About the day » Sunday January 4, 1998Calender converter

• Kimerly Werleman, Haarlem, Noord-Holland, NL († 1998)
• John M. Moffat, McKeesport, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten
• Crystal Sue King, Hull, Sioux County, Iowa († 2000)

• Anna Maria Antonia Veltmeijer (82), Rotterdam
• Antonius Catharina Huberdina Biermans (65), Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• ALBERTJE HECKMAN (71)
• Adriana Cornelia van Zon (87), Breda
• Clinton Allen Kreimer (85)
• Albert Frissaer (78), Gran Canaria, Spanje
• Albertje Heckman (72), Lunteren
• Adriana Heere (91), Egmond aan Zee
• Augustin DELERUELLE (74), Kortrijk,8500,West Vlaanderen,Vlaams Gewest,Belgie,Belgie
• Arno van der Lee (30), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1985 » Gökhan Gönül, Turkish footballer
• 1985 » Kari Aalvik Grimsbø, Norwegian handball player
• 1986 » James Milner, English footballer
• 1986 » Younès Kaboul, French footballer
• 1989 » Graham Rahal, American race car driver
• 1990 » Toni Kroos, German footballer
• 1992 » Kris Bryant, American baseball player
• 1994 » Derrick Henry, American football player
• 1997 » Ante Žižić, Croatian basketball player
• 1998 » Liza Soberano, Filipina actress

• 1994 » R. D. Burman, Indian film composer and music director (b. 1939)
• 1995 » Eduardo Mata, Mexican conductor and composer (b. 1942)
• 1995 » Sol Tax, American anthropologist and academic (b. 1907)
• 1997 » Harry Helmsley, American businessman (b. 1909)
• 1998 » Mae Questel, American actress (b. 1908)
• 1999 » Iron Eyes Cody, American actor and stuntman (b. 1904)
• 2000 » Spyros Markezinis, Greek lawyer and politician, 170th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1909)
• 2000 » Tom Fears, Mexican-American football player and coach (b. 1922)
• 2001 » Les Brown, American bandleader and composer (b. 1912)
• 2004 » Brian Gibson, English director and screenwriter (b. 1944)

1. Nick
2. Niels
3. Thomas
4. Daan
5. Robin
6. Tim
7. Jan
8. Max
9. Bas
10. Bram
11. Kevin
12. Rick
13. Johannes
14. Dennis
15. Lars
16. Jacob

1. Laura
2. Sanne
3. Emma
4. Amber
5. Kim
6. Anne
7. Femke
8. Charlotte
9. Lotte
10. Anouk
11. Julia
12. Eva
13. Anna
14. Demi
15. Lisa
16. Iris

• Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 15.7 million citizens.
• March 19 » An Ariana Afghan Airlines Boeing 727 crashes on approach to Kabul International Airport, killing all 45 on board.
• May 12 » Four students are shot at Trisakti University, leading to widespread riots and the fall of Suharto.
• July 6 » Hong Kong International Airport opens in Chek Lap Kok, Hong Kong, replacing Kai Tak Airport as the city's international airport.
• August 20 » The Supreme Court of Canada rules that Quebec cannot legally secede from Canada without the federal government's approval.
• October 16 » Former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet is arrested in London on a murder extradition warrant.
• December 29 » Leaders of the Khmer Rouge apologize for the 1970s genocide in Cambodia that claimed over one million lives.

The temperature on January 4, 1998 was between 4.8 °C and 8.6 °C and averaged 6.7 °C. There was 2.0 mm of rain during 3.5 hours. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (5%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.