1998

Year 1998 () was a (link will display full 1998 ).

The year 1998 was designated the International Year of the Ocean by. .

January

 * - A massive, caused by , strikes , southern and , resulting in widespread power failures, severe damage to forests, and numerous deaths.
 * - Smoking is banned in all bars and restaurants.
 * begins to circulate new s to stem and promote confidence.
 * A gunman shoots Antario Teodoro Filho, Brazilian politician and radio presenter, during a broadcast.
 * - in : Over 170 are killed in 3 remote villages.
 * - The spacecraft is launched into orbit around the, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently shadowed craters near the Moon's poles.
 * is sentenced to life in prison for planning the.
 * s announce that the 's expansion rate is increasing.
 * - in : over 100 people are killed.
 * - Nineteen an nations agree to forbid.
 * - Researchers in present findings about an  that slows aging and cell death.
 * - announces that  will return to space when the Space Shuttle  blasts off in October.
 * - accuses U.S. President  of.
 * - ese police intercept a shipment of 272 human s in.
 * - Suspected "" pleads guilty, and accepts a sentence of life without the possibility of parole.
 * The become the first  team in  to win the, as they defeat the , 31-24.
 * The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam suicide attack 's, killing 8 people, injuring 25 others.
 * On American television, President denies he had "sexual relations" with former  intern.
 * buys.
 * - U.S. First Lady appears on , calling the attacks against her husband part of a "vast right-wing conspiracy."
 * announces the buyout of for $6.45 billion.
 * Gunmen hold at least 400 children and teachers hostage for several hours, at an elementary school in,.
 * - In, a bomb explodes at an abortion clinic, killing 1 and severely wounding another.  Serial bomber  is the prime suspect.
 * - U.S. First Lady appears on , calling the attacks against her husband part of a "vast right-wing conspiracy."
 * announces the buyout of for $6.45 billion.
 * Gunmen hold at least 400 children and teachers hostage for several hours, at an elementary school in,.
 * - In, a bomb explodes at an abortion clinic, killing 1 and severely wounding another.  Serial bomber  is the prime suspect.
 * - In, a bomb explodes at an abortion clinic, killing 1 and severely wounding another.  Serial bomber  is the prime suspect.

February

 * - : The passes Resolution 71,  urging U.S. President  to "take all necessary and appropriate actions to respond to the threat posed by 's refusal to end its weapons of mass destruction programs."
 * - The index closed above 1,000 for the first time, rising 20.99 points, or 2.14%, closing at 1,001.27.
 * a pilot causes the deaths of 20 people near, , when his low-flying plane severs the cable of a cable-car.
 * is executed in, becoming the first woman executed in the since  and the first to be executed in  since the.
 * - An measuring 6.1 on the  in northeast  kills more than 5,000 people.
 * Washington National Airport is renamed.
 * The   is assassinated in the streets of.
 * - commits suicide in a prison cell in,  by cutting himself with razor blades. He admits to murdering socialite  in her  home in his suicide note.
 * - - The are held in Nagano, Japan.
 * A dropout becomes the first person to be convicted of a  committed in.
 * Voters in repeal a  law passed in, becoming the first  to abandon such a law.
 * - The presidential is declared unconstitutional by a  federal judge.
 * - authorities announce that  is a suspect in an   clinic bombing.
 * - wins the  in his 20th try, after many unsuccessful attempts.
 * - crashes into a residential area near, killing 202 people (all 196 on board and 6 on the ground).
 * - Two s are arrested in, accused of plotting  on  s.
 * A 66-day blackout begins in,.
 * Larry Wayne Harris of the and William Leavitt are arrested in, for possession of military grade.
 * - : i President negotiates a deal with U.N. Secretary General, allowing weapons inspectors to return to , preventing military action by the  and.
 * - One third of the "Palace II" collapses in,.
 * es in central destroy or damage 2,600 structures and kill 42.
 * publishes a ', declaring ' against all s and.
 *  publisher is acquitted on charges of defaming.
 * A man tries to hijack a passenger plane, claiming that he has a  in his ; passengers disapprove and apprehend him.
 * - n police begin to wipe out so-called "terrorist gangs" in.
 * es in central destroy or damage 2,600 structures and kill 42.
 * publishes a ', declaring ' against all s and.
 *  publisher is acquitted on charges of defaming.
 * A man tries to hijack a passenger plane, claiming that he has a  in his ; passengers disapprove and apprehend him.
 * - n police begin to wipe out so-called "terrorist gangs" in.
 * - n police begin to wipe out so-called "terrorist gangs" in.

