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December 29, 1998

On December 29, 1998, leaders of the Khmer Rouge apologize for the Cambodian genocide that claimed over one million lives. 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

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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 December 29, 1998

  1. 1998 Leaders of the Khmer Rouge apologize for the Cambodian genocide that claimed over one million lives.

    Members of the Communist Party of Kampuchea

    Khmer Rouge is the name that was popularly given to members of the Communist Party of Kampuchea (CPK), and by extension to Democratic Kampuchea, which ruled Cambodia between 1975 and 1979. The name was coined in the 1960s by Norodom Sihanouk to describe his country's heterogeneous, communist-led dissidents, with whom he allied after the 1970 Cambodian coup d'état.

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Born on December 29, 1998

Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick 1998– American actor (born 1998)
Victor Osimhen 1998– Nigerian footballer (born 1998)
Brandon Thomas-Asante 1998– Ghanaian association football player

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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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