Timeline April 1998

Events in April 1998 8

• 1914 – 1998 Octavio Paz (1914-1998) Died 19 April 1998, aged 84 Octavio Paz, the Mexican poet and essayist awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1990, died in Mexico City on 19 April 1998. His work, including The Labyrinth of Solitude, remains foundational to modern Latin American literature.
• 1925 – 1998 Pol Pot (1925-1998) Died 15 April 1998, aged 72 Pol Pot, leader of the Khmer Rouge regime that killed an estimated 1.5 to 2 million Cambodians between 1975 and 1979, died on 15 April 1998 while under house arrest in the Cambodian jungle, days before he was expected to face international trial. His death closed the door on any formal reckoning for the era's chief architect.
• 1928 – 1998 James Earl Ray (1928-1998) Died 23 April 1998, aged 70 James Earl Ray, convicted of assassinating civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. in 1968, died in prison on 23 April 1998 while serving a 99-year sentence. He had spent decades unsuccessfully seeking a retrial, claiming he had been framed.
• 1942 – 1998 Tammy Wynette (1942-1998) Died 6 April 1998, aged 55 Tammy Wynette, the country singer known as the First Lady of Country Music for hits including "Stand by Your Man," died of a blood clot at her Nashville home on 6 April 1998. She had sold tens of millions of records over a three-decade career.
• 1998 Public Enemy release He Got Game Spike Lee film Another collaboration with Spike Lee.
• 1998 Paul McCartney's wife Linda dies Aged 56 Linda McCartney dies of breast cancer.
• 1998 1998 World Snooker Championship Higgins First Winner: John Higgins; Runner-up: Ken Doherty. Score: 18–12.
• 1998 Drafted No. 1 Overall by the Indianapolis Colts Selected first in the 1998 NFL Draft The Indianapolis Colts selected Manning with the first overall pick of the 1998 NFL Draft, choosing him ahead of Washington State quarterback Ryan Leaf in a pick that was debated extensively by scouts and analysts. The decision proved to be one of the most consequential in franchise history, as Manning would go on to anchor the Colts offense for the next fourteen seasons. He signed a rookie contract that made him the centerpiece of the team's rebuilding effort.