the rate was almost exactly 8,000 to 1 U.S. dollar
Time: Thursday Dec 31, 1998
Place: Indonesia
Details: On 31 December 1998, the rate was almost exactly 8,000 to 1 U.S. dollar. Indonesia lost 13.5% of its GDP that year.
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1997 Asian financial crisis-A historic low
Sep, 1997 - Indonesia
1997 Asian financial crisis-Indonesia's monetary authorities widened the rupiah currency trading band
Jul, 1997 - Indonesia
1997 Asian financial crisis-Trade surplus of more than $900 million
Jun, 1997 - Indonesia
1997 Asian financial crisis-A Free-floating exchange rate
Thursday Aug 14, 1997 - Indonesia
1997 Asian financial crisis-11,000 rupiah to 1 U.S. dollar
Friday Jan 9, 1998 - Indonesia
1997 Asian financial crisis-President Suharto sacked Bank Indonesia Governor
Feb, 1998 - Indonesia
Audrey Hepburn-Ella had married Hendrik
1919 - Batavia, Dutch East Indies (Present-Day Jakarta, Indonesia)
Audrey Hepburn-Ella has been divorced
1925 - Batavia, Dutch East Indies (Present-Day Jakarta, Indonesia)
Audrey Hepburn-Joseph and Ella married
Sep, 1926 - Batavia, Dutch East Indies (Present-Day Jakarta, Indonesia)
Dirk T. van Cloon's death
Thursday Mar 10, 1735 - East Indies
OnePlus-Partnering with Lazada Indonesia
Friday Jan 23, 2015 - Indonesia
KFC-Indonesia
1979 - Jakarta, Indonesia
Disasters with highest death tolls-1883 Eruption of Krakatoa
Sunday Aug 26, 1883 - Indonesia
Hendricus van der Palm Birth
Sunday Jul 17, 1763 - Rotterdam
John Coen's death
Friday Sep 21, 1629 - East-Indies
On This Day - 31 December
Roman Empire-Commodus died
Monday Dec 31, 192 - Rome, Roman Empire
Hot Dog-It was used to mean a sausage
Saturday Dec 31, 1892 - Paterson, New Jersey, U.S.
Louis Armstrong-Arrested
Tuesday Dec 31, 1912 - New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
Benito Mussolini-Warings to Mussolini
Wednesday Dec 31, 1924 - Italy
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi-The Indian Flag in Lahore
Tuesday Dec 31, 1929 - Lahore, Pakistan
World War II-Operation Nordwind
Sunday Dec 31, 1944 - Alsace and Lorraine, France and Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
River Phoenix-Phoenix's mother
Sunday Dec 31, 1944 - New York City, U.S.
World War II-Operation Ichi-Go
Sunday Dec 31, 1944 - Henan, Hunan and Guangxi, China
Korean War-Chinese New Year's Offensive
Sunday Dec 31, 1950 - North Korea
Bay of Pigs Invasion-Batista Resigned and Fled into Exile
Wednesday Dec 31, 1958 - Cuba
Fidel Castro-Batista's Escape
Wednesday Dec 31, 1958 - Cuba
The Beatles-McCartney filed a suit
Thursday Dec 31, 1970 - England
Indira Gandhi-The Garibi Hatao Programme
Thursday Dec 31, 1970 - New Delhi, India
Ted Bundy-Bundy was already in Chicago
Saturday Dec 31, 1977 - Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
June 1962 Alcatraz escape attempt: Escape from Alcatraz-FBI closing files
Monday Dec 31, 1979 - Alcatraz, San Francisco, USA
Carlos the Jackal-Bombing of the Gare Saint-Charles
Saturday Dec 31, 1983 - Marseille, France
Carlos the Jackal-Bombing of the Marseille-Paris TGV train
Saturday Dec 31, 1983 - Marseille, France
Croatian War of Independence-Croatian Army expansion
Tuesday Dec 31, 1991 - Croatia
First Chechen War-Major Russian defeat
Saturday Dec 31, 1994 - Chechnya, Russia
Vladimir Putin-President of the Russian Federation
Friday Dec 31, 1999 - Moscow, Russia
Eiffel Tower-Countdown to the Year 2000
Friday Dec 31, 1999 - Paris, France
Eiffel Tower-The lights sparkled blue for several nights to herald the new millennium
Sunday Dec 31, 2000 - Paris, France
Visa Inc.-Exemption expired
Monday Dec 31, 2007 - Europe
Bank of America-Countrywide provided mortgage servicing for nine million mortgages valued at $1.4 trillion
Monday Dec 31, 2007 - Calabasas, California, U.S.
