328 notable events from 1998 — murders, air crashes and massacres. Page 2 of 4.
- 1998 Słupsk street riots
Jan 10, 1998 · Poland · Riot & unrest
- Vatican murders
May 4, 1998 · Holy See (Vatican City State) · Murder & homicide
- Zawadzki affair
Mar 11, 1998 · France · Scandal & controversy
- 1998–1999 Ecuador economic crisis
1998–1999 · Ecuador · Crisis
- 1998 World Cup terror plot
Jun 15, 1998 · France · Terrorism
- Drachen Fire
until Jul 1998 · United States · Fire
- Air France Flight 422
Apr 20, 1998 · Colombia · Aviation accident
- Mahmut Yıldırım
Jan 1, 1998 · Syrian Arab Republic · Disappearance
- Fuji Bank employee customer murder case
Jul 2, 1998 · Japan · Murder & homicide
- 1998 East Java ninja scare
Feb 1998–Oct 1998 · Indonesia · Massacre
- Trisakti shootings
May 12, 1998 · Indonesia · Shooting
- 1998 United States Capitol shooting
Jul 24, 1998 · United States · Shooting
- Disappearance of Leonard Dirickson
Mar 14, 1998 · United States · Disappearance
- Clay King Smith
Mar 25, 1998 · Massacre
- Sakai random attack incident
Jan 8, 1998 · Japan · Murder & homicide
- 1998 Spencer tornado
May 30, 1998 · Natural disaster
- Execution of John Grant
Nov 13, 1998 · Suicide & execution
- United Airlines Flight 863
Jun 28, 1998 · United States · Aviation accident
- Seth Privacky
Nov 29, 1998 · Murder & homicide
- Siege of Mitú
Nov 1, 1998 · Colombia · War & armed conflict
- Murder of Lonetta White
Mar 15, 1998 · United States · Murder & homicide
- Murder of William Clayton Jr.
Mar 6, 1998 · United States · Murder & homicide
- Acerinox accident
May 30, 1998 · Spain · Industrial & structural disaster
- Death of Christopher Alder
Apr 1, 1998 · War & armed conflict
- Ivan Panchenko
Jan 1, 1998–Jan 1, 2008 · Russian Federation · Murder & homicide
- Nikolai Kozlenya
Jan 1, 1998–Jan 1, 2001 · Russian Federation · Murder & homicide
- 1998 Cúa hostage crisis
Apr 5, 1998 · Venezuela · Kidnapping & hostage
- Cubana de Aviación Flight 389
Aug 29, 1998 · Ecuador · Aviation accident
- Disappearance of Derrick Engebretson
Dec 5, 1998 · United States · Disappearance
- Kip Kinkel
May 21, 1998 · United States · Massacre
- Vincent Cochetel
Jan 29, 1998 · Russian Federation · Kidnapping & hostage
- Tateyama family of four arson murder case
Feb 11, 1998 · Japan · Attack (other)
- Reformasi (Malaysia)
Sep 2, 1998–Nov 24, 2022 · Malaysia · Riot & unrest
- Edin Gačić
Jan 1, 1998–Jan 1, 2019 · Bosnia and Herzegovina · Murder & homicide
- Lionair Flight 602
Sep 29, 1998 · Sri Lanka · Aviation accident
- Pakistan International Airlines Flight 544
May 25, 1998 · Pakistan · Aviation accident
- 1998 Esso Longford fire
Sep 25, 1998 · Australia · Bombing & explosion
- Kasika massacre
Aug 24, 1998 · DR Congo · Massacre
- Drenica massacres
Feb 1998–Jun 1999 · Kosovo · Massacre
- Yakhiya Mursalimov
Jan 1, 1998–Jan 1, 1999 · Russian Federation · Murder & homicide
- Murders of Bobby Whitt and Myoung Hwa Cho
May 12, 1998 · United States · Murder & homicide
- 1998 Alma rampage
Feb 26, 1998–Feb 27, 1998 · United States · Attack (other)
- Gilbert Wynter
Mar 9, 1998 · United Kingdom · Disappearance
- Killing of Suzanne Jovin
Dec 4, 1998 · United States · Murder & homicide
- Alexander Gerashchenko
Jan 1, 1998–Jan 1, 2005 · Russian Federation · Murder & homicide
- 1998 Temple of the Tooth attack
Jan 25, 1998 · Sri Lanka · Terrorism
- 1998 Mazar-i-Sharif massacre
Aug 1998 · Afghanistan · Massacre
- R v Bow Street Metropolitan Stipendiary Magistrate, ex parte Pinochet
Nov 25, 1998 · United Kingdom · Crime & justice
- 1998 Gothenburg discotheque fire
Oct 29, 1998 · Sweden · Fire
- Murder of Lyn Bryant
Oct 20, 1998 · United Kingdom · Murder & homicide
- 1998 Yosu submersible incident
