December 1998

December 1998 was a month with thirty-one days.

The following events also occurred during the month:

Current events of 1 December 1998 (1998-12-01) (Tuesday) edit history watch Exxon announces a US$73.7 billion deal to buy Mobil, thus creating Exxon-Mobil, the second-largest company on the planet by revenue. Current events of 5 December 1998 (1998-12-05) (Saturday) edit history watch D.C. United defeats Vasco da Gama 2–1 on aggregate to win the Interamerican Cup. Current events of 6 December 1998 (1998-12-06) (Sunday) edit history watch Hugo Chávez Frías, former member of the Venezuelan military and politician, is elected President of Venezuela. Current events of 8 December 1998 (1998-12-08) (Tuesday) edit history watch Tadjena massacre in Algeria: 81 villagers are killed. Current events of 11 December 1998 (1998-12-11) (Friday) edit history watch Iraq disarmament crisis: Iraq announces that United Nations weapons inspections will no longer take place on Friday, the Muslim day of rest. Iraq also refuses to provide test data from the production of missiles and engines. Current events of 17 December 1998 (1998-12-17) (Thursday) edit history watch Claudia Benton, of West University Place, Texas, is murdered in her house by Angel Maturino Resendiz. Current events of 19 December 1998 (1998-12-19) (Saturday) edit history watch Iraq disarmament crisis: Iraqi Vice-President Taha Yassin Ramadan announces that Iraq will no longer cooperate and declares that UNSCOM's "mission is over." Lewinsky scandal: President Bill Clinton is impeached by the United States House of Representatives. Current events of 21 December 1998 (1998-12-21) (Monday) edit history watch Iraq disarmament crisis: UN Security Council members France, Germany and Russia call for sanctions to end against Iraq. 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. Current events of 26 December 1998 (1998-12-26) (Saturday) edit history watch Iraq disarmament crisis: Iraq announces its intention to fire upon U.S. and British warplanes that patrol the northern and southern "no-fly zones". Six sailors die and 5 yachts are lost in the Sydney to Hobart yacht race, the biggest disaster in the race's history Current events of 29 December 1998 (1998-12-29) (Tuesday) edit history watch Khmer Rouge leaders apologize for the genocide in Cambodia that claimed over 1 million in the 1970s. Current events of 31 December 1998 (1998-12-31) (Thursday) edit history watch The first leap second since June 30, 1997 occurs. In the eurozone, the currency rates of this day are fixed permanently.

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