Marvel Studios-The Walt Disney Company purchased Marvel Entertainment
Thursday Dec 31, 2009 - U.S.
Lula da Silva-Not to allow extradition was officially announced
Friday Dec 31, 2010 - Brazil
Magdi Yacoub-The Order of Merit
Tuesday Dec 31, 2013 - London, England
Rwandan genocide-The ICTR officially closed
Thursday Dec 31, 2015 - Rwanda
Oppo-First 5G phone
Tuesday Dec 31, 2019 - Dongguan, Guangdong, China
Covid-19 Pandemic: 2020 Coronavirus outbreak-China begins getting isolated
Tuesday Dec 31, 2019 - China
Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis-U.S. embassy attacks in Baghdad
Tuesday Dec 31, 2019 - Baghdad, Iraq
Executing of Edmund
Monday Dec 31, 1460 - Rutland
Spurzheim Birth
Tuesday Dec 31, 1776 - Trier
Battle of Quebec
Sunday Dec 31, 1775 - Quebec
December 1998
Impeachment of Bill Clinton-Clinton Denied Having a "Sexual Relationship"
Tuesday Dec 1, 1998 - U.S.
Bolivarian Revolution-Winning The 1998 elections
Sunday Dec 6, 1998 - Venezuela
Java (programming language)-J2SE 1.2
Tuesday Dec 8, 1998 - California, U.S.
Impeachment of Bill Clinton-The Legal Benefit of the Doubt
Friday Dec 11, 1998 - House of Representatives, Washington D.C., U.S.
Impeachment of Bill Clinton-The Fourth and Final Article of Impeachment
Saturday Dec 12, 1998 - Capitol Hill, Washington D.C., U.S.
Angelina Jolie-Breakthrough Performance Award
Friday Dec 18, 1998 - United States
Impeachment of Bill Clinton-Clinton was Impeached by the House of Representatives
Saturday Dec 19, 1998 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Dwayne Johnson-Rock Bottom: In Your House
Saturday Dec 19, 1998 - Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Impeachment of Bill Clinton-Article I
Sunday Dec 20, 1998 - Capitol Hill, Washington D.C., U.S.
Impeachment of Bill Clinton-Article II
Sunday Dec 20, 1998 - Capitol Hill, Washington D.C., U.S.
Zinedine Zidane-The Ballon d'Or
Tuesday Dec 22, 1998 - Paris, France
Angela Merkel-2nd Marriage
Wednesday Dec 30, 1998 - Germany
1998
Banking Frauds and Hacks-China Construction Bank
1998 - Zhengzhou, China
Mobile Phones-Trialing Mobile payments
1998 - Finland - Sweden
Mobile Phones-The First downloadable Content Sold To Mobile Phones
1998 - Finland
Kosovo War-KLA attacks targeting Yugoslav authorities in Kosovo
1998 - Kosovo
Nokia-Producing the World's first digital terrestrial television
1998 - Espoo, Finland
1997 Asian financial crisis-Samsung Motors' $5 billion venture was dissolved due to the crisis
1998 - South Korea
1997 Asian financial crisis-Hyundai Motor Company took over Kia Motors
1998 - South Korea
HTC-First touch devices
1998 - Taoyuan City, Taiwan
1997 Asian financial crisis-The output of the real economy declined plunging the country into its first recession for many years
1998 - Malaysia
1997 Asian financial crisis-China was unaffected by the crisis
1998 - China
1997 Asian financial crisis-The baht reached its lowest point of 56 units to the U.S. dollar
Jan, 1998 - Thailand
Warren Buffett-General Reinsurance Corporation(Gen Re)
1998 - Stamford, Connecticut, U.S.
Slobodan Milošević-Milošević denies that he gave Orders to Massacre Albanians
1998 - Albania
Martin Bormann-The Remains were conclusively identified as Bormann's
1998 - Germany
Adidas-Adidas Sued The NCAA
1998 - Germany
Nokia-Nokia co-founded Symbian Ltd.
1998 - London, England, United Kingdom
Google LLC-Early Investments In Google
1998 - Menlo Park, California, U.S.
