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25 November 1998 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 25 November 1998 was a Wednesday.
- UK Number One
- The UK Number One single was “Believe” by Cher.
- Top Film of 1998
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1998 was Armageddon.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 25 November is Sagittarius.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 25 November 1998 fell in the Year of the Tiger.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for November is Topaz.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 25 November 1998 was Waxing Crescent.
On this day: 25 November
- 1984 Thirty-six top musicians gather in a Notting Hill studio and record Band Aid's "Do They Know It's Christmas?" in order to raise money for famine relief in Ethiopia.
- 1986 Iran–Contra affair: U.S. Attorney General Edwin Meese announces that profits from covert weapons sales to Iran were illegally diverted to the anti-communist Contra rebels in Nicaragua.
- 1986 The King Fahd Causeway is officially opened in the Persian Gulf.
- 1992 The Federal Assembly of Czechoslovakia votes to split the country into the Czech Republic and Slovakia, with effect from January 1, 1993.
- 1999 A five-year-old Cuban boy, Elián González, is rescued by fishermen while floating in an inner tube off the Florida coast.
Famous people born on 25 November
- John F. Kennedy Jr., American lawyer, journalist, and publisher (1960–1999)
- Xabi Alonso, Spanish footballer (born 1981)
- Christina Applegate, American actress (born 1971)
- Joel Kinnaman, Swedish actor (born 1979)
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Events of 1998 in the United Kingdom
A selection from Wikipedia's '1998 in the United Kingdom'. Not a complete list.
- 10 April – The Good Friday Agreement, an agreement between the UK and Irish governments and the main political parties in Northern Ireland is signed.
- 9 May – The Eurovision Song Contest held in Birmingham at the National Indoor Arena.
- 23 June – The Heathrow Express rail link begins operation.
Life in 1998
Prime Minister
Tony Blair
Monarch
Elizabeth II
Pint of Beer
£1.65
Loaf of Bread
68p
Average House
£71,077
Weekly Wage
£405.00
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