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9 November 1998 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 9 November 1998 was a Monday.
- 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 9 November is Scorpio.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 9 November 1998 fell in the Year of the Tiger.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for November is Topaz.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 9 November 1998 was Waning Gibbous.
On this day: 9 November
- 1994 The chemical element darmstadtium is discovered.
- 1998 A U.S. federal judge, in the largest civil settlement in American history, orders 37 U.S. brokerage houses to pay US$1.03 billion to cheated NASDAQ investors to compensate for price fixing.
- 2000 Uttarakhand officially becomes the 27th state of India, formed from thirteen districts of northwestern Uttar Pradesh.
- 2004 Firefox 1.0 is released.
- 2005 The Venus Express mission of the European Space Agency is launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
Famous people born on 9 November
- Eric Dane, American actor (1972–2026)
- Edward VII (1841–1910)
- Delta Goodrem, Australian singer-songwriter, pianist, and actress (born 1984)
- Ryan Murphy, American television writer, producer, and director (born 1965)
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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).
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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