About the day » Wednesday October 14, 1998Calender converter

• Elze Bergsma, Meppel († 1998)
• Jaye Dijkstra, Appingedam
• Jacob Donald Weggemann, unbekannt († 2015)
• Larissa Bultman, Iowa Falls, Iowa († 2024)
• Elze Bergsma, Meppel († 1998)
• Regina Woldhek Woldhek, Hoogezand, Groningen, Nederland

• Overal (86), Heerenveen
• Catharina Tesselaar (77), Schagen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aalbrecht van Boven (85), Hoogvliet, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Clifford Leerhoff (78), fortasse, somewhere, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Derkina Rijpma (87), Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Johanna Leenders (84), Tegelen
• Antoon Verhaaff (91)
• Tietje Heukels (85), Wommels
• Areke Pothuizen (72), Leerdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cecilia Marie Kwiatkowski (79)

• 1985 » Alexandre Sarnes Negrão, Brazilian racing driver
• 1986 » Tom Craddock, English footballer
• 1988 » Glenn Maxwell, Australian cricketer
• 1990 » Jordan Clark, English cricketer
• 1992 » Ahmed Musa, Nigerian footballer
• 1993 » Ashton Agar, Australian cricketer
• 1994 » Jaelen Feeney, Australian rugby league player
• 1994 » Jared Goff, American football player
• 1994 » Joe Burgess, English rugby league player
• 2001 » Rowan Blanchard, American actress

• 1990 » Leonard Bernstein, American pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1918)
• 1997 » Harold Robbins, American author (b. 1915)
• 1998 » Cleveland Amory, American author and activist (b. 1917)
• 1998 » Frankie Yankovic, American accordion player (b. 1916)
• 1999 » Julius Nyerere, Tanzanian educator and politician, 1st President of Tanzania (b. 1922)
• 2000 » Art Coulter, Canadian-American ice hockey player (b. 1909)
• 2000 » Tony Roper, American race car driver (b. 1964)
• 2002 » Norbert Schultze, German composer and conductor (b. 1911)
• 2003 » Patrick Dalzel-Job, English linguist, commander, and navigator (b. 1913)
• 2006 » Freddy Fender, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1937)

• 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.
• January 26 » Lewinsky scandal: On American television, U.S. President Bill Clinton denies having had "sexual relations" with former White House intern Monica Lewinsky.
• February 3 » Cavalese cable car disaster: a United States military pilot causes the death of 20 people when his low-flying plane cuts the cable of a cable-car near Trento, Italy.
• May 26 » The Supreme Court of the United States rules in New Jersey v. New York that Ellis Island, the historic gateway for millions of immigrants, is mainly in the state of New Jersey, not New York.
• July 6 » Hong Kong International Airport opens in Chek Lap Kok, Hong Kong, replacing Kai Tak Airport as the city's international airport.
• August 17 » Lewinsky scandal: US President Bill Clinton admits in taped testimony that he had an "improper physical relationship" with White House intern Monica Lewinsky; later that same day he admits before the nation that he "misled people" about the relationship.
• August 28 » Second Congo War: Loyalist troops backed by Angolan and Zimbabwean forces repulse the RCD and Rwandan offensive on Kinshasa.

The temperature on October 14, 1998 was between 8.6 °C and 16.5 °C and averaged 13.7 °C. There was 5.1 mm of rain during 10.3 hours. The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.