It was the year of crafts class where I met a new friend named Tabitha. Tabitha did not like my boyfriend. But we got along, and she introduced me to anime. It was the year of the backstreet boys.
Of paula cole, and "Where have all the cowboys gone". Of dates and chatting on the internet. Late night phone calls. And the hormones.
1998
Godzilla
Ginger Spice leaves the Spice Girls
Alanis Morissette's "Thank U"
Raves
Blade
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Lay's WOW chips
Mad cow disease
Urban Legend
Gary Coleman punches a fan
MTV's guest VJ Jesse Camp
Pras' "Ghetto Supastar (That Is What You Are)"
The Waterboy
Behind the Music
The Prodigy's "Smack My Bitch Up"
Naomi Campbell throws a cell phone at an assistant
El Niño
Run Lola Run
The Lewinsky scandal
Viagra
John Glenn's return to space
Armageddon
Will Smith's "Gettin' Jiggy Wit It"
Teletubbies
Backstreet Boys
Dawson's Creek
"Torn" by Natalie Imbruglia
The Jerry Springer Show
Jesse Ventura becomes governor of Minnesota
Marilyn Manson's "The Dope Show"
Furby
The Big Lebowski
The Swing Revival
WWF vs. WCW
Mark McGwire vs. Sammy Sosa
Frasier (original debut 1993)
Martha Stewart
The soccer mom
Master P's "Make 'Em Say Uhhh"
There's Something About Mary
Armageddon
Titanic
Saving Private Ryan
Godzilla
There's Something About Mary
A Bug's Life
Deep Impact
Mulan
Dr. Dolittle
Shakespeare in Love
Lethal Weapon 4
The Avengers
The Mask of Zorro
The Wedding Singer
All Saints
Céline Dion
Madonna
Chumbawamba
Jennifer Paige
Marilyn Manson
Green Day
Metallica
The Offspring
Spice Girls
Aerosmith
Alanis Morissette
Shania Twain
Natalie Imbruglia
Sublime
Janet Jackson
Law & Order
America's Funniest Home Videos
The Jerry Springer Show
Dateline NBC
Frasier
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
NYPD Blue
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
The Late Show with David Letterman
The Nanny
The X-Files
ER
Friends
JAG
Star Trek: Voyager
The Drew Carey Show
7th Heaven
Everybody Loves Raymond
Judge Judy
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Dharma & Greg
King of the Hill
South Park
Stargate SG-1
The Practice
Teletubbies (UK)
Simpsons
Cost of Living 1998
How Much things cost in 1998
Yearly Inflation Rate 1.55%
Year End Close Dow Jones Industrial Average 9181
Interest Rates Year End Federal Reserve 8.25%
Average Cost of new house $129,300.00
Average Income per year $38,100.00
Average Monthly Rent $619.00
Cost of a gallon of Gas $1.15
Average cost of new car $17,200.00
US Postage Stamp 32 cents
1 LB of Bacon $2.53
1 LB Hamburger meat $1.40
Loaf of Bread $1.26
Dozen Eggs 88 cents
Events 1998
Financial Crisis hits much of South East Asia
Worlds biggest airport in the world opens in Hong Kong
Terrorist Bombing attacks at two US Embassies in Nairobi and Dar es Salaam killing 250 people
Good Friday peace agreement in Northern Ireland
Bill Clinton denies he had "sexual relations" with former White House intern Monica Lewinsky. starting the Lewinsky scandal and investigations
An earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter Scale in northeast Afghanistan kills more than 5,000.
US launch cruise missile strikes against al-Qaida training camps in Afghanistan
A 5.9 Earthquake strikes the Azores killing at least 10 with many more still missing in the rubble
Official famine Southern Sudan declared with estimates that over 1 million people could die from starvation
James Byrd Jr, a 49-year-old African-American man is dragged to his death behind a pickup truck
66-day blackout begins in Auckland, New Zealand.
Tornadoes in central Florida destroy or damage 2,600 structures and kill 42
Forest Fires in Florida force 120,000 to flee their homes
Osama bin Laden publishes fatwa declaring jihad against all Jews and Crusaders.
The Belfast Agreement is signed between the Irish and British governments and most Northern Ireland political parties ending many years of terrorist activity in Northern Ireland and mainland Britain
The splinter terrorist organisation "The Real IRA" plant massive car bomb on 15th August Omagh, Northern Ireland killing 27
A tsunami triggered by an undersea earthquake destroys 10 villages in Papua New Guinea killing an estimated 1,500,
In China the Yangtze River breaks through the main bank. The death toll was more than 12,000 injuring many thousands more.
Devaluation of the rouble. The ruble lost 70% of its value against US dollar in 6 months . Several of the largest Russians banks collapsed, and millions of people lost their savings.
IMF offers $22bn loan to Russia to stabilize economy with strict conditions
Hurricane Mitch makes landfall in Central Americaon October 26th killing an estimated 18,000 people
The Japanese economy enters a recession due to the collapse of land and property prices
The Japanese government implements a rescue package for Japanese banks following the collapse of the property market and $500bn in bad debts
Islamic extremists attack two villages in Algeria and massacre 400 local villagers
Europeans agree on a single currency the Euro
President Bill Clinton Impeached for perjury and obstruction of justice.
Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement (MSA) is signed between Tobacco Companies and US States becoming the largest civil settlement in United States history,
Two boys Mitchell Johnson ( 13 yrs old ) and Andrew Golden ( 11 Years Old ) shoot and kill four fellow students in Jonesboro, Arkansas.
The European Central Bank is Established in Frankfurt Germany
U.N.I.C.E.F. reports over 130 million children worldwide do not attend school and their is approximately 250 million child laborers worldwide
The two oil companies Exxon and Mobil merge to create the worlds largest petroleum company
Low Flying US Military jet severs the cable of a ski lift in Italy and 20 people plunge to their death
Israel celebrates it's 50th Anniversary of it's founding
Serbian troops in Yugoslavia target villages occupied by ethnic Albanians in Kosova
An oil pipeline running through a village in Nigeria, explodes killing 700 people with the resulting fire burning for nearly a week.
The Worlds Longest Suspension Bridge ( as of 2007 ) in Akashi, Japan is Completed
Iraq prevents UN weapons inspectors from conducting a search and President Bill Clinton orders a series of air strikes against Iraq
BMW buys Rolls-Royce cars for $570 million
France Wins 1998 World Cup in France
The Winter Olympic Games are held in Nagano, Japan
Worlds first Digital Terrestrial Television Service launched in the UK
Windows 98 released by Microsoft
United States Department of Justice (DOJ) brings Anti-Trust Case against Microsoft Corp.
During 1998 with the technology maturing e-commerce started to take off as more and more companies decided to create a presence on the Internet with their own web sites.
The Search Engine Google is founded.
The Worlds largest suspension Bridge 1.234 miles in Japan opens
19 European nations agree to forbid human cloning.
Data sent from the Galileo probe indicates that Jupiter's moon Europa has a liquid ocean under a thick crust of ice
The FDA approves Viagra for use as a treatment for male impotence, becoming the first pill to be approved to treat this condition in the United States.
Apple Computer unveils the iMac.
Danish Catamaran Cat Link V sets new record for fastest crossing of the north Atlantic Blue Ribband in 2 days 17.59 hours
India and Pakistan test nuclear weapons
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