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3 August 1998 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 3 August 1998 was a Monday.
- Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
- The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “The Boy Is Mine” by Brandy and 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 3 August is Leo.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 3 August 1998 fell in the Year of the Tiger.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for August is Peridot.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 3 August 1998 was Waxing Gibbous.
On this day: 3 August
- 1981 Senegalese opposition parties, under the leadership of Mamadou Dia, launch the Antiimperialist Action Front – Suxxali Reew Mi.
- 1997 Sky Tower in downtown Auckland, New Zealand opens after two-and-a-half years of construction, becoming the tallest free-standing structure in the Southern Hemisphere at the time.
- 2004 The pedestal of the Statue of Liberty reopens after being closed since the September 11 attacks.
- 2005 President of Mauritania Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya is overthrown in a military coup while attending the funeral of King Fahd in Saudi Arabia.
- 2019 Six hundred protesters, including opposition leader Lyubov Sobol, are arrested in an election protest in Moscow, Russia.
Famous people born on August 3
- Tom Brady, American football player (born 1977)
- Martin Sheen, American actor and producer (born 1940)
- Karlie Kloss, American fashion model (born 1992)
- Martha Stewart, American businesswoman, publisher, and author, founded Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia (born 1941)
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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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