328 notable events from 1998 — murders, air crashes and massacres. Page 1 of 4.
- Natascha Kampusch
Mar 2, 1998 · Austria · Scandal & controversy
- Kosovo War
Feb 27, 1998–Jun 11, 1999 · Kosovo · War & armed conflict
- Swissair Flight 111
Sep 2, 1998 · Canada · Aviation accident
- Disappearance of Amy Lynn Bradley
Mar 24, 1998 · United States · Disappearance
- Beasts of Satan
Jan 1, 1998–Jan 1, 2004 · Italy · Murder & homicide
- Murder of James Byrd Jr.
Jun 7, 1998 · United States · Genocide & ethnic violence
- Murder of Nadia Roccia
Mar 14, 1998 · Italy · Murder & homicide
- Wakayama poison curry case
Jul 25, 1998 · Japan · Murder & homicide
- Eschede train disaster
Jun 3, 1998 · Germany · Rail accident
- Derrick Todd Lee
Apr 18, 1998–Mar 3, 2003 · United States · Attack (other)
- Josh Phillips (murderer)
Nov 3, 1998 · Murder & homicide
- Omagh bombing
Aug 15, 1998 · United Kingdom · Bombing & explosion
- 1998 Russian financial crisis
Aug 17, 1998–Nov 15, 1998 · Crisis
- Disappearance of Tom and Eileen Lonergan
Jan 25, 1998 · New Caledonia · Disappearance
- Rome Statute
Jul 17, 1998 · Italy · Genocide & ethnic violence
- 1998 United States embassy bombings
Aug 7, 1998 · Kenya · Terrorism
- Juana Barraza
Jan 1, 1998–Jan 1, 2006 · Mexico · Murder & homicide
- 1998 Cavalese cable car crash
Feb 3, 1998 · Italy · Aviation accident
- Kidnapping of Natascha Kampusch
Mar 2, 1998–Aug 23, 2006 · Austria · Kidnapping & hostage
- Hurricane Mitch
Oct 22, 1998–Nov 9, 1998 · Honduras · Natural disaster
- Charles Victor Thompson
Apr 30, 1998 · Murder & homicide
- Murders of Ben Smart and Olivia Hope
Jan 1, 1998 · New Zealand · Murder & homicide
- 1998 Thurston High School shooting
May 20, 1998 · United States · Shooting
- China Airlines Flight 676
Feb 16, 1998 · Taiwan · Aviation accident
- May 1998 Indonesia riots
May 4, 1998–May 15, 1998 · Indonesia · Genocide & ethnic violence
- 1998–2002 Argentine great depression
1998–2002 · Argentina · Crisis
- 1998 Westside Middle School shooting
Mar 24, 1998 · United States · Shooting
- Natasha Ryan
Aug 31, 1998 · Disappearance
- Murder of Tristan Brübach
Mar 26, 1998 · Germany · Murder & homicide
- Kidnapping of Kamiyah Mobley
Jul 10, 1998 · United States · Kidnapping & hostage
- Poso riots
Dec 25, 1998–Dec 20, 2001 · Indonesia · Scandal & controversy
- Murder of Katarzyna Zowada
Nov 12, 1998 · Poland · Crime & justice
- Thai Airways International Flight 261
Dec 11, 1998 · Thailand · Aviation accident
- Murder of Julie Jensen
Dec 3, 1998 · United States · Murder & homicide
- Death of Nicky Verstappen
Aug 10, 1998 · Netherlands · Crime & justice
- Murder of Kyle Dinkheller
Jan 12, 1998 · United States · Murder & homicide
- War crimes in the Kosovo War
Jan 1, 1998–Jan 1, 1999 · Kosovo · War & armed conflict
- Yoshitomo Hori
Jan 1, 1998–Jan 1, 2007 · Murder & homicide
- Dwight Eaglin
Jan 1, 1998–Jan 1, 2003 · Murder & homicide
- Yevgeny Chuplinsky
Jan 1, 1998–Jan 1, 2005 · Russian Federation · Murder & homicide
- Fall of Suharto
May 21, 1998 · Indonesia · Attack (other)
- Operation Infinite Reach
Aug 20, 1998 · Sudan · Terrorism
- 1998 bombing of Iraq
Dec 16, 1998–Dec 19, 1998 · Iraq · War & armed conflict
- Festina affair
Jul 8, 1998–Jul 17, 2001 · France · Scandal & controversy
- Cebu Pacific Flight 387
Feb 2, 1998 · Philippines · Aviation accident
- Murder of Arlene Fraser
Apr 28, 1998 · United Kingdom · Murder & homicide
- Disappearance of Rui Pedro Teixeira Mendonça
Mar 4, 1998 · Disappearance
- Al-Qaeda insurgency in Yemen
from Dec 30, 1998 · Yemen · War & armed conflict
- January 1998 North American ice storm
Jan 1998 · Canada · Natural disaster
