Replay a Day

Replaying Friday, July 17, 1998

The July 17, 1998 was a Friday under the star sign of ♋. It was the 197 day of the year. President of the United States was William J. (Bill) Clinton.

If you were born on this day, you are 27 years old. Your last birthday was on the Thursday, July 17, 2025, 357 days ago. Your next birthday is on Friday, July 17, 2026, in 7 days. You have lived for 10,219 days, or about 245,263 hours, or about 14,715,812 minutes, or about 882,948,720 seconds.

Some people who share this birthday:

Angela Merkel (physicist, politician, born July 17, 1954)
Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall (activist, philanthropist, born July 17, 1947)
Donald Sutherland (actor, character actor, film actor, film producer, peace activist, spokesperson, stage actor, television actor, voice actor, born July 17, 1935)
David Hasselhoff (actor, businessperson, director, film actor, film producer, singer, stage actor, television actor, television producer, voice actor, writer, born July 17, 1952)
Martin Bormann (farmer, politician, soldier, born July 17, 1900)
Benjamin Mendy (association football player, born July 17, 1994)
Billie Lourd (actor, film actor, television actor, born July 17, 1992)
Brett Goldstein (actor, podcaster, screenwriter, stand-up comedian, born July 17, 1980)
Wong Kar-wai (film director, film producer, screenwriter, born July 17, 1958)
Kali Uchis (composer, recording artist, singer, singer-songwriter, songwriter, born July 17, 1994)
Mike Vogel (actor, film actor, model, television actor, born July 17, 1979)
Lucie Arnaz (dancer, film actor, manufacturer, singer, stage actor, television actor, born July 17, 1951)
Thanasis Antetokounmpo (basketball player, born July 17, 1992)
Jason Clarke (actor, film actor, television actor, born July 17, 1969)
Milva (film actor, opera singer, recording artist, stage actor, television presenter, born July 17, 1939)
Andy Whitfield (actor, film actor, model, television actor, born July 17, 1972)
Luke Bryan (composer, guitarist, singer, singer-songwriter, born July 17, 1976)
Gavin McInnes (actor, columnist, comedian, entrepreneur, film director, film producer, screenwriter, talk show host, writer, born July 17, 1970)
Tokugawa Iemochi (shogun, born July 17, 1846)
Gino D'Acampo (businessperson, chef, born July 17, 1976)
Carey Hart (motorcycle rider, born July 17, 1975)
Terence Tao (mathematician, university teacher, born July 17, 1975)
Qin Lan (model, singer, born July 17, 1979)
Dagmara Dominczyk (film actor, writer, born July 17, 1976)
Cécile de France (actor, film actor, born July 17, 1975)
James Cagney (character actor, film actor, film director, stage actor, television actor, trade unionist, born July 17, 1899)
Ismail I (poet, sovereign, writer, born July 8, 1487)
Mélanie Thierry (actor, film actor, model, born July 17, 1981)
Diahann Carroll (actor, film actor, model, singer, stage actor, television actor, born July 17, 1935)
Jaap Stam (association football manager, association football player, born July 17, 1972)
Eric Winter (film actor, model, television actor, born July 17, 1976)
Kazuki Kitamura (actor, television actor, born July 17, 1969)
Sean Hepburn Ferrer (film producer, born July 17, 1960)
Travis Browne (Brazilian jiu-jitsu practitioner, Thai boxer, boxer, mixed martial arts fighter, born July 17, 1982)
Victor Lindelöf (association football player, born July 17, 1994)
Vishnu Vishal (actor, cricketer, born July 17, 1984)
Xianfeng Emperor (emperor, born July 17, 1831)
Tom Fletcher (composer, guitarist, pianist, singer-songwriter, born July 17, 1985)
Elena Anaya (actor, film actor, born July 17, 1975)
Georges Llhbb (Catholic priest, cosmologist, mathematician, physicist, theologian, university teacher, born July 17, 1894)
Daffney (actor, film actor, manager, professional wrestler, born July 17, 1975)
Marina Oswald Porter (pharmacist, born July 17, 1941)
Bitty Schram (actor, film actor, television actor, born July 17, 1968)
António Costa (lawyer, politician, born July 17, 1961)
Sarah Jones (film actor, television actor, born July 17, 1983)
Kenan Evren (soldier, statesperson, born July 17, 1917)