Cinnabon-AFC Enterprises, Inc. bought Cinnabon
1998 - Miami, Florida, U.S.
Windows-Windows 98
1998 - Redmond, Washington, United States
1997 Asian financial crisis-11,000 rupiah to 1 U.S. dollar
Friday Jan 9, 1998 - Indonesia
Impeachment of Bill Clinton-Commit Perjury
Monday Jan 12, 1998 - U.S.
Croatian War of Independence-The UNTAES mandate ended
Thursday Jan 15, 1998 - Croatia
Dwayne Johnson-Royal Rumble (1998)
Monday Jan 19, 1998 - San Jose, California, U.S.
Ted Kaczynski-Kaczynski's items were sold at auction
Wednesday Jan 21, 1998 - California, United States
Ted Kaczynski-Kaczynski started standing competent to stand trial
Wednesday Jan 21, 1998 - California, United States
Ted Kaczynski-Kaczynski judged life imprisonment
Thursday Jan 22, 1998 - California, United States
Dwayne Johnson-King of the Ring (1998)
Wednesday Jan 28, 1998 - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Bin Laden-Individual Duty
Jan, 1998 - Afghanistan
1997 Asian financial crisis-President Suharto sacked Bank Indonesia Governor
Feb, 1998 - Indonesia
Plane Accidents-Airbus A300B4-622R
Monday Feb 16, 1998 at 08 PM - Chiang Kai-shek International Airport
Francesco Totti-Win goal against Napoli
Sunday Feb 22, 1998 - Naples, Italy
Ayman al-Zawahiri-World Islamic Front Against Jews and Crusaders
Monday Feb 23, 1998 - Afghanistan
Nintendo-The Game Boy Color
1998 - Kyoto, Japan
Colombian conflict-The Attack on El Billar
Monday Mar 2, 1998 - El Billar, Caquetá
Kosovo War-A massive firefight at the Jashari compound
Thursday Mar 5, 1998 - Kosovo
Atari, Inc.-Hasbro Interactive
Friday Mar 13, 1998 - Beverly, Massachusetts, U.S.
PlayStation-the DualShock controller
1998 - Tokyo, Japan
Bin Laden-First official Interpol arrest warrant
Monday Mar 16, 1998 - Libya
Ruby Bridges-1998 made-for-TV movie Ruby Bridges
1998 - U.S.
Kosovo War-Yugoslav forces surrounded the village of Glodjane
Tuesday Mar 24, 1998 - Glodjane, Kosovo
Dwayne Johnson-WrestleMania XIV
Sunday Mar 29, 1998 - Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Dwayne Johnson-New Intercontinental Championship Design
Monday Mar 30, 1998 - U.S.
Impeachment of Bill Clinton-Jones Had Failed to Show any Damages
Apr, 1998 - U.S.
Shaquille O'Neal-The 1997–98 season
1998 - U.S.
James Bond-The Facts of Death was published
Friday May 8, 1998 - London, England, United Kingdom
Frank Sinatra-Death
Thursday May 14, 1998 - Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles,California, U.S.
Kosovo War-the only meeting between Milošević and Ibrahim Rugova happened on 15 May in Belgrade
Friday May 15, 1998 - Belgrade, Serbia
World Trade Organization-World Trade Organization Ministerial Conference of 1998
Monday May 18, 1998 - Geneva, Switzerland
Vladimir Putin-Chief of Presidential Staff
Monday May 25, 1998 - Moscow, Russia
Nuclear Power-First nuclear weapon test in Pakistan
Thursday May 28, 1998 - Pakistan
Kosovo War-An Operation to clear the border of the KLA
Sunday May 31, 1998 - Serbia
Dwayne Johnson-Over the Edge: In Your House
Sunday May 31, 1998 - Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.
Jim Carrey-Taking a pay cut
Monday Jun 1, 1998 - Los Angeles, California,U.S.
Symbian OS-Symbian Ltd.
1998 - Southwark, London, United Kingdom
Sepp Blatter-1998 Election
Monday Jun 8, 1998 - FIFA headquarters, Zurich, Switzerland
Bin Laden-First indicted by a grand jury of the United States
Monday Jun 8, 1998 - U.S.
Kosovo War-National Emergency
Tuesday Jun 9, 1998 - U.S.
Michael Jordan-Delta Center
Sunday Jun 14, 1998 - Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.
