About the day » Sunday December 27, 1998Calender converter

• Arie Kortlever (77), Leerdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Elisabeth Huijsman (76), Eindhoven
• Ann Follman Folman (66), Maastricht, Limburg, Nederland
• Aleida Schutte (91), Vries Dr Neth
• Anna Maria Catharina van der Vegt (83), Den Haag
• Amalie Ingeborg Engel (84), Bern
• Arie Kraijenoord (91), Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alida van Beelen (71), Wassenaar, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arnold Lee Onderstal (64), Allen, Dixon, Nebraska, United States
• * Pietertje Boom (81), Gouda

• 1990 » Max Lindholm, Finnish figure skater
• 1990 » Milos Raonic, Canadian tennis player
• 1991 » Danny Wilson, Scottish footballer
• 1991 » Michael Morgan, Australian rugby league player
• 1992 » Joel Indermitte, Estonian footballer
• 1992 » Maicel Uibo, Estonian decathlete
• 1993 » Olivia Cooke, English actress
• 1995 » Mark Lapidus, Estonian chess player
• 1995 » Timothée Chalamet, American actor
• 1997 » Ana Konjuh, Croatian tennis player

• 1993 » Evald Mikson, Estonian footballer (b. 1911)
• 1993 » Feliks Kibbermann, Estonian chess player and philologist (b. 1902)
• 1994 » Fanny Cradock, English author and critic (b. 1909)
• 1994 » J. B. L. Reyes, Filipino lawyer and jurist (b. 1902)
• 1995 » Genrikh Kasparyan, Armenian chess player and composer (b. 1910)
• 1995 » Shura Cherkassky, Ukrainian-American pianist (b. 1909)
• 1997 » Billy Wright, Northern Irish loyalist leader (b. 1960)
• 1997 » Brendan Gill, American journalist and essayist (b. 1914)
• 1999 » Michael McDowell, American author and screenwriter (b. 1950)
• 2002 » George Roy Hill, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1922)

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

1. Laura
2. Sanne
3. Emma
4. Amber
5. Kim
6. Anne
7. Femke
8. Charlotte
9. Anouk
10. Lotte
11. Julia
12. Eva
13. Demi
14. Lisa
15. Anna
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.
• February 14 » An oil tanker train collides with a freight train in Yaoundé, Cameroon, spilling fuel oil. One person scavenging the oil created a massive explosion which killed 120.
• May 21 » In Miami, five abortion clinics are attacked by a butyric acid attacker.
• May 21 » President Suharto of Indonesia resigns following the killing of students from Trisakti University earlier that week by security forces and growing mass protests in Jakarta against his ongoing corrupt rule.
• 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.
• December 8 » Eighty-one people are killed by armed groups in Algeria.

The temperature on December 27, 1998 was between 5.9 °C and 11.7 °C and averaged 9.3 °C. There was 4.3 mm of rain during 5.2 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.