Historical Events
- "Too Close" single released by Next (Billboard Song of the Year 1998)
- 1st time 3 cons HRs in post season-Raines, Jeter, O'Neill (NY Yankees)
- Hooters agrees to pay $2 million in discrimination suits
- Microsoft releases Internet Explorer 4
Baseball Record
Yanks Tim Raines, Derek Jeter & Paul O'Neill are 1st to hit 3 consecutively homers in post season (Yanks beat Indians 8-6)
Famous Deaths
- Male alligator, largest in Florida (14 feet), killed at about 65
- Richard Selwyn Francis Schiling, British professor of occupational health, dies at 86