Dec 17, 1998–Dec 18, 1998 · South Korea · War & armed conflict
- PauknAir Flight 4101
Sep 25, 1998 · Spain · Aviation accident
- Sakaide transmission tower collapse case
Feb 1998 · Japan · Industrial & structural disaster
- Pittsburg serial murders
Jan 1, 1998–Jan 1, 1999 · United States · Murder & homicide
- Susumu Nakayama murder case
Feb 19, 1998 · Japan · Murder & homicide
- Korean Air Flight 8702
Aug 5, 1998 · South Korea · Aviation accident
- Murder of Sinéad Kelly
Jun 22, 1998 · Ireland · Murder & homicide
- Aitor Zabaleta
Dec 8, 1998 · Spain · Scandal & controversy
- Disappearance of Jan Nejedlý
Jan 17, 1998 · Czechia · Disappearance
- 1998 Parker Middle School dance shooting
Apr 24, 1998 · United States · Shooting
- Death of Kevin Hjalmarsson
Aug 16, 1998 · Sweden · Crime & justice
- Murder of Akiel Chambers
May 23, 1998 · Trinidad and Tobago · Murder & homicide
- Colour TV case
May 14, 1998 · India · Crime & justice
- Wilaya of Relizane massacres of 4 January 1998
Jan 4, 1998 · Algeria · Massacre
- DeBruce Grain Elevator explosion
Jun 8, 1998 · United States · Bombing & explosion
- Murder of the Quinn brothers
Jul 12, 1998 · United Kingdom · Bombing & explosion
- Attacks on Likoshane and Çirez
Mar 1, 1998 · Kosovo · Attack (other)
- Arnhem villa murder
Sep 2, 1998 · Netherlands · Murder & homicide
- Juan Martin Garcia
Sep 17, 1998 · Murder & homicide
- 1998 Hajj stampede
Apr 9, 1998 · Saudi Arabia · Stampede & crowd crush
- 1998 Wandhama massacre
Jan 25, 1998 · India · Massacre
- Attack on Orahovac
Jul 20, 1998 · Kosovo · War & armed conflict
- Moss family murders
Apr 23, 1998 · United States · Murder & homicide
- 1998 Florida wildfires
Jul 1, 1998 · United States · Fire
- Murder of Miranda Fenner
Nov 15, 1998 · United States · Murder & homicide
- 1998 Monrovia clashes
Feb 1998–Sep 1998 · Liberia · War & armed conflict
- 1998 China floods
Jun 1998–Sep 1998 · China · Natural disaster
- Tornado outbreak and derecho of May 30–31, 1998
May 30, 1998–May 31, 1998 · United States · Natural disaster
- 1998 Georgian attempted mutiny
Oct 19, 1998 · Georgia · War & armed conflict
- 1998 Papua New Guinea earthquake
Jul 17, 1998 · Papua New Guinea · Earthquake
- Murder of Escolastica Harrison
Sep 5, 1998 · United States · Murder & homicide
- 1998 killing of Iranian diplomats in Afghanistan
Aug 8, 1998 · Afghanistan · Attack (other)
- Pablo Lucio Vasquez
Apr 18, 1998 · Murder & homicide
- Oleg Naumov
Jan 26, 1998 · Russian Federation · Shooting
- 1998 Sudan famine
1998 · Sudan · Natural disaster
- 1998 kidnapping of Mormon missionaries in Saratov, Russia
Mar 18, 1998–Mar 22, 1998 · Russian Federation · Kidnapping & hostage
- Formosa Airlines Flight 7623
Mar 18, 1998 · Taiwan · Aviation accident
- 1998 Ariana Afghan Airlines Boeing 727 crash
Mar 19, 1998 · Afghanistan · Aviation accident
- 1998 Occidental Petroleum Boeing 737 crash
May 5, 1998 · Peru · Aviation accident
- Paulo Sérgio Guimarães da Silva
Jan 1, 1998–Jan 1, 1999 · Murder & homicide
- Disappearance of Deirdre Jacob
Jul 28, 1998 · Ireland · Disappearance
- 1998 Auckland power crisis
Feb 19, 1998–Mar 27, 1998 · New Zealand · Crisis
- Planet Hollywood bombing
Aug 25, 1998 · South Africa · Bombing & explosion
- James Homer Elledge
Apr 18, 1998 · United States · Murder & homicide
- Daniel O. Jones
Jan 1, 1998–Jan 1, 2001 · Attack (other)
- Essex County prostitute killings
Feb 11, 1998 · United States · Murder & homicide
- October 1998 Central Texas floods
Oct 17, 1998 · United States · Natural disaster
- 1998 Jesse pipeline explosion
1998 · Nigeria · Bombing & explosion
- Jose Sifuentes
Feb 14, 1998–May 15, 2003 · Murder & homicide
- 1998 Prankote massacre
Apr 17, 1998 · India · Massacre