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September 2, 1998

On September 2, 1998, swissair Flight 111 crashes near Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia; all 229 people on board are killed. 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 September 2, 1998

  1. 1998 Swissair Flight 111 crashes near Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia; all 229 people on board are killed.

    1998 aircraft accident in the Atlantic Ocean

    Swissair Flight 111 was a scheduled international passenger flight from John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City, United States, to Cointrin Airport in Geneva, Switzerland. The flight was also a codeshare flight with Delta Air Lines.

  2. 1998 The UN's International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda finds Jean-Paul Akayesu, the former mayor of a small town in Rwanda, guilty of nine counts of genocide.

    Global intergovernmental organization

    The United Nations (UN) is a global intergovernmental organization established by the signing of the UN Charter on 26 June 1945 with the articulated mission of maintaining international peace and security, to develop friendly relations among states, to promote international cooperation, and to serve as a centre for harmonizing the actions of states in achieving those goals.

Arrivals

Born on September 2, 1998

Nickeil Alexander-Walker 1998– Canadian basketball player (born 1998)
Choi Ye-bin 1998– South Korean actress (born 1998)

Farewells

Died on September 2, 1998

Jackie Blanchflower Northern Irish footballer
Allen Drury American writer

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Other moments from 1998

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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