At A Glance

25 July 1998 at a glance

Day of the week
25 July 1998 was a Saturday.
Irish Chart Song in 1998
The Irish chart song for 1998 was “My Heart Will Go On” by Celine Dion.
Top Film of 1998
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1998 was Armageddon.
Star sign
The star sign for 25 July is Leo.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 25 July 1998 fell in the Year of the Tiger.
Birthstone
The birthstone for July is Ruby.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 25 July 1998 was Waxing Crescent.

On this day: 25 July

  • 1993 Israel launches a massive attack against Lebanon in what the Israelis call Operation Accountability, and the Lebanese call the Seven-Day War.
  • 1994 Israel and Jordan sign the Washington Declaration, that formally ends the state of war that had existed between the nations since 1948.
  • 1996 In a military coup in Burundi, Pierre Buyoya deposes Sylvestre Ntibantunganya.
  • 2007 Pratibha Patil is sworn in as India's first female president.
  • 2010 WikiLeaks publishes classified documents about the War in Afghanistan, one of the largest leaks in U.S. military history.

Famous people born on 25 July

  • Hasan Piker, American Twitch streamer (born 1991)
  • Jaafar Jackson, American actor and singer (born 1996)
  • Zawe Ashton, British actress (born 1984)
  • Bryce Young, American football player (born 2001)

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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Events of 1998 in Ireland

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

  • 1 January – The Vocational Education Committees of the towns of Bray, Drogheda, Sligo, Tralee and Wexford were abolished.
  • 27 February – Ireland qualified for entry into the Economic and Monetary Union of the European Union.
  • 10 April – (Good Friday) – The British and Irish governments and all the political parties in Northern Ireland (except the Democratic Unionists) signed the Belfast Agreement (also called Good Friday Agreement).
More events of 1998 →Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Life in Ireland in 1998

Taoiseach

Bertie Ahern

Petrol (per litre)

£1.70/gal

Loaf of Bread

£0.82

Average House

£90,000

Weekly Wage

£148

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