December 1998

December 1998 was the twelfth and final month of that common year. The month, which began on a Tuesday, ended on a Thursday after 31 days.

Portal:Current events

This is an archived version of Wikipedia's Current events Portal from December 1998.

December 1, 1998 (Tuesday)
  • Exxon announces a US$73.7 billion deal to buy Mobil, thus creating Exxon-Mobil, the second-largest company on the planet by revenue.
December 5, 1998 (Saturday)
December 6, 1998 (Sunday)
December 8, 1998 (Tuesday)
December 11, 1998 (Friday)
  • Iraq disarmament crisis: Iraq announces that United Nations weapons inspections will no longer take place on Friday, the Muslim day of rest. Iraq also refuses to provide test data from the production of missiles and engines.
December 17, 1998 (Thursday)
  • Claudia Benton, of West University Place, Texas, is murdered in her house by Angel Maturino Resendiz.
December 19, 1998 (Saturday)
December 21, 1998 (Monday)
  • Iraq disarmament crisis: UN Security Council members France, Germany and Russia call for sanctions to end against Iraq. The 3 Security Council members also call for UNSCOM to either be disbanded or for its role to be recast. The U.S. says it will veto any such proposal.
December 26, 1998 (Saturday)
December 29, 1998 (Tuesday)
December 31, 1998 (Thursday)
  • The first leap second since June 30, 1997 occurs. In the eurozone, the currency rates of this day are fixed permanently.
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