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August 7, 1998

On August 7, 1998, bombings at United States embassies in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and Nairobi, Kenya kill approximately 212 people. The year's #1 song was "Too Close" by Next. King Combs, Mitchell Robinson, Sexyy Red would arrive in the same year.

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1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1998th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 998th year of the 2nd millennium, the 98th year of the 20th century, and the 9th year of the 1990s decade.

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On August 7, 1998

  1. 1998 Bombings at United States embassies in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and Nairobi, Kenya kill approximately 212 people.

    Attacks on US embassies in Africa

    The 1998 United States embassy bombings were a series of attacks that occurred on August 7, 1998. More than 220 people were killed in two nearly simultaneous truck bomb explosions in two East African capital cities, one at the United States embassy in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and the other at the United States embassy in Nairobi, Kenya.

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Born on August 7, 1998

Vladimir Barbu 1998– Italian diver (born 1998)
María Belén Bazo 1998– Peruvian windsurfer (born 1998)
Jalen Hurts 1998– American football player (born 1998)

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The class of 1998

Others born in 1998

King Combs 1998– American rapper
Mitchell Robinson 1998– American basketball player
Sexyy Red 1998– American rapper
Anna Odine Strøm 1998– Norwegian ski jumper and two-time Olympic champion
Suppapong Udomkaewkanjana (Saint) 1998– Thai actor and singer
Jarrett Allen 1998– American basketball player

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