The almanac
The 1998 Edition
Limited to about 134 million copies: the babies born worldwide in 1998. About 120 million are still in circulation.
Estimates from the UN World Population Prospects 2024. How we count
What happened in 1998
- Nagano hosted the Winter OlympicsJapan welcomed the winter games for the second time.February 7 · Source: Olympedia
- Celine Dion debuted at No. 1My Heart Will Go On, from Titanic, entered the Billboard Hot 100 at the top.February 28 · Source: Billboard
- France won the World Cup at homeZinedine Zidane scored twice as France beat Brazil 3 to 0 near Paris.July 12 · Source: RSSSF
- Google became a companyA $100,000 check from an investor turned the Stanford search project into Google Inc.August · Source: Google
- Pokemon arrived in AmericaThe cartoon and the Red and Blue Game Boy games launched in the US.September · Source: The Pokemon Company
- First shuttle flew to the space stationEndeavour carried the Unity node to join the new International Space Station.December 4 · Source: NASA
Famous people born in 1998
- Kylian MbappéFrench footballer · born December 20
- Achraf HakimiMoroccan-Spanish footballer · born November 4
- Shawn MendesCanadian singer · born August 8
- MrBeastAmerican YouTuber, media personality and businessman · born May 7
- Elle FanningAmerican actress · born April 9
- XXXTentacionAmerican rapper · born January 23
- Federico ValverdeUruguayan professional footballer · born July 22
- Martin ØdegaardNorwegian footballer · born December 17
From Wikidata, ranked by how many Wikipedia languages write about them. Spotted a mistake?
No. 1 songs of 1998
- Candle In The Wind 1997/Something About The Way You Look TonightElton John · first week at No. 1: January 3, 1998
- Truly Madly DeeplySavage Garden · first week at No. 1: January 17, 1998
- Together AgainJanet · first week at No. 1: January 31, 1998
- Nice & SlowUsher · first week at No. 1: February 14, 1998
- My Heart Will Go OnCeline Dion · first week at No. 1: February 28, 1998
- Gettin' Jiggy Wit ItWill Smith · first week at No. 1: March 14, 1998
- All My LifeK-Ci & JoJo · first week at No. 1: April 4, 1998
- Too CloseNext · first week at No. 1: April 25, 1998
- My AllMariah Carey · first week at No. 1: May 23, 1998
- The Boy Is MineBrandy & Monica · first week at No. 1: June 6, 1998
- I Don't Want To Miss A ThingAerosmith · first week at No. 1: September 5, 1998
- The First NightMonica · first week at No. 1: October 3, 1998
- One WeekBarenaked Ladies · first week at No. 1: October 17, 1998
- Doo Wop (That Thing)Lauryn Hill · first week at No. 1: November 14, 1998
- LatelyDivine · first week at No. 1: November 28, 1998
- I'm Your AngelR. Kelly & Celine Dion · first week at No. 1: December 5, 1998
Billboard Hot 100, chart weeks of 1998. Spotted a mistake?
If you were born in 1998
- Older than the euroThe euro was launched as a currency (for accounting at first; cash came in 2002) on January 1, 1999.
- Older than WikipediaWikipedia was founded on January 15, 2001.
- Older than the iPodApple introduced the iPod on October 23, 2001.
- Older than euro coins and notesEuro banknotes and coins came into use in 12 countries on January 1, 2002.
- Younger than the first Mars roverMars Pathfinder landed on Mars, carrying Sojourner, the first rover on Mars on July 4, 1997.
- Younger than Deep BlueIBM's Deep Blue became the first computer to beat a reigning world chess champion (month only; the day is not given by the source) on May 1, 1997.
- Younger than Dolly the sheepDolly the sheep, the first mammal cloned from an adult cell, was born on July 5, 1996.