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May 1998 was the fifth month of that common year. The month, which began on a Friday, ended on a Sunday after 31 days.

Portal:Current events

Current events of May 8, 1998 (1998-05-08) (Friday) CBS telecasts The Wizard of Oz for the last time. Beginning in 1999, The Wizard of Oz will be shown on cable, and in 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2005 it will be telecast by the WB Television Network in addition to its cable showings. Current events of May 11, 1998 (1998-05-11) (Monday) India conducts 3 underground nuclear tests in Pokhran, including 1 thermonuclear device.India becomes sixth country to possess Nuclear Weapons and was declared a full-fledged nuclear state. However, the tests resulted in a variety of sanctions against India by a number of major countries including United States, China, Japan and the United Nations. The first euro coins are minted in Pessac, France. Because the final specifications for the coins were not finished in 1998, they will have to be melted and minted again in 1999. Current events of May 13, 1998 (1998-05-13) (Wednesday) Riots directed against Chinese Indonesians break out in Indonesia. Indonesian natives destroy and burn Chinese Indonesian-owned properties, however, most of the 1,000 people who died in the riots were the Javanese Indonesian looters who targeted the Chinese shops, not the Chinese themselves, since the looters were burnt to death in a massive fire. Current events of May 19, 1998 (1998-05-19) (Tuesday) The Galaxy IV communications satellite fails, leaving 80–90% of the world's pagers without service. The wreck of the aircraft carrier USS Yorktown, sunk during the Battle of Midway in 1942, is found near Midway Atoll by a team led by former US Navy officer Robert D. Ballard. Current events of May 21, 1998 (1998-05-21) (Thursday) Suharto (elected 1967) resigns, after 32 years as President of Indonesia and his 7th consecutive re-election by the Indonesian Parliament (MPR). Suharto's hand-picked Vice President, B. J. Habibie, becomes Indonesia's third president. Current events of May 26, 1998 (1998-05-26) (Tuesday) Bear Grylls, 23, becomes the youngest British climber to scale Mount Everest. Current events of May 28, 1998 (1998-05-28) (Thursday) Nuclear testing: In response to a series of Indian nuclear tests, Pakistan explodes 5 nuclear devices of its own in the Chaghai hills of Baluchistan, codenamed Chagai-I, prompting the United States, Japan and other nations to impose economic sanctions. Pakistan celebrates Youm-e-Takbir annually. Current events of May 30, 1998 (1998-05-30) (Saturday) A 6.6 magnitude earthquake hits northern Afghanistan, killing up to 5,000. A second nuclear test, codenamed Chagai-II, is conducted and supervised by the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC).

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