March

 * Data sent from the indicates that 's moon  has a liquid  under a thick crust of.
 * is abducted by Wolfgang Priklopil (she will remain in his captivity until August 2006).
 * - : : The rules that federal laws banning on-the-job  also apply when both parties are the same sex.
 * announces that the probe orbiting the  has found enough water in polar craters to support a human colony and rocket fueling station.
 * announces the choice of Lt. Col.  as commander of a future  mission to launch an  telescope, making Collins the first woman commander of a  mission.
 * - The Imperial Wizard of the is fined for burning a cross in his garden and infringing air regulations in.
 * - troops stationed in the  begin to receive the first.
 * - : Prime Minister is unexpectedly re-elected.
 * - An measuring 6.9 on the  hits southeastern.
 * - : Prime Minister is unexpectedly re-elected.
 * - An measuring 6.9 on the  hits southeastern.


 * - At the ceremony, the film  wins 11 Oscars.
 * - The, 2 young boys (aged 11 and 13 years) fire upon students at Westside Middle School while hidden in woodlands near the school.  4 students and 1 teacher are killed, and 10 are injured.
 * - in : 52 people are killed with axes and knives, 32 of them babies under the age of 2.
 * - The approves  for use as a treatment for male, the first pill to be approved for this condition in the.
 * - A series of tornadoes in southern kills 3 people.

April

 * is sentenced to death for 52 murders.
 * The sets sail.
 * - In, the linking  with  and costing about US$3.8 billion, opens to traffic, becoming the largest  in the world.
 * - tests medium-range missiles capable of hitting.
 * and announce plans to merge, creating the largest financial-services conglomerate in the world,.
 * is arrested in a restroom at for committing a lewd act in front of a police officer. This incident leads to him  as gay.
 * UNSCOM reports to the UN Security Council that 's declaration on its biological weapons program is incomplete and inadequate.
 * An F5 strikes the western portion of the  area, killing 32.
 * - : 18 hours after the end of the talks deadline, the is signed between the Irish and British governments and most  political parties, with the notable exception of the.
 * - An F3 tornado passes through downtown - the first tornado in 11 years to directly hit a major city. An F5 tornado travels through rural portions south of Nashville (see ).
 * - The theme park at  opens to the public for the first time.
 * - A waste reservoir at the Los Frailes mine in, ruptures, discharging heavy metal waste into the Guadiamar River.   The pollution threatens the sensitive ecosystem and endangered species of , 's largest nature reserve, but is diverted into the . Up to 100 km² of farmland are ruined by the spill.
 * - An F3 tornado passes through downtown - the first tornado in 11 years to directly hit a major city. An F5 tornado travels through rural portions south of Nashville (see ).
 * - The theme park at  opens to the public for the first time.
 * - A waste reservoir at the Los Frailes mine in, ruptures, discharging heavy metal waste into the Guadiamar River.   The pollution threatens the sensitive ecosystem and endangered species of , 's largest nature reserve, but is diverted into the . Up to 100 km² of farmland are ruined by the spill.