Robin Shou (actor, choreographer, film actor, film director, film producer, martial arts, screenwriter, television actor, born July 17, 1960)
Heather Langenkamp (actor, composer, film actor, film director, film producer, make-up artist, television actor, born July 17, 1964)
Daimaou Kosaka (comedian, disc jockey, musician, owarai tarento, singer, singer-songwriter, born July 17, 1973)
Phyllis Diller (actor, comedian, film actor, stage actor, television actor, voice actor, born July 17, 1917)
Matti Nykänen (politician, singer, ski jumper, born July 17, 1963)
Shinobu Ōtake (actor, singer, tarento, born July 17, 1957)
Alex Winter (film actor, film director, film producer, screenwriter, stage actor, television actor, voice actor, born July 17, 1965)
Alexander, Crown Prince of Yugoslavia (aristocrat, politician, born July 17, 1945)
Ravi Kishan (actor, politician, television actor, voice actor, born July 17, 1971)
Joker Xue (record producer, recording artist, singer-songwriter, born July 17, 1983)
Alun Armstrong (actor, character actor, film actor, stage actor, television actor, born July 17, 1946)
Geezer Butler (bassist, composer, guitarist, lyricist, born July 17, 1949)
P. J. Soles (film actor, television actor, born July 17, 1950)
Mick Cronin (basketball coach, born July 17, 1971)
Arlene Foster (lawyer, politician, born July 17, 1970)
Fei Yu-ching (composer, singer, television presenter, born July 17, 1955)
F. Gary Gray (actor, film director, film producer, television producer, born July 17, 1969)
Mamed Khalidov (Kyokushin kaikan, Muay Thai, Thai boxer, karateka, born July 17, 1980)
John Jacob Astor I (dealer, entrepreneur, born July 17, 1763)
Carlos Alberto Torres (association football manager, association football player, sports commentator, born July 17, 1944)
Tetsurō Tamba (actor, film actor, film director, seiyū, born July 17, 1922)
Zarina Wahab (actor, model, television actor, born July 17, 1959)
Tom Cullen (film actor, film director, stage actor, television actor, born July 17, 1985)
Mason Rudolph (American football player, born July 17, 1995)
Bharathiraja (actor, film director, screenwriter, born July 17, 1941)
Nicolette Larson (musician, singer, songwriter, born July 17, 1952)
Alexander Gilkes (auctioneer, born July 17, 1979)
Paul Stamets (environmentalist, mycologist, researcher, born July 17, 1955)
Mandy Smith (actor, model, singer, born July 17, 1970)
Guru (musician, rapper, record producer, recording artist, born July 17, 1961)
Santiago Segura (actor, comics artist, film actor, film director, film producer, screenwriter, television presenter, writer, born July 17, 1965)
J. Michael Straczynski (actor, film director, film producer, journalist, novelist, playwright, science fiction writer, screenwriter, television producer, writer, born July 17, 1954)
Julio Argentino Roca (diplomat, military officer, politician, born July 17, 1843)
Jarosław Jakimowicz (actor, born July 17, 1969)
Ugo Fantozzi (accountant, born July 17, 1934)
Fern Britton (journalist, television presenter, born July 17, 1957)
Juan Antonio Samaranch (businessperson, coach, diplomat, journalist, politician, rink hockey player, sports official, born July 17, 1920)
Aleksandr Nevsky (actor, director, film director, film producer, screenwriter, television actor, born July 17, 1971)
Ritsuko Tanaka (actor, tarento, born July 17, 1971)
Stephen Tredre (actor, playwright, screenwriter, television actor, writer, born July 17, 1963)
Konnie Huq (journalist, screenwriter, television presenter, born July 17, 1975)
Nicholas Miklouho-Maclay (anthropologist, biologist, ethnographer, explorer, marine biologist, naturalist, traveler, zoologist, born July 17, 1846)
Grace Fulton (actor, film actor, television actor, born July 17, 1996)
Lacey Von Erich (actor, manager, professional wrestler, born July 17, 1986)
Zbigniew Zamachowski (actor, composer, film actor, stage actor, born July 17, 1967)
Summer Bishil (actor, film actor, television actor, born July 17, 1988)
Suha Arafat (politician, born July 17, 1963)
Antonia Kidman (actor, film producer, journalist, television presenter, born July 17, 1970)
Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot (draftsperson, drawer, painter, photographer, printmaker, born July 17, 1796)
John Ventimiglia (actor, born July 17, 1963)
Fred Ball (actor, television actor, born July 17, 1915)
Paul Heckingbottom (association football player, born July 17, 1977)
Marcos Senna (association football player, born July 17, 1976)
Maxim Litvinov (diplomat, politician, born July 17, 1876)
Natasha Hamilton (musician, singer, songwriter, stage actor, born July 17, 1982)
Quino (cartoonist, comics artist, born July 17, 1932)
Jessica Amlee (actor, born July 17, 1994)
Adriana Farmiga (artist, born July 17, 1974)
Ryan Miller (ice hockey player, born July 17, 1980)
José Sand (association football player, born July 17, 1980)
Tōru Minegishi (actor, television actor, born July 17, 1943)
Vince Guaraldi (composer, film score composer, jazz musician, pianist, recording artist, born July 17, 1928)
Claudio López (association football player, born July 17, 1974)
Mary Nighy (actor, film actor, film director, born July 17, 1984)
Bill Sage (acting, actor, film actor, television actor, born July 17, 1962)
Catherine Schell (actor, film actor, born July 17, 1944)
Letsie III of Lesotho (sovereign, born July 17, 1963)
Josh Frydenberg (civil servant, investment banker, politician, born July 17, 1971)
Mark Burnett (executive producer, film director, film producer, screenwriter, television producer, born July 17, 1960)
Hannah Szenes (SOE agent, poet, writer, born July 17, 1921)
Frank Olson (biologist, chemist, microbiologist, born July 17, 1910)
Robert Romanus (actor, film actor, musician, television actor, born July 17, 1956)
Mai Asada (figure skater, model, tarento, born July 17, 1988)
Felipe de Marichalar y Borbón (aristocrat, born July 17, 1998)
Katharine Towne (actor, film actor, television actor, born July 17, 1978)
Perla Haney-Jardine (actor, film actor, born July 17, 1997)
Brian K. Vaughan (comics writer, screenwriter, television producer, born July 17, 1976)
Jeremih (lyricist, rapper, record producer, singer, singer-songwriter, born July 17, 1987)
Lucio Tan (banker, entrepreneur, born July 17, 1934)
Lokman Slim (activist, human rights activist, political activist, publisher, social activist, translator, writer, born July 17, 1962)
Trần Thái Tông (philosopher, born July 10, 1218)
Tim Brooke-Taylor (actor, comedian, film actor, screenwriter, television actor, voice actor, born July 17, 1940)
Yukio Aoshima (actor, broadcast writer, film director, lyricist, novelist, politician, screenwriter, songwriter, tarento, television actor, born July 17, 1932)
Mojo Rawley (professional wrestler, born July 17, 1986)
Susan Seaforth Hayes (actor, television actor, born July 17, 1943)
Darude (composer, disc jockey, record producer, born July 17, 1975)
Erle Stanley Gardner (jurist, lawyer, novelist, science fiction writer, writer, born July 17, 1889)
Kurt Benkert (American football player, born July 17, 1995)
Elbridge Gerry (diplomat, politician, born July 17, 1744)
Kim Shattuck (singer, born July 17, 1963)
Art Linkletter (actor, businessperson, radio personality, television presenter, born July 17, 1912)
Wojciech Kilar (composer, film score composer, pianist, born July 17, 1932)
James Roosevelt (entrepreneur, born July 17, 1828)
Mick Tucker (drummer, singer, born July 17, 1947)
Kaitlin Vilasuso (film actor, podcaster, television actor, born July 17, 1986)
Mani Haghighi (actor, film director, screenwriter, born July 17, 1969)
Jang Hyeon-seong (actor, film actor, screenwriter, television actor, born July 17, 1970)
Cory Doctorow (author, blogger, editor, journalist, podcaster, science fiction writer, writer, born July 17, 1971)
Lilli Schweiger (actor, film actor, born July 17, 1998)
Julie Bishop (diplomat, lawyer, politician, born July 17, 1956)
Simon West (actor, film director, film producer, screenwriter, television director, born July 17, 1961)
Roger Garaudy (French Resistance fighter, philosopher, politician, writer, born July 17, 1913)
Kirill Laskari (ballet dancer, ballet master, playwright, writer, born July 17, 1936)
Lee Wan-Yong (autobiographer, calligrapher, politician, born July 17, 1858)

