29 August – A military aircraft clips a cable of the aerial tramway connecting Pointe Helbronner and the Aiguille du Midi in the French Alps. Three cars of the tramway fall, killing five people, but the remaining 63 cable car passengers are rescued and the pilot lands his plane safely.[1]
10 October – Simca launches the Simca 1000, a small rear-engined four-door family saloon.[3]
17 October – Paris massacre, French police attack an unarmed and peaceful demonstration of some 30,000 Algerians. Government acknowledges 40 deaths in 1998, although there are estimates of up to 200.
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