1998 in Cape Verde
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The following lists events that happened during 1998 in Cape Verde.
Incumbents
Events
- Bolsa de Valores de Cabo Vede or the Cape Verdean Stock Exchange founded in Praia under a governmental decision
- Cabo Verde Express established its head offices at Amílcar Cabral International Airport in Espargos
- Mindelo became twinned with Vila do Conde, Portugal[1]
- The news agency Cabopress changed its name to Inforpress
- Third seismic activity on the Cadamosto seamount and affected the island of Brava
- February 26: a Total solar eclipse took place after 18:00, it showed around 60% obscuration of the sun in the archipelago
- May 11: Gualberto do Rosário becomes Deputy Prime Minister
- August 8: A Penumbral lunar eclipse took place and was mainly visible, it occurred between 1:00 and 2:00 (1 and 2 AM)[2]
- September 28: a TACV de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter (registered D4-CAX) crash-landed at Francisco Mendes Airport (serving Praia at that time) during a landing attempt in stormy weather[3]
- November: Labour and Solidarity Party (Partido de Trabalho e Solidariedade, PTS) founded
Arts and entertainment
- Germano Almeida's books A morte do meu poeta and A Família Trago were published
- Bana's album Gira Sol released
- Sports film Fintar do destino released
- Leão Lopes's short story Unine released, also he released O contexto jurídico dos media em Cabo Verde (Judicial Context of Cape Verdean Media)
- Vasco Martins' album Danças de Câncer released
- March/April: the 7th Praia da Gamboa music festival took place
- August: the 14th Baía das Gatas Music Festival took place
Sports
- May 15: Os Garridos celebrated its 50th anniversary of the club's foundation
- July 19: FC Praia Branca football (soccer) club of São Nicolau Island established
- Summer: CS Mindelense won their eighth title since independence for the Cape Verdean Football Championships season[4]
- Summer: Sporting Brava celebrated its 10th anniversary of its foundation of the club
- December 2: Sporting Clube da Praia celebrated its 75th anniversary of its foundation of the club
Births
- June 14: Jovane Cabral, footballer
References
- ↑ Portuguese Municipalities: Twin towns and sister cities : VIla do Conde (in Portuguese)
- ↑ "Lunar eclipse of August 1998". NASA. Retrieved 24 July 2017.
- ↑ Harro Ranter. "Aviation Safety Network > ASN Aviation Safety Database > Operator index > Cape Verde > TACV - Cabo Verde Airlines". Retrieved 24 April 2015.
- ↑ Cape Verde Islands 1997/98
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