What Happened on August 19, 1998

Historical Events

Assassination

South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission chairperson, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, releases documents revealing an alleged plot by Western countries to assassinate UN Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld of Sweden

Anglican Archbishop and Activist Desmond Tutu

Secretary-General of the United Nations Dag Hammarskjöld

Famous Birthdays

Ella Guevara, Filipino actress (Starstruck Kids), born in Quezon City, Philippines

Born in 1998

Famous Deaths

Vasily Arkhipov, Soviet-Russian naval officer who saved the world by refusing to launch a nuclear torpedo from submarine B-59 during the Cuban Missile Crisis, dies of kidney cancer at 72

Died in 1998 1998 Highlights