May

 * - unveils the.
 * -, a singer from , wins the  in , UK.
 * conducts 3 underground nuclear tests in, including 1 device.
 * The first coins are minted in, . Because the final specifications for the coins were not finished in 1998, they will have to be melted and minted again in 1999.
 * - carries out 2 more nuclear tests at .  The  and  impose economic sanctions on.
 * - Riots directed against Chinese Indonesians break out in Indonesia. Indonesian natives destroy and burn Chinese Indonesian-owned properties and kill and rape more than 1,000 Chinese Indonesians.
 * - : UNSCOM learns that an i delegation has travelled to, to meet with scientists who can provide the country with missile guidance systems.
 * : The and 20 s file an  case against.
 * publishes Hack Heaven, a fabricated story by .  Glass is later fired from TNR and the events are depicted in the 2003 film .
 * - The communications satellite fails, leaving 80-90% of the world's pagers without service.
 * At in,  (who was suspended for bringing a  to school) shoots a  into a room filled with students, killing 2 and wounding 25 others, after killing his parents at home.
 * In, 5 s are hit by a attacker.
 * resigns, after 32 years as and his 7th consecutive re-election by the Indonesian Parliament (MPR).   Suharto's hand-picked Vice President,, becomes Indonesia's third president.
 * - - is held in, , with the title "Oceans, an Heritage for the Future".  had previously declared 1998 to be the International Year of the Oceans due to the Expo, which 12 million people attended.
 * A federal judge rules that agents can be compelled to testify before a  concerning the scandal.
 * is appointed, succeeding.
 * - At 23 years of age, became the youngest  climber to scale the top of  and back down.
 * - : is sentenced to 12 years in prison and fined $200,000 for failing to warn authorities about the terrorist plot.
 * In response to a series of n nuclear tests, explodes 5 nuclear devices of its own in the Chaghai hills of Baluchistan, prompting the,  and other nations to impose s.
 * In, the wife of  comedian kills him and commits  afterwards.
 * - At 23 years of age, became the youngest  climber to scale the top of  and back down.
 * - : is sentenced to 12 years in prison and fined $200,000 for failing to warn authorities about the terrorist plot.
 * In response to a series of n nuclear tests, explodes 5 nuclear devices of its own in the Chaghai hills of Baluchistan, prompting the,  and other nations to impose s.
 * In, the wife of  comedian kills him and commits  afterwards.
 * In, the wife of  comedian kills him and commits  afterwards.


 * conducts 1 more nuclear explosion following its first test.
 * A 6.6 magnitude hits northern, killing up to 5,000.
 * A 6.6 magnitude hits northern, killing up to 5,000.

June

 * The is discovered in.
 * voters approve Proposition 227, abolishing the state's bilingual education program.
 * - : an  derails between  and, , causing 101 deaths.
 * - is sentenced to life in prison for his role in the.
 * - A begins at the  parts factory in, quickly spreading to 5 other assembly plants and lasting 7 weeks.
 * - Three white supremacists murder in.
 * Actor becomes president of the.
 * President of  dies of apparent heart failure.
 * Actor becomes president of the.
 * President of  dies of apparent heart failure.


 * - The begins in.
 * A jury in, convicts 17-year-old of killing 2 students and wounding 7 others at Pearl High School.
 * , 13, is kidnapped in, while walking her dog.
 * - The win their 6th  title in 8 years when they beat the, 87-86 in Game Six. This is also 's last game as a Bull.
 * - The sweep the  in 4 games in the.
 * : The rules that the  is unconstitutional.
 * Microsoft releases (First Edition).
 * : The rules that the  is unconstitutional.
 * Microsoft releases (First Edition).

July

 * July - The experiences massive  as the government of the  sends in the Army for flood relief efforts.
 * - launches a probe to, joining the  and  as an -exploring nation.
 * - The new at  opens.
 * The -identified remains of 1st Lt. Michael Joseph Blassie arrive home to his family in, after being in the  since.
 * The agrees to pay $23.4 million to 9 former altar boys who claimed they were sexually abused by former priest Rudolph Kos.
 * - defeats  3-0 to win the.
 * At a conference in Rome, 120 countries vote to create a permanent to prosecute individuals for, , , and the.
 * In, and his family are buried in St. Catherine Chapel, 80 years after he and his family were killed by s.
 * A triggered by an undersea  destroys 10 villages in, killing an estimated 1,500, leaving 2,000 more unaccounted for and thousands more homeless.
 * Biologists report in the journal ' how they sequenced the of the  that causes, '.
 * - bursts into the  and opens fire, killing 2 police officers.   He is later ruled incompetent to stand trial.
 * The commissions the aircraft carrier  and puts her into service.
 * Wakayama Arsenic poison case: 63 are sickened and 4 killed by in a festival in the town in  in ;  is arrested for murder.
 * - : Ex- intern receives, in exchange for her  testimony concerning her relationship with U.S. President.
 * - The bans the importation of s.
 * Wakayama Arsenic poison case: 63 are sickened and 4 killed by in a festival in the town in  in ;  is arrested for murder.
 * - : Ex- intern receives, in exchange for her  testimony concerning her relationship with U.S. President.
 * - The bans the importation of s.

