At A Glance

27 October 1998 at a glance

Day of the week
27 October 1998 was a Tuesday.
Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “The First Night” by Monica.
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 27 October is Scorpio.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 27 October 1998 fell in the Year of the Tiger.
Birthstone
The birthstone for October is Opal.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 27 October 1998 was Waxing Crescent.

On this day: 27 October

  • 1986 The British government suddenly deregulates financial markets, leading to a total restructuring of the way in which they operate in the country, in an event now referred to as the Big Bang.
  • 1988 Cold War: Ronald Reagan suspends construction of the new U.S. Embassy in Moscow due to Soviet listening devices in the building structure.
  • 1991 Turkmenistan achieves independence from the Soviet Union.
  • 1994 Gliese 229B is the first Substellar Mass Object to be unquestionably identified.
  • 2014 Britain withdraws from Afghanistan at the end of Operation Herrick, after 12 years four months and seven days.

Famous people born on October 27

  • Theodore Roosevelt, American colonel and politician, 26th President of the United States, Nobel Prize laureate (1858–1919)
  • Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Brazilian union leader and politician, 35 and 39th President of Brazil (born 1945)
  • John Cleese, English actor, comedian, screenwriter and producer (born 1939)
  • Sylvia Plath, American poet, novelist, and short story writer (1932–1963)

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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).
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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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