About the day » Tuesday August 18, 1998Calender converter

• Chandler D. Houston, fortasse, quodam loco, Verenigde Staten († 2020)

• Apolonia Johanna van der Maat (97), Koudekerk aan de Rijn, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Koekoek (80), Nieuwlande, Drenthe, Nederland
• Alice Louise de Vries (76), Rockford-Michigan (USA)
• Antje Bakker (83)
• Bertha Jeanette De Munck (75), Gent (UZ)
• Clara Elizabeth Johnson (96)
• Cornelia Wilhelminal (87), Utrecht
• Bert Brökling (77), Eijsden,, Limburg, Nederland
• Anthonia Maria Margaretha Kientz (82), Oldenzaal, Overijssel, Nederland
• Aaltje de Vries (85), Veendam

• 1988 » Eggert Jónsson, Icelandic footballer
• 1988 » G-Dragon, South Korean rapper, singer-songwriter and record producer
• 1988 » Jack Hobbs, English footballer
• 1992 » Bogdan Bogdanović, Serbian basketball player
• 1992 » Elizabeth Beisel, American swimmer
• 1993 » Jung Eun-ji, South Korean singer-songwriter
• 1993 » Maia Mitchell, Australian actress and singer
• 1994 » Morgan Sanson, French footballer
• 1995 » Alīna Fjodorova, Latvian figure skater
• 1997 » Renato Sanches, Portuguese footballer

• 1990 » B. F. Skinner, American psychologist and philosopher, invented the Skinner box (b. 1904)
• 1994 » Francis Raymond Shea, American bishop (b. 1913)
• 1998 » Persis Khambatta, Indian model and actress, Femina Miss India 1965 (b. 1948)
• 2001 » David Peakall, English chemist and toxicologist (b. 1931)
• 2002 » Dean Riesner, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1918)
• 2003 » Tony Jackson, English singer and bassist (b. 1938)
• 2004 » Elmer Bernstein, American composer and conductor (b. 1922)
• 2004 » Hiram Fong, American soldier and politician (b. 1906)
• 2005 » Chri$ Ca$h, American wrestler (b. 1982)
• 2006 » Ken Kearney, Australian rugby player (b. 1924)

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. Lisa
14. Anna
15. Demi
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.
• January 4 » A massive ice storm hits eastern Canada and the northeastern United States, continuing through January 10 and causing widespread destruction.
• May 30 » The 6.5 M_w  Afghanistan earthquake shook the Takhar Province of northern Afghanistan with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VII (Very strong), killing around 4,000–4,500.
• 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 24 » First radio-frequency identification (RFID) human implantation tested in the United Kingdom.
• September 2 » Swissair Flight 111 crashes near Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia; all 229 people onboard are killed.
• December 19 » President Bill Clinton is impeached by the United States House of Representatives, becoming the second President of the United States to be impeached.

The temperature on August 18, 1998 was between 10.4 °C and 23.1 °C and averaged 17.8 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 1.2 hours. There was 6.6 hours of sunshine (45%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north.