August

 * - : officially suspends all cooperation with UNSCOM teams.
 * Yangtze River Floods: In the  breaks through the main bank; before this, from August 1-5, periphery levees collapsed consecutively in Jiayu County Baizhou Bay. The death toll exceeds 12,000, with many thousands more injured.
 * The bombings of the embassies in, , and ,  kill 224 people and injure over 4,500; they are linked to terrorist , an exile of.
 * -, infamous in New York's for killing 5 people, escapes police custody and kills himself by jumping off a bridge.
 * - : The detonates a car bomb in, , , killing 29 and injuring over 200 (the greatest loss of life in a single incident of ).
 * - : n police officers are murdered in.
 * On the day of his 52nd birthday, U.S. President admits in taped testimony that he had an "improper physical relationship" with  intern . He also admits before the nation that night in a nationally televised address that he "misled people" about his sexual affair with Lewinsky.
 * Russia defaults on the state short-term bonds, and devalues the ruble.  The ruble loses 70% of its value against U.S. dollar in the next 6 months.   Several of the largest Russians banks collapse, and millions of people lose their savings.
 * The states  cannot legally secede from  without the federal government's approval.
 * The launches  attacks against alleged  camps in  and a suspected chemical plant in  in retaliation for the  bombings of  embassies in  and . The  in  is destroyed in the attack.
 * - First human implantation tested in the.
 * - : Scott Ritter resigns from, sharply criticizing the administration and the U.N. Security Council for not being vigorous enough about insisting that 's weapons of mass destruction be destroyed. Ritter tells reporters that " is not disarming," " retains the capability to launch a chemical strike."
 * - reportedly launches, their first satellite. Although North Korea reports that it reached stable orbit,  was never able to confirm this assertion.
 * - First human implantation tested in the.
 * - : Scott Ritter resigns from, sharply criticizing the administration and the U.N. Security Council for not being vigorous enough about insisting that 's weapons of mass destruction be destroyed. Ritter tells reporters that " is not disarming," " retains the capability to launch a chemical strike."
 * - reportedly launches, their first satellite. Although North Korea reports that it reached stable orbit,  was never able to confirm this assertion.

September

 * In, pilots for launch the first strike in the company's history.
 * A airliner carrying  crashes near, after taking off from  en-route to .   All 229 people on board are killed.
 * A court finds, the former mayor of a small town in , guilty of 9 counts of , marking the first time that the  law banning genocide is enforced.
 * - In, the southern port of is declared the capital of independent  under Muhamed Said Hersi.
 * -, Inc. is founded, in , by  candidates  and.
 * - first baseman  breaks baseball's single-season  record, formerly held by . McGwire hits #62 at  in the 4th inning off of  pitcher.
 * The elects Didier Opertiri of  as president for its 53rd session.
 * A coroner records a verdict of on former footballer, who was found hanged in a  lock-up garage 4 months ago.
 * - The is formed in, splitting off from the  over its policy of massacring civilians.
 * - Telecommunications companies and  complete their $37 billion merger to form.
 * - - — Major creditors of, a -based , after days of tough bargaining and some informal mediation by officials, agree on terms of a re-capitalization —
 * - The defeat the  in the  to become the first club to win back-to-back premierships since the  became the  in 1990.
 * - is started. It becomes the biggest  and the second most commonly visited  in history, following
 * - In, 's defeats 4-term  Chancellor.
 * - : The passes the " Liberation Act", which states that the  wants to remove  from power and replace the government with a democratic institution.
 * - In, 's defeats 4-term  Chancellor.
 * - : The passes the " Liberation Act", which states that the  wants to remove  from power and replace the government with a democratic institution.

