At A Glance

10 April 1998 at a glance

Day of the week
10 April 1998 was a Friday.
ARIA No. 1
The ARIA No. 1 was “Never Ever” by All Saints.
Top Film of 1998
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1998 was Armageddon.
Best-Selling Vehicle of 1998
Australia's top-selling new vehicle in 1998 was the Holden Commodore.
Star sign
The star sign for 10 April is Aries.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 10 April 1998 fell in the Year of the Tiger.
Birthstone
The birthstone for April is Diamond.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 10 April 1998 was Waxing Gibbous.

On this day: 10 April

  • 1972 Tombs containing bamboo slips, among them Sun Tzu's Art of War and Sun Bin's lost military treatise, are discovered by construction workers in Shandong.
  • 1991 A rare tropical storm develops in the South Atlantic Ocean near Angola, the first to be documented by satellites.
  • 1998 The Good Friday Agreement is signed in Northern Ireland.
  • 2009 President of Fiji Ratu Josefa Iloilo announces the abrogation of the constitution and assumes all governance in the country, creating a constitutional crisis.
  • 2016 An earthquake of 6.6 magnitude strikes 39 km west-southwest of Ashkasham, impacting India, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Srinagar and Pakistan.

Famous people born on 10 April

  • Charlie Hunnam, English actor (born 1980)
  • Daisy Ridley, English actress (born 1992)
  • Haley Joel Osment, American actor (born 1988)
  • Mandy Moore, American singer-songwriter and actress (born 1984)

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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Events of 1998 in Australia

A selection from Wikipedia's '1998 in Australia'. Not a complete list.

  • 2 January – A helicopter carrying Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer makes an emergency landing in the Bougainville hinterland after its windscreen is smashed in a bird strike. Downer was travelling to Arawa to meet senior leaders of the Bougainville Revolutionary Army.
  • 1 February – Some Sunday newspapers publish a Libra advertisement for ultra-absorbent menstrual pads accompanied by a caption which reads "Katherine could use some of these right now" while also depicting a flooded home.
  • 3 March – Federal Speaker of the House of Representatives Bob Halverson resigns.

Life in Australia in 1998

Prime Minister

John Howard

Monarch

Queen Elizabeth II

Petrol (per litre)

$0.67

Loaf of Bread

$1.95

Average House

$155,000

Weekly Wage

$760.00

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