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December 19, 1998

On December 19, 1998, president Bill Clinton is impeached by the United States House of Representatives, becoming the second president of the United States to be impeached. 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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The year in brief

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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What happened

On December 19, 1998

  1. 1998 President Bill Clinton is impeached by the United States House of Representatives, becoming the second president of the United States to be impeached.

    President of the United States from 1993 to 2001

    William Jefferson Clinton is an American politician and lawyer who served as the 42nd president of the United States from 1993 to 2001. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as the attorney general of Arkansas from 1977 to 1979 and as the governor of Arkansas from 1979 to 1981, and again from 1983 to 1992. His centrist "Third Way" political philosophy became known as Clintonism, which dominated his presidency and the succeeding decades of Democratic Party history.

Arrivals

Born on December 19, 1998

King Princess 1998– American musician (born 1998)

Farewells

Died on December 19, 1998

Mel Fisher American treasure hunter

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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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