October

 * - launches in the UK, changing the face of British television forever.
 * - In, 's coalition government is re-elected for a second term.
 * - is murdered in her  house by . She is his second victim in his second incident.
 * - College student is found tied to a fence near, , a  victim.   He dies , becoming a symbol of gay-bashing victims and sparking public reflection on  in the US.
 * Oslo's Airport closes.
 * The passes the, which gives copyright holders 20 more years of copyright privilege on work  they control. This effectively freezes the  to works created before  in the United States.
 * (Gardermoen) opens.
 * - The passes the.
 * - is charged with 6 bombings (including the ) in.
 * - becomes the first airline to offer electronic ticketing in all 44 countries it serves.
 * - British police place General under  during his medical treatment in the.
 * - - takes place in south.
 * - The defeat the  to sweep them in the . The Yankees had a magical season with 114 regular-season wins and 11 postseason victories (125 total - the most by any team in 123 years of Major League baseball).
 * - : New Chancellor and his liberal - Coalition takes office.
 * - An jetliner is hijacked by disgruntled pilot Yuan Bin and flown to . After landing the plane safely, Yuan Bin is arrested.
 * In, the presents its report, which condemns both sides for committing atrocities.
 * ': The Space Shuttle ' blasts off with 77-year-old on board, making him the 2nd oldest person to go into space. (He became the first  to orbit the Earth on, ).
 * While en route from to, a  flight with a crew of 6 and 33 passengers is hijacked by a ish militant, who orders the pilot to fly to . The plane instead lands in Ankara after the pilot tricks the hijacker into thinking that he was landing in the n capital of  to refuel.
 * makes landfall in Central America, killing an estimated 18,000 people.
 * In, pleads guilty to aggravated  for killing her baby moments after delivering him in the bathroom at her senior , and is sentenced to 15 years imprisonment.
 * In, , 2 arsonists burn down a local Macedonian Society disco, killing 63 and injuring 200, most of them children of refugees.
 * - begins:  announces it will no longer cooperate with  weapons inspectors.
 * makes landfall in Central America, killing an estimated 18,000 people.
 * In, pleads guilty to aggravated  for killing her baby moments after delivering him in the bathroom at her senior , and is sentenced to 15 years imprisonment.
 * In, , 2 arsonists burn down a local Macedonian Society disco, killing 63 and injuring 200, most of them children of refugees.
 * - begins:  announces it will no longer cooperate with  weapons inspectors.

November

 * - The is instituted.
 * , former, is elected.
 * , and,  are declared as sister cities.
 * As part of the inquiry, House Judiciary Committee chairman  sends a list of 81 questions to U.S. President.
 * The journal  publishes a genetic study showing compelling evidence that fathered his slave ' son Eston Hemings Jefferson.
 * loses her second appeal in 11 months against her.
 * - returns to  aboard the Space Shuttle .
 * In the largest civil settlement in history, a federal judge approves a US$1.03 billion settlement requiring dozens of brokerage houses (including, , and ) to pay investors who claim they were cheated in a wide-spread price-fixing scheme on the.
 * formally.
 * - completes a merger with  to form.
 * - - : U.S. President orders airstrikes on, then calls them off at the last minute when  promises once again to "unconditionally" cooperate with UNSCOM.
 * - : The ' Judiciary Committee begins hearings against U.S. President.
 * A court in -controlled declares accused terrorist  "a man without a sin" in regard to the  in  and.
 * , n legislator and democracy advocate, is assassinated in,.
 * - The "dump site" murder in, : Satanists , Terhi Tervashonka and Mika Riska murder, cut up, and partly eat a 23-year-old man.
 * - - : According to, once again ends cooperation with the  inspectors, alternately intimidating and withholding information from them.
 * - announces it will acquire  in a stock-for-stock transaction worth US$4.2 billion.
 * becomes the first to address the, the 's parliament.
 * - The is made first available in.
 * - announces a US$10 billion deal to buy, thus creating the largest financial institution in the world.
 * - announces it will acquire  in a stock-for-stock transaction worth US$4.2 billion.
 * becomes the first to address the, the 's parliament.
 * - The is made first available in.
 * - announces a US$10 billion deal to buy, thus creating the largest financial institution in the world.
 * - The is made first available in.
 * - announces a US$10 billion deal to buy, thus creating the largest financial institution in the world.

