X-Nico

unusual facts about December 1998


Bank Central Asia

In December 1998, fund from was returned to the point before crisis.


Vanguards of Conquest

In December 1998, the Vanguards of Conquest issued a communique to Islamist groups calling for attacks against the United States "for its arrogance" in bombing Iraq ostensibly to distract from the Monica Lewinsky scandal.


see also

Adriaen Isenbrandt

Till-Holger Borchert - "Adriaan Isenbrant" in the catalogue of the exhibition "Bruges and the Renaissance"; Bruges, 15 August-6 December 1998; ISBN 90-5544-230-5

Andrei Pavlovich Ablameyko

After the death of his father Ian Matusevich in December 1998, he was ordained to the priesthood by Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Przemyśl–Warsaw, Archbishop Jan Martyniak in Lublin and was appointed rector of the parish of Saint Joseph in Minsk, as well as parish administrator in Lida and Maladzechna.

Angelo Sodano

On 27 December 1998, he wrote, at the request of the democratic government of Chile, an official letter to the British prime minister Tony Blair stating that "the Chilean Government considers it an offence to its territorial sovereignty as a nation the fact of being deprived of the power to judge its own citizens" through the detention of Pinochet in Britain.

Charles Adcock

Charles Norman Adcock (21 February 1923–9 December 1998) was an English association football striker born in Boston, Lincolnshire.

Chris Willcock

Other major works have been performed in recent years by the Tallis Scholars (May 2000) and the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra (December 1998).

Christmas in Vienna VI

Recorded in December 1998, it also includes the French singer Patricia Kaas and the Mexican singer Alejandro Fernández with the Vienna Symphony Orchestra directed by Steven Mercurio.

Colosseum Kino

December 1998: the Kino was officially THX Certified, making it the largest THX certified Cinema in the world.

Dan Kiesel

He officially resigned in December, 1998 citing personal reasons, but also differences with the then-coach Javed Miandad, whom he claimed was interfering with his work.

Differentiated services

In December 1998, the IETF published RFC 2474 - Definition of the Differentiated services field (DS field) in the IPv4 and IPv6 headers, which replaced the IPv4 TOS field with the DS field.

Extreme World Wrestling

Extreme World Wrestling’s debut show was known as "The Declaration", which took place in December 1998 at the Exeter Hall in Kiddlington Oxfordshire.

Freddie Young

Freddie Young OBE, BSC (9 October 1902 - 1 December 1998), (sometimes credited as Frederick A. Young) was one of Britain's most distinguished and influential cinematographers.

Hardcore Station

It is also the title of the DC Comics six-issue limited series Hardcore Station (July-December 1998) in which the concept was first introduced, created by writer Jim Starlin.

Harry Osman

Harry James Osman (29 January 1911 – 17 December 1998) was an English footballer who played as an outside left for Southampton (the "Saints") for two seasons in the 1930s and went on to become manager of Winchester City where he "discovered" future England international Terry Paine.

Henning Christophersen

Since December 1998 until 1 January 2007 he was the Chairman of the Energy Charter Conference.

Hinduism in Croatia

The Department of Indology of the University of Zagreb celebrated its 250th birth anniversary by holding a seminar on 17 December 1998.

I Love You Baby

The plot device of a disco ball injury mirrors an incident that happened to Boy George in December, 1998, when a 62-pound ball fell from the ceiling of the Bournemouth International Centre, hitting him on the shoulder and knocking him down.

Jeremaia Waqanisau

He joined the civil service and served as Commissioner of Fiji's Western Division from January 1997 through December 1998.

Leonard M. Rieser

Leonard M. Rieser (18 May 1922–15 December 1998) was an American physicist who worked on the Manhattan Project and later for nuclear disarmament.

Lilug

The group was formed in December 1998, out of interested parties from two previously-existing organizations, the Farmingdale Linux and Associated Technologies Club and the Brookhaven National Laboratory Local Linux Users Group.

Lori Rom

Her other work besides television include a December 1998 run in Shakespeare's Twelfth Night as Viola at The Kresge Foundation, and a 2006 Neosporin commercial.

MarioNet split web browser

-- or December 1998 according to one of the cited articles? --> at iCentrix Ltd in Andover, Hampshire, UK, by former Caldera UK employees led by Roger Gross and Andy Wightman.

Mikoyan Project 1.44

On 24 December 1998, the Nezavisimaya Gazeta published a brief article on the fighter, accompanied by several photos.

National Kidney Foundation Singapore scandal

In August 1997 and December 1998, NKF volunteer Archie Ong and aero-modelling instructor Piragasam Singaravelu respectively were hauled to court separately for defamation when both said that T.T. Durai had been flying first class.

Pierre Menard, Author of the Quixote

John Hodgman claims to have made a "controversial shot-by-shot remake" of "Pierre Menard" in the "page-a-day calendar" portion of his book More Information Than You Require, on the date 4 December 1998.

The joke references not only the recreation nature of the original short story, but also Gus Van Sant's shot-for-shot remake of Psycho, which was released on 4 December 1998.

Redwood Empire Food Bank

In December 1998, Yoko Ono donated more than 33,000 pounds of in honor of her late husband, musician John Lennon.

Richard Horie

Now focusing solely on coloring, the two colored Mike Deodato Jr.'s pencils and inks for a couple of issues of Chaos! Comics' Lady Death, as well as Coven and Jada Pinkett Smith's Menace for Awesome, before coming to work almost-exclusively for DC Comics in December, 1998.

Robert A. Altman

After leaving the practice of law, Altman served as the Chief Executive Officer and President of FriendFinder Networks Inc. (formerly Penthouse Media Group, Inc.) until December 1998.

Shahrdad Rohani

In December 1998 Rohani was commissioned by the government of Thailand and the committee of the 13th Asian Games to compose and conduct the music for opening ceremonies.

Sharan Merriam

Fulbright Lectureship and Research Award to University Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Malaysia (June to December, 1998)1998

Shekhar Chaudhuri

During August 1989 and August 1991, he was a Visiting Professor in the Department of Management at the College of Business and Administration, Southern Illinois University Carbondale; Visiting Professor in the Strategy, Organization and Human Resources Group at ESCP Europe in its Paris campus during October – December, 1998; and Dean of the Vinod Gupta School of Management, IIT Kharagpur during the period of May 2000 to December 2001.

Sidney Blumenthal

Nevertheless, the leadership of the Republican majority in the House of Representatives felt that enough evidence existed in regard to the Paula Jones case and Lewinsky for impeachment proceedings to begin in December 1998.

SMTP Authentication

RFC 6409, Message Submission for Mail, Randall Gellens and John C. Klensin, November 2011 (obsoletes RFC 4409, from 2006, which in turn replaced RFC 2476, from December 1998).

Super 400

In December 1998 Seagram purchased Island Records and many of their lesser known bands including Super 400 were released from their roster.

Tony Mary

From June 1997 until December 1998 he was President Europe of SITEL Corporation.

Vicca

Vicca is noted for her onscreen performances with her girlfriend, fellow Russian actress Nikita Gross, and for being December 1998's American Penthouse Pet of the Month and 2001 Penthouse Pet of the Year runner-up.

Vincent Cannistraro

Cannistraro also alleged that Iraqi intelligence agent Farouk Hijazi had invited bin Laden to live in Iraq during a December 1998 meeting in Afghanistan, though he maintained that bin Laden refused the invitation and did not accept support from Saddam Hussein.