Ayman al-Zawahiri-Al-Qaeda congress
Tuesday Jun 23, 1998 - Afghanistan
Bin Laden-Al-Qaeda congress
Wednesday Jun 24, 1998 - Afghanistan
Kobe Bryant-The youngest NBA All-Star starter in NBA history
Tuesday Jul 7, 1998 - Madison Square Garden, New York, U.S.
FIFA World Cup-A 32 teams World Cup
Friday Jul 10, 1998 - France
Zinedine Zidane-World Cup 1998
Sunday Jul 12, 1998 - Saint-Denis, France
Kosovo War-Villages were captured
Friday Jul 17, 1998 - Kosovo
Nelson Mandela-3rd Marriage
Saturday Jul 18, 1998 - South Africa
Dwayne Johnson-Fully Loaded: In Your House
Sunday Jul 26, 1998 - Fresno, California, U.S.
Kosovo War-A new set of KLA attacks in mid-August triggered Yugoslavian operations
Aug, 1998 - Kosovo
Google LLC-Google Was Initially Funded by an Contribution of $100,000
Aug, 1998 - Menlo Park, California, U.S.
Virat Kohli-Joining a cricket academy
1998 - Delhi, India
Ayman al-Zawahiri-Ayman al-Zawahiri was listed as under indictment in the United States
Aug, 1998 - U.S.
Colombian conflict-Andrés Pastrana Arango was sworn in as The President of Colombia
Friday Aug 7, 1998 - Bogota, Colombia
Tony Blair-Omagh bombing
Saturday Aug 15, 1998 - Omagh, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland
Apple Inc.-A New all-in-one Computer
Saturday Aug 15, 1998 - U.S.
Marvel Studios-First film packaged and licensed by Marvel Studios
Friday Aug 21, 1998 - Burbank, California, U.S.
Angelina Jolie-The Great Breakthrough
1998 - Los Angeles, California, United States
Džok-Džok died under the wheels of a moving train.
1998 - Poland
David Cameron-First Job
Sep, 1998 - England
Google LLC-The Company Was Incorporated
Friday Sep 4, 1998 - Menlo Park, California, U.S.
Amazon-Amazon began selling music and videos
1998 - Seattle, Washington, U.S.
Jackie Chan-Hollywood breakthrough
Friday Sep 18, 1998 - Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Kosovo War-The UN Security Council adopted Resolution 1199
Wednesday Sep 23, 1998 - Kosovo
Kosovo War-NATO issued an "activation warning"
Thursday Sep 24, 1998 - Kosovo
Angela Merkel-The Kohl Government Defeat
Sunday Sep 27, 1998 - Germany
Shakira-Releasing Her 4th Album
Tuesday Sep 29, 1998 - Colombia
Nintendo-Turok series
Sep, 1998 - Kyoto, Japan
Sony Corporation-Launching Their Memory Stick
Oct, 1998 - Tokyo, Japan
Nokia-Becoming The Best-Selling Mobile Phone Brand
Oct, 1998 - Espoo, Finland
Dollar Tree-Dollar Tree acquired 98-Cent Clearance Centers
1998 - California, U.S.
Impeachment of Bill Clinton-Commence Impeachment Proceedings Against Clinton
Thursday Oct 8, 1998 - House of Representatives, Washington D.C., U.S.
Stan Lee-Stan Lee Media
Oct, 1998 - Beverly Hills, California, U.S.
Francesco Totti-First Senior Cap
Saturday Oct 10, 1998 - Italy
International Monetary Fund-Argentina's package
1998 - Argentina
Kosovo War-The North Atlantic Council issued activation orders
Tuesday Oct 13, 1998 - Kosovo
Kosovo War-The NATO Kosovo Verification Mission (KVM)
Thursday Oct 15, 1998 - Kosovo
Bank of America-NationsBank of Charlotte acquired BankAmerica
Oct, 1998 - U.S.
Bank of America-Bank of America possessed combined assets of $570 billion
1998 - U.S.
Amazon-Walmart sued Amazon
Friday Oct 16, 1998 - U.S.
Dwayne Johnson-Judgment Day: In Your House
Sunday Oct 18, 1998 - Rosemont, Illinois, U.S.
Disasters with highest death tolls-Hurricane Mitch
Thursday Oct 22, 1998 - Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Guatemala, Belize, Mexico
Angelina Jolie-Nothing else to Give
1998 - New York, United States