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23 September 1998 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 23 September 1998 was a Wednesday.
- Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
- The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “I Don't Want to Miss a Thing” by Aerosmith.
- 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 23 September is Libra.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 23 September 1998 fell in the Year of the Tiger.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for September is Sapphire.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 23 September 1998 was Waxing Crescent.
On this day: 23 September
- 1957 Little Rock schools integration crisis: President Dwight D. Eisenhower sends the 101st Airborne Division to Little Rock, Arkansas, and federalizes the Arkansas National Guard, ordering both to support the integration of Little Rock Central High School.
- 1961 U.S. President John F. Kennedy nominates African American civil rights lawyer Thurgood Marshall to the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, although pro-segregation Southern senators manage to delay his confirmation until September 11, 1962.
- 1973 Argentine general election: Juan Perón returns to power in Argentina.
- 1999 Qantas Flight 1 overruns a runway in Bangkok during a storm, causing minor injuries to some passengers.
- 2022 Voting begins in the five-day sham annexation referendums in Russian-occupied Ukraine, leading to Russian annexation of Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia oblasts.
Famous people born on September 23
- Augustus, Roman emperor (born -63)
- Bruce Springsteen, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1949)
- Chris Johnson, American football player (born 1985)
- Ray Charles, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actor (1930–2004)
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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).
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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