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France in 1998

Historical records for France in 1998, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.

8Records
8Events
8Named people
3Places
4Categories

Historical records

May

2 May 1998Euro Participant DecisionLionel Jospin

Brussels · Government / European Economic Community (EEC)

Jospin supported France's participation among the initial states approved to launch the single currency.

16 May 19981998 FA Cup Final Second GoalNicolas Anelka

Wembley · Sport / Football

Scores Arsenal's second goal in the 2-0 FA Cup final victory over Newcastle United.

July

8 July 19981998 Semi-Final BraceLilian Thuram

Saint-Denis · Sport / Football

Scores both France goals in the 2-1 semi-final victory over Croatia.

12 July 19981998 Final Third GoalEmmanuel Petit

Saint-Denis · Sport / Football

Scores France's third goal in stoppage time of the World Cup final.

12 July 1998Two Headers in World Cup FinalZinedine Zidane

Saint-Denis · Sport / Football

Scores two headed goals as France defeat Brazil 3-0 in the World Cup final.

Other Events

19981st Atlantic SwimBenoit Lecomte

Sport / Swimming

1st person to swim the Atlantic, 72 days

1998Arsenal FA Cup Breakthrough for WengerArsene Wenger

Wembley · Sport / Football

The trophy goes to Arsenal as Wenger's side overcome Newcastle United by 2-0.

1998Neptune Ring Arcs Ground ImagingBruno Sicardy

Science / Astronomy

Adaptive-optics observations obtain direct ground-based images of Neptune's ring arcs.

Names involved

Arsene WengerBenoit LecomteBruno SicardyEmmanuel PetitLilian ThuramLionel JospinNicolas AnelkaZinedine Zidane

Places involved

BrusselsSaint-DenisWembley

Provenance

This page is generated from stored World History Database records matching the exact country and year shown above. Exact duplicate display records are collapsed. Records without a month are listed after the monthly sections. Source provenance varies by record; formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.