1998

Events

### January

* January 4 – Massacres in Algeria: Over 172 people are killed in three remote villages.
* January 2: New Russian roubles began to spread to contain inflation and promote confidence.
* January 6: In Algeria, a massacre occurred in the village of Rais Oued, where over 100 people were killed.

### May

* May 20 – Real Madrid beats Juventus 1–0 in Amsterdam Arena and conquers the UEFA Champions League trophy for the seventh time in its history.

### June

* June 3 – Rail tragedy in Germany: An intercity train derailed and crashed on a bridge, resulting in 101 dead passengers and the complete destruction of the bridge.

### August

* August 2 – The Second Congo War began.

### October

* October 27: In Peru, it was the 50th anniversary of the coup d'état perpetrated by Manuel A. Odría against José Luis Bustamante y Rivero.

### November

* November 11: It was the 85th Anniversary of the End of World War I.
* November 14: The UN Climate Change Conference in Buenos Aires ended with no tangible results.

### December

* December 10: It was the 50th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

International Year of the Ocean and Chinese Horoscope

1998 was declared as the International Year of the Ocean by the United Nations. According to the Chinese horoscope, it was also the year of the tiger.

Notable Anniversaries

* January 2: President Ernesto Zedillo dismissed the governor Emilio Chuayffet, responsible for the Acteal Matanza that occurred 11 days earlier.
* May 26: France and the United Kingdom were the only nuclear nations to have ratified the CTBT (Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty).
* June 12 – July 12: The 1998 World Football Cup was held in France, where France became the world champion for its history.

See Also

* List of years
* International Year of the Ocean