- Proteus Airlines Flight 706
Jul 30, 1998 · France · Aviation accident
- Rolex watch murder
Apr 20, 1998 · Singapore · Murder & homicide
- Suzanne Basso
Aug 25, 1998 · Murder & homicide
- Kurume nurse serial insurance fraud murder case
Jan 24, 1998 · Japan · Murder & homicide
- Wesley Ira Purkey
Jan 22, 1998 · United States · Murder & homicide
- Ministry of Finance entertainment corruption scandal
1998 · Japan · Scandal & controversy
- Silk–Miller police murders
Aug 16, 1998 · Australia · Shooting
- Julio Pérez Silva
Jan 1, 1998–Jan 1, 2001 · Chile · Murder & homicide
- Kaboni Savage
Jan 1, 1998–Jan 1, 2004 · Murder & homicide
- Attack on Prekaz
Mar 5, 1998–Mar 7, 1998 · Kosovo · Attack (other)
- Jeffrey Hutchinson
Sep 11, 1998 · War & armed conflict
- Murder of Felicia Gayle
Aug 11, 1998 · United States · Attack (other)
- Ise woman journalist disappearance case
Nov 24, 1998 · Japan · Disappearance
- Gunma family three-person murder case
Jan 14, 1998 · Japan · Murder & homicide
- Indictment and arrest of Augusto Pinochet
Oct 10, 1998 · United Kingdom · Crime & justice
- Willie Crain Jr.
Jan 1, 1998 · Murder & homicide
- Propair Flight 420
Jun 18, 1998 · Canada · Aviation accident
- Red Light District Orderlies
Jan 1, 1998–Jan 1, 1999 · Murder & homicide
- Hekinan pachinko parlor manager couple murder case
Jun 28, 1998 · Japan · Murder & homicide
- 1998 Coimbatore bombings
Feb 14, 1998 · India · Bombing & explosion
- Hurricane Georges
Sep 15, 1998–Oct 1, 1998 · Natural disaster
- Murder of Lynsey Quy
Dec 16, 1998 · United Kingdom · Murder & homicide
- Assassination of Claude Érignac
Feb 6, 1998 · France · Murder & homicide
- Wakayama curry-poisoning incident
Jul 25, 1998 · Japan · Epidemic & disease
- Murder of Monica Calò
Jul 14, 1998 · Italy · Murder & homicide
- Estermann case
May 4, 1998 · Holy See (Vatican City State) · Murder & homicide
- Hafnium controversy
from 1998 · Scandal & controversy
- 1998 Sokcho submarine incident
Jun 22, 1998 · South Korea · War & armed conflict
- Belize Ripper
Jan 1, 1998–Jan 1, 2000 · Belize · Attack (other)
- Leonard Fraser
Dec 28, 1998–Apr 22, 1999 · Australia · Attack (other)
- 1998 abduction of foreign engineers in Chechnya
Dec 8, 1998 · Russian Federation · Kidnapping & hostage
- Guinea-Bissau Civil War
Jun 7, 1998–May 10, 1999 · Guinea-Bissau · War & armed conflict
- Herder–farmer conflicts in Nigeria
from 1998 · Nigeria · War & armed conflict
- Disappearance of Suzanne Lyall
Mar 2, 1998 · United States · Disappearance
- Tochigi female teacher stabbing murder case
Jan 28, 1998 · Japan · Murder & homicide
- Taberon Honie
Jan 1, 1998 · Murder & homicide
- Kawasaki Kyodo Hospital case
Nov 1998 · Japan · Incident
- Al-Shifa pharmaceutical factory
Aug 20, 1998 · Sudan · Terrorism
- Florinda Donner
Jan 1, 1998 · Disappearance
- Puntland–Somaliland dispute
from 1998 · Somalia · War & armed conflict
- Murder of Lev Rokhlin
Jul 3, 1998 · Russian Federation · Murder & homicide
- Persecution of Hazaras
Aug 1, 1998 · Afghanistan · Terrorism
- 1998 Sarno and Quindici landslides
May 5, 1998 · Italy · Natural disaster
- Shazneen Tasnim Rahman murder
Apr 23, 1998 · Bangladesh · Murder & homicide
- Doñana disaster
Apr 25, 1998 · Spain · Industrial & structural disaster
- Wye River Memorandum
from Nov 2, 1998
- Kitakyushu former fishermen's union chairman shooting case
Feb 18, 1998 · Japan · Murder & homicide
- Murder of Rukhsana Naz
Mar 26, 1998 · Murder & homicide
- 1998 Central Florida tornado outbreak
1998 · United States · Natural disaster
- Philippine Airlines Flight 137
Mar 22, 1998 · Philippines · Aviation accident
- Juan Covington
Jan 1, 1998–Jan 1, 2005 · Murder & homicide