December

 * - announces a US$73.7 billion deal to buy, thus creating , the second-largest company on the planet by revenue.
 * - defeats  2 – 1 on aggregate to win the  (one of the greatest triumphs in the history of U.S. club soccer).
 * -, former member of the Venezuelan military and politician, is President of.
 * - in : 81 villagers are killed.
 * - : announces that  weapons inspections will no longer take place on Friday, the Muslim day of rest.  also refuses to provide test data from the production of missiles and engines.
 * - - : U.S. President orders  and  airstrikes on . UNSCOM withdraws all weapons inspectors from Iraq.
 * -, of , , is murdered in her house by (his third victim in his third incident).
 * i Vice-President announces that  will no longer cooperate and declares that UNSCOM's "mission is over."
 * President is  by the.
 * - : UN Security Council members, and  call for sanctions to end against . The 3 Security Council members also call for UNSCOM to either be disbanded or for its role to be recast. The U.S. says it will veto any such proposal.
 * - : announces its intention to fire upon  and  warplanes that patrol the northern and southern "no-fly zones".
 * - leaders apologize for the  in  that claimed over 1 million in the.
 * - The first since,  occurs. In the , the currency rates of this day are fixed permanently.
 * - The first since,  occurs. In the , the currency rates of this day are fixed permanently.

Undated

 * The third is held in  on 1 - 8 December 1999.
 * The of 's   goes on sale in.
 * Ibrahim Hanna, the last native speaker of, dies in , , making the language effectively extinct. In that same year, the last native speaker of related dies in.
 * , whose daughter died ten years earlier in the, elected president of.

Fictional
The following are references to year 1998 in fiction:


 * Comics:
 * Set in 1998:  (1982-1988)


 * Computer/video games:
 * Set in 1998:
 *  (2005)
 *  Around th to early th
 *  (1996), on th
 *  (1998), from the night of th to early th.
 *  (1999), from th to st
 *  (2000), in
 *  (1992)
 *  (2001): Max Payne's wife and daughter are murdered.
 * '' The Curien Case
 * : The rising of the Carnival of Evil.


 * Film:
 *  (1989):, Jr. is born.


 * Television:
 *  (1986): Jedda Walker is born.
 *  was first aired on television.

Births

 * -, American actress
 * -, American actor
 * -, American actress
 * -, Filipino actress
 * -, American actress
 * -, Canadian actress
 * -, grandson of of Spain.
 * -, American child abuse victim (d. )
 * -, American actress
 * -, daughter of wildlife icon.
 * -, Filipino actress
 * -, American actress
 * -, American actor/actresses
 * -, German actress and singer
 * -, Polish actress
 * -, American actor

January

 * -, American tennis player (b. )
 * -, American actress (b. )
 * -, American singer, actor, and politician (b. )
 * -, Croatian chemist, laureate (b. )
 * -, English composer (b. )
 * -, Japanese chemist, laureate (b. )
 * -, German conductor (b. )
 * -, American harmonica player (b. )
 * -, American guitarist (b. )
 * -, American actor (b. )
 * -, Japanese Manga artist, "Father of heroes." (b. )

February

 * -, Texas murderer (b. )
 * , Austrian musician (b. )
 * , American musician (b. )
 * , American author (b. )
 * , American murderer (b. )
 * , Icelandic writer, laureate (b. )
 * , American economist and author (b. )
 * -, American television and radio broadcaster (b. )
 * -,  politician (b. )
 * -, American writer (b. )
 * -, English-born comedian (b. )
 * -, American economist, laureate (b. )
 * , American scientist, recipient of the (b. )
 * , American actor (b. )
 * -, Irish actor and comedian (b. )
 * , American scientist, recipient of the (b. )
 * , American actor (b. )
 * -, Irish actor and comedian (b. )
 * -, Irish actor and comedian (b. )

March

 * -, historian of music education, organist, and choir master, (b.)
 * -, American football player (b. )
 * -, American actor (b. )
 * , English musician (b. )
 * , American artist and ceramicist (b. )
 * , Slovak actor () (b. )
 * , Canadian artist (b. )
 * , American racehorse (b. )
 * -, American athlete, pediatrician, and author (b. )
 * -, British chemist, laureate (b. )
 * -, American jazz saxophone musician (b. )
 * -, English actor (b. )
 * -, American politician (b. )
 * -, English actor (b. )
 * -, American politician (b. )

