January 1998 was the first month of that common year. The month, which began on a Thursday, ended on a Saturday after 31 days.
This is an archived version of Wikipedia's Current events Portal from January 1998.
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- Law and crime
- Smoking is banned in all California bars and restaurants.
- Politics and elections
- Toronto and six other communities in Canada are merged to form a new megacity. The next day Mel Lastman is sworn in as its first mayor.
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- Alan Eagleson pleads guilty to fraud in Canada.
- The Lunar Prospector spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently shadowed craters near the Moon's poles.
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- Gunmen hold at least 400 children and teachers hostage for several hours, at an elementary school in Manila, Philippines.
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