About the day » Wednesday June 24, 1998Calender converter

• Hannah Elizabeth Svec
• Olav de Bruin, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1998)

• * Martinus Smits (83), Sleewijk
• Cornelis (Cor) Verhagen (82), Capelle aan den IJssel
• Catharina Maria Gerarda Beijsens (66), Veldhoven
• Albert Cant (83), Melsele
• Arie SCHRYVERS (85), Corsica, Douglas, South Dakota
• Adrianus Johannes Stolwijk (68), Bedum, Groningen, Nederland
• Bernard Milton Shadle (58)
• Barton Hosier Brown (71), Clark, Nevada (USA)
• Christina Boers (89), Zevenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antonius Josephus van Gorkom (78), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1987 » Lionel Messi, Argentinian footballer
• 1987 » Simona Dobrá, Czech tennis player
• 1988 » Micah Richards, English footballer
• 1989 » Teklemariam Medhin, Eritrean runner
• 1990 » Michael Del Zotto, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1990 » Richard Sukuta-Pasu, German footballer
• 1991 » Aidan Sezer, Australian rugby league player
• 1991 » Yasmin Paige, English actress
• 1992 » David Alaba, Austrian footballer
• 1996 » Duki, Argentinian rapper

• 1991 » Rufino Tamayo, Mexican painter and illustrator (b. 1899)
• 1991 » Sumner Locke Elliott, Australian-American author and playwright (b. 1917)
• 1994 » Jean Vallerand, Canadian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1915)
• 1995 » Andrew J. Transue, American politician and attorney Morissette v. United States (b. 1903)
• 1997 » Brian Keith, American actor (b. 1921)
• 2000 » David Tomlinson, English actor and comedian (b. 1917)
• 2000 » Rodrigo Bueno, Argentine cuarteto singer (b. 1973)
• 2000 » Vera Atkins, British intelligence officer (b. 1908)
• 2002 » Pierre Werner, Luxembourgian banker and politician, 21st Prime Minister of Luxembourg (b. 1913)
• 2004 » Ifigeneia Giannopoulou, Greek songwriter and author (b. 1957)

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. Dennis
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.
• May 11 » India conducts three underground atomic tests in Pokhran.
• May 12 » Four students are shot at Trisakti University, leading to widespread riots and the fall of Suharto.
• July 4 » Japan launches the Nozomi probe to Mars, joining the United States and Russia as a space exploring nation.
• July 17 » The 7.0 M_w  Papua New Guinea earthquake triggers a tsunami that destroys ten villages in Papua New Guinea, killing up to 2,700 people, and leaving several thousand injured.
• September 2 » The UN's International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda finds Jean-Paul Akayesu, the former mayor of a small town in Rwanda, guilty of nine counts of genocide.
• October 29 » In South Africa, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission presents its report, which condemns both sides for committing atrocities.

The temperature on June 24, 1998 was between 15.9 °C and 22.8 °C and averaged 19.0 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 2.2 hours of sunshine (13%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.