Editing 1998 (section)

===October===
* [[October 1]] – [[Europol]] is established when the Europol Convention signed by all of its member states comes into force.
* [[October 3]] – [[1998 Australian federal election]]: [[John Howard]]'s [[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal]]/[[National Party of Australia|National]] [[Coalition (Australia)|Coalition]] [[Howard government|government]] is re-elected with a substantially reduced majority, defeating the [[Australian Labor Party|Labor Party]] led by [[Kim Beazley]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://australianpolitics.com/elections/federal-1998|title=1998 Federal Election - AustralianPolitics.com|date=June 9, 2012|access-date=November 8, 2022|archive-date=November 8, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221108112403/https://australianpolitics.com/elections/federal-1998}}</ref>
* [[October 10]] – [[Indictment and arrest of Augusto Pinochet]]: General [[Augusto Pinochet]], [[Chile]]an dictator from [[1973]] to [[1990]], is [[indicted]] [[legacy of Augusto Pinochet|for human rights violations]] he committed in Chile by Spanish magistrate [[Baltasar Garzón]]. 6 days later British police place him under house arrest during his medical treatment in the UK. This is a leading case in the law of [[universal jurisdiction]].
* [[October 17]] – [[1998 Jesse pipeline explosion]]: An oil pipeline explosion in Jesse, [[Nigeria]] results in 1,082 deaths.
* [[October 29]] – [[Hurricane Mitch]] makes landfall in Central America, killing an estimated 11,000 people.