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Warner Bros. 75 Years Entertaining the World

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The Powerpuff Girls

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Histeria!

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Lethal Weapon 4

1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on a Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1998th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 998th year of the 2nd millennium, the 98th year of the 20th century, and the 9th year of the 1990s decade.

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  • Warner Bros. celebrates its 75th Anniversary that year. The studio created a new logo for the big screen, animated entirely in computer-generated imagery.
  • Marvin the Martian celebrates his 50th birthday.
  • Jim Watkins succeeded Jack Cafferty as the anchor of the WB11 News at Ten (now PIX11 News at Ten).
  • All Animaniacs (TV series) related things get cancelled
  • Production of the first season of The Powerpuff Girls began.

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  • Early March - Delphini is born to Lord Voldemort and Bellatrix Lestrange.
  • Late March - The Skirmish at Malfoy Manor occurs after Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, and Hermione Granger are captured by Snatchers and Dobby comes to their rescue. Peter Pettigrew is killed in the skirmish and Harry, Ron, Hermione, Garrick Ollivander, Dean Thomas, Luna Lovegood, and Griphook arrive at Shell Cottage, where Dobby dies.
  • March
  • April: Remus Lupin arrives at Shell Cottage to report that his son to Nymphadora Tonks has just been born.
  • May 1 - Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, and Ron Weasley break into Gringotts Wizarding Bank with the help of Griphook and obtain Helga Hufflepuff's Cup.
  • Lord Voldemort learns that the trio are hunting down his Horcruxes. In a rage, he murders all those who reported the theft of his cup. He arranges his army to attack Hogwarts.
  • May 2
    • Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, and Ron Weasley return to Hogwarts and Neville Longbottom calls Dumbledore's Army and the Order of the Phoenix to arms.
    • Ron Weasley opens the Chamber of Secrets, and Hermione Granger destroys Helga Hufflepuff's Cup.
    • Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, and Hermione Granger locate Rowena Ravenclaw's Diadem in the Room of Requirement, and it is destroyed in a skirmish with Draco Malfoy, Vincent Crabbe, and Gregory Goyle by Fiendfyre. Crabbe is incinerated and dies when failing to control the cursed fire.
    • Fenrir Greyback kills Lavender Brown.
    • Antonin Dolohov kills Remus Lupin.
    • Bellatrix Lestrange kills Nymphadora Lupin.
    • Lord Voldemort kills Severus Snape.
    • Colin Creevey was killed.
    • Unidentified female Hogwarts teacher was killed.
    • Fred Weasley was killed.
    • Lord Voldemort inadvertently destroys the Horcrux in Harry.
    • Neville Longbottom kills Nagini, the last remaining Horcrux.
  • Harry Potter defeats Lord Voldemort once and for all.
  • The Second Wizarding War ends.
  • Minerva McGonagall is appointed Headmistress of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
  • Kingsley Shacklebolt is named Acting Minister for Magic.
  • Unidentified fallen fifty of the Battle of Hogwarts were killed.
  • One of the Unnamed Death Eaters was killed.
  • November 27 - Demetrius Prod dies.
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