1998

• Aerosmith – “I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing”
• Celine Dion – “My Heart Will Go On”
• Faith Hill – “This Kiss”
• Goo Goo Dolls – “Iris”
• Janet Jackson – “Together Again”
• Jennifer Page – “Crush”
• K-Ci & JoJo – “All My Life”
• Matchbox 20 – “Real World”
• Natalie Imbruglia – “Torn”
• Next – “Too Close”
• Robyn - “Show Me Love”
• Savage Garden – “Truly Madly Deeply”
• Shania Twain – “You’re Still the One”
• Shawn Mullins – “Lullaby”
• Will Smith – “Gettin’ Jiggy wit It”

• Armageddon
• Saving Private Ryan
• Godzilla
• There's Something About Mary
• A Bug's Life
• Deep Impact
• Mulan
• Dr. Dolittle
• Shakespeare in Love

• Dawson's Creek
• Teletubbies
• Sailor Moon
• That 70's Show
• Pokemon
• Felicity
• The King of Queens
• Will and Grace
• Charmed
• The Powerpuff Girls

• Teen
• Angel
• Seinfeld
• Murphy Brown
• Geraldo
• Bill Nye the Science Guy
• Step by Step
• Family Matters
• Goosebumps
• Babylon 5

• ER
• Friends
• Frasier
• Touched by an Angel
• Home Improvement
• Law and Order
• JAG
• The X-Files

• Shawn Mendes - pop singer, "There's Nothing Holding Me Back"
• Peyton List - actress, "27 Dresses", "Diary of a Wimpy Kid"
• Jaden Smith - song of Will Smith, acted in "The Pursuit of Happyness" and "The Karate Kid"
• Daya - pop singer, "Hide Away"
• Ariel Winter - TV actress, on "Modern Family"

• search engine Google founded
• Europeans agree on a single currency, the Euro
• Windows 98 released by Microsoft
• e-commerce started to take off as more companies decided to create a presence on the internet with their own web sites
• World's longest suspension bridge opens in Japan (1.234 miles)
• Apple unveils the iMac

• cosplayer
• cyberbullying
• e-brake
• flexitarian
• microgreen
• open-source
• perfect storm
• social networking
• webinar

The US President Bill Clinton denies he had "sexual relations" with former White House intern Monica Lewinsky, but later admits it. The wide reporting of the scandal led to criticism of the press for over-coverage.

After about 30 years of troubles in Northern Ireland both sides agree to the Good Friday peace agreement. The Troubles which started in the late 60s consisted of recurring acts of intense violence during with over 3,000 people were killed, over 36,000 shooting incidents and over 16,000 bombings associated with The Troubles.  

Assembly of the International Space Station (ISS) begins December 4 when NASA sends a six person crew on the Space Shuttle Endeavour to attach the American Unity node to the Russian Zarya module. The crew completed three spacewalks to connect the first two building blocks of the ISS. The final pressurized module of the space station was attached in 2011. 

Snowboarding debuted as an official discipline.  Tara Lipinski of the US won the women’s figure skating title to become, at 15, the youngest champion in an individual event at the Olympic Winter Games. For the first time, the men’s ice hockey was opened to professionals. The inspired team from the Czech Republic scored a surprise victory.

February 13 - Three girls, all under 18 years of age, are found guilty in Victoria, BC, of killing 14-year-old Reena Virk. Three others plead guilty of assault. Virk was swarmed by a group of "friends", beaten and drowned.