17th of July 1998 News

News as it appeared on the front page of the New York Times on July 17, 1998

Home Video; The Luxury Of Stopping

Date: 17 July 1998

By Peter M. Nichols

Peter

A Ross McElwee documentary is just about perfect for video. Since he usually chronicles his own life in films like ''Sherman's March'' (1986) and ''Time Indefinite'' (1993), the dramas couldn't be more intimate. Given Mr. McElwee's eye for odd happenings and juxtapositions, the scenarios are also provocative enough to make one want to pause and ruminate. ''It pleases me that on video people have the luxury of stopping,'' he said. His latest documentary ''6 O'Clock News'' (1997), recently released on videotape by First Run Features, fits neatly because it is about the medium of television. In fact, unlike his earlier films, it didn't get an extensive theater showing primarily because it was first broadcast on the ''Frontline'' television series.

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Chiquita Still Under Cloud After Newspaper's Retreat

Date: 17 July 1998

By Douglas Frantz

Douglas Frantz

Extraordinary allegations of business wrongdoing have been overlooked in furor that followed when Cincinnati Enquirer last month renounced its own stinging series accusing company of questionable business practices; top Chiquita execs, in their first lengthy interviews on subject, claim total victory and portray entire package of articles as unfair and inaccurate, untrustworthy work of reporter, Mike Gallagher, who stole hundreds of voice-mail messages; but interviews with Govt officials, people outside company and some of those quoted, along with review of articles, finds that some of allegations cannot be dismissed so easily, despite questions being raised about reporting method; SEC is investigation allegations that company covered up bribery scheme by employees in Colombia; Chiquita could face penalties under Foreign Corrupt Practices Act if it engaged in or failed to disclose bribery (M)

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DOCUMENTUM SAYS IT ACQUIRED RELEVANCE TECHNOLOGIES

Date: 18 July 1998

By Bloomberg News

Bloomberg News

Documentum Inc says it has bought Relevance Technologies Inc for $36.5 million in cash and stock to expand its line of information management products (S)

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FIRST COMMONWEALTH TO ACQUIRE SOUTHWEST NATIONAL

Date: 17 July 1998

By Bloomberg News

Bloomberg News

First Commonwealth Financial Corp acquires competing Pennsylvania bank, Southwest National Corp, for about $270 million in stock (S)

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ENRON BUYS CONTROLLING INTEREST IN BRAZILIAN UTILITY

Date: 17 July 1998

By Bloomberg News

Bloomberg News

Enron Corp agree to pay $1.27 billion for 47 percent stake in Elektro Eletricidade e Servicos SA, which serves 1.5 million clients in state of Sao Paulo, Brazil (S)

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FENWAY BUYING 71% OF SIMMONS FOR $500 MILLION

Date: 18 July 1998

By Bloomberg News

Bloomberg News

Fenway Partners says it will buy mattress-maker Simmons Co for about $500 million from Investcorp (S)

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REGIONS FINANCIAL BUYING BULLSBORO FOR $35.6 MILLION

Date: 18 July 1998

By Bloomberg News

Bloomberg News

Regions Financial Corp agrees to buy Bullsboro Bankshares for $35.6 million in stock (D)

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LOSS IN YUGOSLAVIA DEALINGS DEPRESSES SHARES OF ICN

Date: 17 July 1998

By Bloomberg News

Bloomberg News

Shares of ICN Pharmaceuticals Inc fall 13 percent after company says it will take charge of $172 million for money owed to it by Yugoslavia, resulting in second-quarter loss; ICN says Yugoslavia defaulted on $39 million of its $176 million debt and warned that it will be unable to meet all credit terms (S)

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