10 June – Scotland open the 1998 World Cup, playing champions Brazil in France, though they lose 2-1 after a deflected goal in the seventy-sixth minute.[1]
16 June – Scotland draw 1–1 against Norway in their second game of the World Cup.
23 June – Scotland lose 3–0 to Morocco in their final group stage match of the world Cup, failing to qualify for the next round.
August – Edinburgh Modular Arm System, the world's first bionic arm, is fitted.[2]
24 August – The Netherlands is selected as the venue for the trial of the two Libyans who are charged with the Lockerbie aircraft bombing that killed 270 people in December 1988.
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