At A Glance

10 March 1998 at a glance

Day of the week
10 March 1998 was a Tuesday.
Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “My Heart Will Go On” by Céline Dion.
Top Film of 1998
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1998 was Armageddon.
Bestselling Novel of 1998
“The Street Lawyer” by John Grisham was No. 1 on Publishers Weekly's US fiction list for 1998.
Top-Rated TV Show
“ER” (NBC) was No. 1 in the Nielsen ratings for the 1998–99 season.
Star sign
The star sign for 10 March is Pisces.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 10 March 1998 fell in the Year of the Tiger.
Birthstone
The birthstone for March is Aquamarine.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 10 March 1998 was Waxing Gibbous.

On this day: 10 March

  • 1982 Syzygy: All nine planets recognized at this time — Mercury to Pluto — align on the same side of the Sun.
  • 1990 In Haiti, Prosper Avril is ousted eighteen months after seizing power in a coup d'état in September 1988.
  • 1991 1991 Salvadoran legislative election: The Nationalist Republican Alliance wins 39 of the 84 seats in the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador.
  • 2000 The Dot-com bubble peaks with the NASDAQ Composite stock market index reaching 5,048.62.
  • 2006 The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter arrives at Mars.

Famous people born on March 10

  • Olivia Wilde, American actress and director (born 1984)
  • Jon Hamm, American actor and director (born 1971)
  • Jasmine Guy, American actress, singer, and director (born 1962)
  • Chuck Norris, American actor, producer, and martial artist (1940–2026)

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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Events of 1998 in the United States

A selection from Wikipedia's '1998 in the United States'. Not a complete list.

  • April 7 – Citicorp and Travelers Group announce plans to merge, creating the largest financial-services conglomerate in the world, Citigroup.
  • June 19 – Walt Disney Pictures' 36th feature film, Mulan, is released to very positive reception and commercial success.
  • June 25 – Microsoft releases Windows 98 (First Edition).
More events of 1998 →Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Life in the US in 1998

President

Bill Clinton

Gas (per gallon)

$1.06

Loaf of Bread

$1.02

Average House

$152,000

Weekly Wage

$524

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