Satanic verses author stabbed 

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/salman-rushdie-author-controversial-book-153733643.html

I was just looking at this the other day because 1998 is 666 x 3

This happened in 1998

September 24 – Iranian President Mohammad Khatami retracts a fatwa against Satanic Verses author Salman Rushdie that was in force since 1989 stating that the Iranian government will "neither support nor hinder assassination operations on Rushdie".

1989 = 153 x 13