April

 * -, American singer (b. )
 * -, English rock drummer (b. )
 * , American singer (b. )
 * , American singer (b. )
 * -, French skydiver and skysurfing pioneer (b. )
 * , American singer (b. )
 * , Cambodian Khmer Rouge leader (b. )
 * -, English snooker player (b. )
 * -, Egyptian (b. )
 * -, Mexican diplomat and writer, laureate (b. )
 * -, American actress (b. )
 * -, South African rugby coach (b. )
 * , Greek politician (b. )
 * , American assassin (b. )
 * -, American photographer and writer (b. )
 * , Greek politician (b. )
 * , American assassin (b. )
 * -, American photographer and writer (b. )

May

 * -, American activist (b. )
 * , British actor (b. )
 * , British footballer (b. )
 * , Japanese musician (b. )
 * -, American military (b. )
 * , South African-born physicist, recipient of the (b. )
 * , American musician (b. )
 * -, American entertainer (b. )
 * , American entertainer (b. )
 * , American conservationist and writer (b. )
 * -, American basketball player (b. )
 * -, (b. )
 * -, mathematical physicist (b. )
 * -, Canadian-born artist, writer, actor, and comedian (b. )
 * -, American politician (b. )
 * -, mathematical physicist (b. )
 * -, Canadian-born artist, writer, actor, and comedian (b. )
 * -, American politician (b. )

June

 * -, American actor (b. )
 * -, Danish actor and singer (b. )
 * -, English author (b. )
 * -, English author (b. )
 * -, Norwegian athlete (b. )
 * -, East German border guard (b. )

July

 * -, American software developer (b. )
 * -, American singer and actor (b. )
 * -, Slovak player (b. )
 * -, German bass-baritone (b. )

August

 * -, American ventriloquist (b. )
 * -, Russian-born composer (b. )
 * -, cosmonaut (b. )
 * -, French mathematician (b. )
 * -, Iranian journalist
 * -, Puerto Rican singer (b.
 * -, American actor (b. )
 * -, American physicist, laureate (b. )

September

 * -, Irish footballer (b. )
 * -, Japanese screenwriter, producer, and director (b. )
 * -, Italian singer (b. )
 * -, British actor (b. )
 * -, American politician (b. )
 * -, American musician (b. )
 * -, American runner (b. )
 * -, Japanese racehorse (b. )
 * -, bullycide victim (b. )
 * -, baseball player (b. )
 * -, Italian-born industrial designer (b. )
 * -, Czech pianist (b. )

October

 * , American actor, singer, and sports team owner (b. )
 * , Belgian race car driver (b. )
 * -, British actor (b. )
 * -, American baseball player (b. )
 * -, Chinese artist (b. )
 * -, American murder victim (b. )
 * - General, Canadian Chief of the Defence Staff (b. )
 * -, American musician (b. )
 * -, American Internet pioneer (b. )
 * -, Pakistani scholar and (b. )
 * -, English poet (b. )
 * -, English poet (b. )

November

 * -, American comic book creator (b. )
 * -, baseball player (b. )
 * -, Canadian outdoorsman, son of (b. )
 * -, Texas executed
 * -, professional poker player (b. )
 * -, American counterculture figure and writer (b. )
 * , British wrestler best known as Giant Haystacks and later, The Loch Ness Monster (b. )
 * , well known Hollywood actor (b. )
 * , well known Hollywood actor (b. )

December

 * -, English painter and World War II secret agent (b. )
 * , British actor (b. )
 * , American scientist, recipient of the (b. )
 * -, U.S. Senator from Florida and Governor of Florida (b. )
 * -, American philanthropist and mayor of Dallas, Texas (b. )
 * -, American writer (b. )
 * -, Peruvian-born child psychologist (murdered) (b. )
 * -, cosmonaut (b. )
 * , American actress (b. )
 * , British scientist, recipient of the (b. )
 * -, Durham actor (b. )
 * -, American actress (b. )
 * -, English snooker player (b. )
 * -, American actress (b. )
 * -, English snooker player (b. )

Unknown dates

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Nobel prizes

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Templeton Prize

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