Daniel Baldwin is taken to hospital after suffering a cocaine overdose. February 2: The Philippine DC-9 flight crashes killing all people on board the flight....
March 1: Pat Riley, coach for the Miami Heat basketball team, becomes the fifth head coach to achieve 900 NBA career wins when the team defeats the New Jersey Nets 85-84. March 1: The film Titanic becomes the first film to gross 1 billion US dollars. March 2: The Galileo spacecraft sends data that reveals that the moon of Jupiter, Europa, has a liq...
April 5: In the Nations Rugby Championship, Wales are heavily defeated by France, 51 points to none, at Wembley Stadium in London. April 5: The San Francisco Giantsare defeated by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the team’s first win in their history. They defeat the Giants 3-2 in Phoenix, Arizona in one of the main April 1998 events in sport. April 5: ...
May 4: In Sacramento, California, unabomber Ted Kaczynski is given 4 life sentences by a federal judge, plus another 30 years after. Kaczynski accepted a plea agreement which spared him the death penalty. May 6: 20 Houston Astros players are striked out by Kerry Wood to reach the major league record held by Roger Clemens. Wood threw a one-hotter an...
June 1: In Brussels, the European Central Bank is founded, intended to execute and define the European Union’s monetary policy. June 1: Susie Maroney from Australia is the first person to swim to Cuba from Mexico, across the shark and jellyfish-infested Yucatan Straits. She swims the 123-mile distance in 38 hours and 33 minutes in a cage. June 2: I...
July 1: After no agreement is made with players about salary issues, the NBA begins a player lockout. This lasts 204 days and the basketball season is cut short by 50 games. July 2: The second book in the Harry Potter series, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, is published in the UK by Bloomsbury. July 4: In Wimbledon Women’s Tennis, French p...
August 2: In the Tour de France, Italian Marco Pantani makes it a Tour and Giro d’Italia double, with Erik Zabel from Germany the points winner. August 3: Boyzone, Irish boy band, release No Matter What, their best-selling single. The single was composed by Jim Steinman and Andrew Lloyd Webber. August 4: 5.4 million people lose their lives before t...
September 2: Near Peggy’s Cove in Nova Scotia, Swissair Flight 111 crashes, resulting in the deaths of all 229 people on board. September 2: The former mayor of a small town in Rwanda, Jean-Paul Akayesu, is found guilty of nine counts of genocide by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda. This is the first time that the law of 1948 banning ...
October 1: Of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin becomes a permanent member. October 1: When the Europol Convention being signed by all its members comes into force, the Europol is formed. October 2: Australian cricket batsman smashes an astounding 157 to guide the tourists to an innings and 99 run win over Pakistan in t...
Feb 1 Australian Open Men's Tennis: Petr Korda of Czechoslovakia wins his first and only Grand Slam event; beats Marcelo Rios of Chile 6-2, 6-2, 6-2. Feb 1 NFL Pro Bowl, Aloha Stadium, Honolulu, HI: AFC beats NFC, 29-24; MVP: Warren Moon, Seattle Seahawks, QB, HI.
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Dec 27, 1998 · THE YEAR IN SPORTS Top National Stories of 1998. 1. HOME RUN CHASE. Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa captivate the baseball world by surpassing Roger Maris' single-season home run record. St. Louis' McGwire eclipses the single-season record of 61 home runs when he clubs No. 62 against Steve Trachsel on Sept. 8 in St. Louis.
