Timeline October 1998

Events in October 1998 5

• 1907 – 1998 Gene Autry (1907-1998) Died 2 October 1998, aged 91 Gene Autry, the singing cowboy who starred in dozens of Western films and recorded classics including "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer," died on 2 October 1998. He later became a successful businessman and owner of the California Angels baseball team.
• 1928 – 1998 Roddy McDowall (1928-1998) English-American actor, a child star of How Green Was My Valley, later Cornelius in Planet of the Apes.
• 1995 – 1998 The Truth and Reconciliation Commission is established Chaired by Desmond Tutu Amnesty in exchange for the full truth. Around 7,000 people applied and most were refused.
• 1998 Roddy McDowall dies in Los Angeles Roddy McDowall dies aged 70.
• 1998 Hurricane Mitch devastates Central America One of the deadliest Atlantic hurricanes on record Hurricane Mitch struck Central America from late October into early November 1998, killing more than 11,000 people, mostly in Honduras and Nicaragua, through catastrophic flooding and mudslides. It set back the region's economic development by years and remains one of the deadliest Atlantic hurricanes on record.