What Happened on August 17, 1998

Historical Events

US History

Monica Lewinsky scandal: US President Bill Clinton admits in taped testimony he had an "improper physical relationship" with the intern and on the same day admits before the nation he "misled people" about the relationship

Famous Birthdays

Genesis Owusu [Kofi Owusu-Ansah], Ghanaian-Australian singer and rapper (Smiling With No Teeth), born in Koforidua, Ghana

Born in 1998

Famous Deaths

Tadeusz Slusarski, Polish track and field athlete (b. 1950)
Wladyslaw Komar, Polish athlete (Olympic gold shot put 1972) and actor, dies in a car crash at 58

Died in 1998 1998 Highlights