December 31st, 1998

Born on December 31st, 1998

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 9,000 days old!

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... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on December 31st, 1998?

December 31st, 1998

The European Exchange Rate Mechanism freezes the values of the legacy currencies in the Eurozone, and establishes the value of the euro currency.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Exchange_Rate_Mechanism

December 31st, 1998

The European Exchange Rate Mechanism froze the exchange rates of the legacy currencies in the eurozone, establishing the value of the euro.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Exchange_Rate_Mechanism

What else happened on December 31st?

December 31st, 1950

Korean War: North Korean troops attacked United Nations forces in the first of two battles at Wonju.

December 31st, 2010

28 tornadoes (one depicted) touched down in midwestern and southern United States, part of an outbreak that led to the deaths of nine people and large property damage.

December 31st, 1999

Russian prime minister Vladimir Putin became acting president upon President Boris Yeltsin's unexpected resignation.

December 31st, 1993

Brandon Teena, an American trans man, was raped and murdered in Humboldt, Nebraska; his death led to increased lobbying for hate crime laws in the United States.

December 31st, 1986

Three disgruntled employees set fire to the Dupont Plaza Hotel in San Juan, Puerto Rico, killing more than 90 people and injuring 140 others, making it the second-deadliest hotel fire in United States history.

December 31st, 1972

Puerto Rican baseball player Roberto Clemente died in a plane crash en route to deliver aid to victims of that year's Nicaragua earthquake.

December 31st, 1965

Central African military officers led by Jean-Bédel Bokassa began a coup d'état against the government of President David Dacko.

December 31st, 1961

RTÉ, Ireland's first television network, began broadcasting.

December 31st, 1909

The Manhattan Bridge, connecting Lower Manhattan to Downtown Brooklyn and considered to be the forerunner of modern suspension bridges, opened to traffic.

December 31st, 1907

New York City held its first annual ball drop event in Times Square as part of New Year's Eve celebrations.

December 31st, 1862

The Battle of Stones River in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, began with an engagement in which both sides would suffer their highest casualty rates in the American Civil War.

December 31st, 1857

Queen Victoria announced the choice of Ottawa (pictured), then a small logging town, to be the capital of the British colony of Canada.

December 31st, 1775

American Revolutionary War: At the Battle of Quebec, British forces repulsed an attack by the Continental Army to capture Quebec City and enlist French Canadian support.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on December 31st

Born on December 31st, 1998

25

Alina Sanko

Russian model and beauty pageant titleholder (born 1998)

*December 31st, 1998, Azov

25

Gianina Ernst

German ski jumper

*December 31st, 1998, Samedan

25

Hunter Schafer

American fashion model, actress, artist, and LGBT rights activist

*December 31st, 1998, Trenton

Same Day
Who's birthday is on December 31st?

31

Manu Attri

Badminton player

*December 31st, 1992, Meerut

78

Vernon Wells

Australian actor

*December 31st, 1945, Rushworth

49

Bas Böttcher

German writer and poetry slam performer

*December 31st, 1974, Bremen

24

Ellesse Andrews

New Zealand cyclist

*December 31st, 1999, Christchurch Women’s Hospital

57

Rudy Gunawan

Badminton player

*December 31st, 1966, Surakarta City

38

Jan Smit

Dutch singer and TV presenter

*December 31st, 1985, Volendam

86

Anthony Hopkins

Welsh actor and director (born 1937)

*December 31st, 1937, Port Talbot

84

Henri Matisse

French artist (1869–1954)

*December 31st, 1869, Le Cateau-Cambrésis †November 3rd, 1954, Nice

51

Grégory Coupet

French association football player

*December 31st, 1972, Le Puy-en-Velay

44

Steve Byers

Canadian actor

*December 31st, 1979, Scarborough

26

Ekaterina Efremenkova

Russian short-track speed skater

*December 31st, 1997, Chelyabinsk

45

Johnny Sins

American pornographic actor

*December 31st, 1978, Pittsburgh

65

Bebe Neuwirth

American actress

*December 31st, 1958, Newark

70

James Remar

American actor

*December 31st, 1953, Boston

67

Vaughan Jones

New Zealand mathematician and Fields Medalist

*December 31st, 1952, Gisborne †September 6th, 2020, Nashville

49

Mario Aerts

Belgian cyclist

*December 31st, 1974, Herentals

65

Ferdinand Noack

German classical archaeologist and classical philologist (1865-1931)

*December 31st, 1865, Burgholzhausen vor der Höhe †September 21st, 1931, Berlin

23

Logan Sargeant

American racing driver

*December 31st, 2000, Fort Lauderdale

31

Michael Eric Reid

American actor

*December 31st, 1992, Jacobi Medical Center

88

Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud

King of Saudi Arabia since 2015

*December 31st, 1935, Riyadh

Same year
Born in 1998

25

Conan Gray

American singer-songwriter

*December 5th, 1998, Lemon Grove

26

Jack Harlow

American rapper from Kentucky (born 1998)

*March 13th, 1998, Louisville

25

Roddy Ricch

American rapper and singer-songwriter

*October 22nd, 1998, Compton

25

Latto

American rapper and singer

*December 22nd, 1998, Columbus

25

Bizarrap

Argentine record producer

*August 29th, 1998, Ramos Mejía

25

Einar Lurås Oftebro

Norwegian nordic combined skier

*August 6th, 1998, Norway

25

Kati-Kreet Marran

Estonian badminton player

*July 13th, 1998, Tartu

26

Yulfira Barkah

Badminton player

*February 4th, 1998, Medan

26

Pornpawee Chochuwong

Badminton player

*January 22nd, 1998, Rayong

25

Nina Chuba

German singer and television actor

*October 14th, 1998, Wedel

26

Zé Felipe

Brazilian sertanejo singer

*April 21st, 1998, Goiânia

25

Luísa Sonza

Brazilian singer-songwriter

*July 18th, 1998, Tuparendi

25

Kevinho

Brazilian singer-songwriter

*September 15th, 1998, Campinas

26

Paulo Londra

Argentinian rapper and singer

*April 12th, 1998, Córdoba

26

Wos

Argentine rapper, freestyler and actor

*January 23rd, 1998, Buenos Aires

25

Chloe Bailey

American singer and actress

*July 1st, 1998, Atlanta

26

Rodion Alimov

Russian badminton player

*April 21st, 1998, Ufa

25

Chloe Bailey

American singer and actress

*July 1st, 1998, Atlanta

24

Hugo Helmig

Danish singer-songwriter

*July 24th, 1998, Aarhus †November 23rd, 2022

25

Kyohei Yamashita

Badminton player

*October 12th, 1998, Okayama Prefecture

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on December 31st

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day, New Year's Eve) which are celebrated on December 31st.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Born on December 31st, 1998
Future birthdays

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1998 is a normal year and no leap year.

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