| July 17th, 1998Papua New Guinea earthquake: A tsunami triggered by an undersea earthquake destroys 10 villages in Papua New Guinea killing an estimated 3,183, leaving 2,000 more unaccounted for and thousands more homeless. event on July 17, 1998.  Read about how to open files in Open File Database.
 Events around July 17, 1998
| July 19th, 1998 | Death | Elmer Valo, baseball player (born in 1921) |  |