1998 results for “World War” (370 ms)
Syrian civil war: The People's Protection Units (YPG) capture the cities of Amuda and Efrîn without resistance.
A cease fire is announced between Honduras and El Salvador, six days after the beginning of the "Football War".
Vietnam War: Viet Cong forces attack the capital of Định Tường Province, Cái Bè, killing 11 South Vietnamese military personnel and 40 civilians (30 of whom are children).
Cold War: In Philadelphia, Harry Gold pleads guilty to spying for the Soviet Union by passing secrets from atomic scientist Klaus Fuchs.
Austro-Prussian War: Battle of Lissa: The Austrian Navy, led by Admiral Wilhelm von Tegetthoff, defeats the Italian Navy near the island of Vis in the Adriatic Sea.
American Civil War: Battle of Peachtree Creek: Near Atlanta, Georgia, Confederate forces led by General John Bell Hood unsuccessfully attack Union troops under General William T. Sherman.
Seventh Ottoman–Venetian War: The Ottoman Empire captures Nauplia, the capital of the Republic of Venice's "Kingdom of the Morea", thereby opening the way to the swift Ottoman reconquest of the Morea.
Malcolm-Jamal Warner, American actor (born 1970)
Bruce Conde, American US army officer, stamp collector, and royalist mercenary general in the North Yemen civil war.
Korean War: After a month-long campaign, much of the North Korean air force was destroyed by United Nations forces.
Wars of the Three Kingdoms: After crossing the Firth of Forth, English Commonwealth forces defeated a Scottish army at the Battle of Inverkeithing, opening the rest of the country to occupation.
Second War of Scottish Independence: The Scottish-held town of Berwick-upon-Tweed surrendered to English forces, ending a siege led by King Edward III.
The start of the four-day-long Libyan–Egyptian War.
First Indochina War: The Geneva Conference partitions Vietnam into North Vietnam and South Vietnam.
Spanish Civil War: The Central Committee of Antifascist Militias of Catalonia is constituted, establishing an anarcho-syndicalist economy in Catalonia.
The Raid on Málaga takes place during the Anglo-Spanish War.
Eighty Years' War: Battle of Jemmingen: Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, Duke of Alva defeats Louis of Nassau.
Charles Gondouin, French rugby player and tug of war competitor (died 1947)
Paul Warwick, English race car driver (born 1969)
Libyan forces carried out a raid at Sallum, sparking a four-day war with Egypt.