Timeline Thursday 31 December 1998

Events on Thursday 31 December 1998 5

• 1994 – 1998 Korea National University of Arts Enrolled at the Korea National University of Arts in 1994, becoming part of the inaugural graduating class of its School of Drama.
• 1997 – 1998 Tomorrow Never Dies and Apt Pupil Played Admiral Kelly in the James Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) and a Jewish concentration camp survivor in Bryan Singer's Apt Pupil (1998), demonstrating his range from authority figures to victims.
• 1998 1998: Mika Häkkinen McLaren Finnish driver Häkkinen, the Flying Finn, won the first of his two titles with McLaren, ending Schumacher's dominance.
• 1998 Beating Oprah in the Ratings The Jerry Springer Show briefly overtook The Oprah Winfrey Show in daytime ratings, a cultural milestone that shocked the television industry.
• 1998 Knighted Knighted by Queen Elizabeth II for services to drama, becoming Sir Michael Gambon.