7. септембар 1998. је био понедељак под знаком звездице ♍. Био је 249 дан у години. Председник Сједињених Држава је био William J. (Bill) Clinton.
Ако сте рођени на данашњи дан, имате 27 година. Ваш последњи рођендан је био недеља, 7. септембар 2025., пре 276 дана. Ваш следећи рођендан је понедељак, 7. септембар 2026., за 88 дана. Живели сте 10.138 дана, или око 243.317 сати, или око 14.599.021 минута, или око 875.941.260 секунди.
Date: 08 September 1998
In this lesson, students research various epidemics that have devastated the world population at various points in history. They then share and calculate statistics obtained in their research and develop graphs comparing and contrasting how different epidemics affected the global population
Date: 08 September 1998
By RANDAL C. ARCHIBOLD
Randal ARCHIBOLD
New York City education officials, after years of chronic difficulty attracting qualified teachers to nation's largest school system, say they have hired 5,000 teachers in one of most competitive hiring seasons in recent memory; Board of Education recruiters says that they have hired 5,249 teachers leaving only about 200 vacancies in work force of 72,000; photo (M)
Date: 08 September 1998
By ANNE-MARIE SCHIRO
Anne-marie SCHIRO
By Design column on popularity of gray flannel shoes this fall (S)
Date: 08 September 1998
By MURRAY CHASS
Murray CHASS
St Louis Cardinals' first baseman Mark McGwire hits 61st home run in Busch Stadium in St Louis on Labor Day, tying 37-year-old record of late Roger Maris; 430-foot blast into left field stands comes in first inning of Cardinals' 144th game of season off fastball from Chicago Cubs pitcher Mike Morgan, compared with Maris, who accomplished feat during 163d game with New York Yankees' in 1961 season; McGwire's 61st home run comes on his father's 61st birthday; he is applauded by Cubs' right fielder Sammy Sosa, who trails him with 58 home runs, as well as by sold-out crowd of excited fans and players from both teams; photos (M)
Date: 08 September 1998
By CHARLES STRUM with Joyce Wadler
Charles STRUM
Public Lives column discusses Charles Michener book on life of musician Peter Duchin entitled Ghost of a Chance; also notes that lights on 14 of New York City's most famous buildings will go pink this week in honor of fight against breast cancer; photo (M)
Date: 08 September 1998
United States men's and women's eights qualified for finals of world championships at Cologne, Germany (S)
Date: 08 September 1998
By CAREY GOLDBERG
Carey GOLDBERG
Highly publicized day-care sexual abuse cases have set off explosion of psychological research into accuracy of children's memories in reporting of events; researchers estimate that in last decade, 500 studies have been conducted on children's 'suggestibility'--extent to which suggestions implanted by adult interviewers can influence children's recollections and accounts; consensus is emerging on how children should be interviewed to minimize false reports; table lists some common interviewing errors, and recommended practices; review of case of Gerald Amirault, who is serving 30 to 40 years in Fells Acres Day School child-abuse case in Malden, Mass, and who hopes for an appeal based on new findings about children's suggestibility (M)
Date: 08 September 1998
By B. Drummond Ayres Jr
Primaries will be held on Sept 8 in Arizona, New Hampshire, Vermont and Wisconsin (S)
Date: 08 September 1998
By STEPHANIE STROM
Stephanie STROM
Scores of small and midsized businesses are failing daily in South Korea, amid economic changes mandated by International Monetary Fund; are unable to get credit as banks struggle to survive; orders are few in shrinking economy and exports have dried up; giant conglomerates that dominate economy are limping along, staving off changes that threaten their powerful leaders; photo (M)
Date: 08 September 1998
By LAWRENCE VAN GELDER
Lawrence GELDER
Michael Wilson, new artistic director of Hartford Stage Company, will usher in company's 35th anniversary season with production of Tennessee Williams's Streetcar Named Desire; Wilson is planning Tennessee Williams Marathon, multiyear retrospective of Williams's 70 plays; Williams photo; Bridewell Theater in London presents Stephen Sondheim's musical Saturday Night, play that was to have marked Sondheim's Broadway debut in 1954, when Sondheim was 24, but which never got produced; world premiere of what is billed as first full-length production of Porgy and Bess will take place at Eisenhower Theater at John F Kennedy Center for Performing Arts in Washington; production, honoring centennial of George Gershwin, will be performed by Dallas Black Dance Theater; photo; New York City Opera will open its 11-week fall season on Sept 10 with production of Tosca (M)