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Monday 12:
Nineteen
European nations agree to forbid
human cloning.
Tuesday 13:
ABC and
ESPN negotiate a $1.15 billion a season contract to keep
Monday Night Football.
Monday 26:
Compaq buys
Digital Equipment Corporation.
Tuesday 27:
American First Lady
Hillary Rodham Clinton appears on the
Today Show calling the attacks against her husband part of a "vast right-wing conspiracy."
Thursday 29:
In
Birmingham, Alabama, a bomb explodes at an
abortion clinic, killing one and severely wounding another. Serial bomber
Eric Robert Rudolph is suspected as the culprit.
February 1998
Monday 02:
A
Cebu Pacific airlines
DC-9-32 crashes into a mountain near Cagayan de Oro,
Philippines, killing 104
Saturday 07:
The
1998 Winter Olympic Games open in
Nagano, Japan.
Thursday 12:
The presidential
line-item veto is declared unconstitutional by
United States federal judge.
Saturday 14:
Authorities in the
United States announce that
Eric Robert Rudolph is a suspect in an
Alabama abortion clinic bombing.
Monday 23:
Netscape Communications Corporation announces the foundation of
mozilla.org, to co-ordinate the development of the
open source Mozilla web browser.
March 1998
Wednesday 04:
Gay rights: The
Supreme Court of the United States rules that federal laws banning on-the-job
sexual harassment also apply when both parties are the same sex.
Tuesday 10:
American troops stationed in the
Persian Gulf begin to receive the first
vaccinations against
anthrax.
Saturday 14:
An
earthquake measuring 6.9 on the
Richter scale hits southeastern
Iran.
Thursday 26:
Oued Bouaicha massacre in
Algeria; 52 people killed with axes and knives, 32 of them babies under the age of 2.
Tuesday 31:
Netscape gives the
code base of its browser under an open-source license agreement, thus creating
Mozilla Foundation, a not-for-profit corporation to oversee the development of
Mozilla.
April 1998
Sunday 05:
In
Japan, the
Akashi-Kaikyo Bridge linking
Shikoku with
Honshu and costing about US$3.8 billion, opens to traffic, becoming the largest
suspension bridge in the world.
Tuesday 07:
Citicorp and
Travelers Group announce plans to merge creating the largest financial-services conglomerate in the world,
Citigroup.
Thursday 09:
The
National Prisoner of War Museum is dedicated in
Andersonville, Georgia, on the site of an
American Civil War POW camp.
Sunday 12:
Catastrophical
earthquake in
Slovenia in Poso?je 5,6 on the Richter scale.
Monday 20:
German terrorist group
Red Army Faction announces their dissolution after 28 years.
May 1998
Saturday 09:
In
Birmingham,
United Kingdom,
Dana International wins the forty-third
Eurovision Song Contest for
Israel singing "Diva".
Thursday 14:
After nine years on the air, the
series finale of the
television sitcom Seinfeld airs on
NBC.
Friday 22:
Lewinsky scandal: A federal judge rules that
United States Secret Service agents can be compelled to testify before a
grand jury concerning the scandal, involving President
Bill Clinton.
Saturday 23:
The
Good Friday Agreement is accepted in a referendum, with a high margin of three-fourth 'yes' votes to
Northern Ireland.
Saturday 30:
A 6.6 magnitude
earthquake hits northern
Afghanistan, killing up to 5,000.
June 1998
Tuesday 02:
The
CIH computer virus is discovered in
Taiwan.
Thursday 04:
Terry Nichols is sentenced to life in prison for his role in the
Oklahoma City bombing.
Friday 05:
Both
Reuters and
ABC news erroneously report the death of
comedian Bob Hope after
Arizona congressman
Bob Stump announces the demise of Hope on the floor of the
US Congress.
Monday 08:
Charlton Heston assumes the presidency of the U.S.
National Rifle Association.
Thursday 11:
Compaq Computer pays
$9 billion for
Digital Equipment Corporation in largest high-tech acquisition.
July 1998
Saturday 04:
Lin "Spit" Newborn and
Daniel Shersty are
murdered by
neonazis in the
desert just outside
Las Vegas.
Sunday 05:
Japan launches a probe to
Mars, and thus joins the
United States and
Russia as a
space exploring nation.
Friday 10:
Catholic priests' sex abuse scandal: The
Diocese of Dallas agrees to pay $23.4 million to nine former altar boys who claimed they were
sexually abused by former priest
Rudolph Kos.
Friday 24:
Russel Eugene Weston Jr. bursts into the
United States Capitol and opens fire killing two police officers. He is later ruled to be incompetent to stand trial.
Tuesday 28:
Monica Lewinsky scandal: Ex-
White House intern,
Monica Lewinsky receives
transactional immunity in exchange for her
grand jury testimony concerning her relationship with US President
Bill Clinton.
August 1998
Friday 07:
1998 U.S. embassy bombings: Bombing of the United States embassies in
Dar es Salaam,
Tanzania, and
Nairobi,
Kenya kills 224 people and injures over 4,500.
Thursday 20:
1998 U.S. embassy bombings: The
United States military launches
cruise missile attacks against alleged
al-Qaida camps in
Afghanistan and a suspected chemical plant in
Sudan in retaliation for the
August 7 bombings of American embassies in
Kenya and
Tanzania. The
al-Shifa pharmaceutical factory in
Khartoum is destroyed in the attack.
Monday 24:
The
Netherlands is selected as the site for the trial of the two
Libyan suspects of the 1988 PanAm bombing.
Monday 31:
North Korea reportedly launchs
Kwangmyongsong, its first
satellite.
September 1998
Tuesday 08:
At
Busch Stadium in
St. Louis, Missouri,
Mark McGwire breaks
Roger Maris'
1961 record of 61
home runs hit in a single season.
Friday 11:
Independent counsel
Kenneth Starr sends a report to the
U.S. Congress accusing President
Bill Clinton of 11 possible impeachable offenses.
Monday 14:
Telecommunications companies
MCI Communications and
WorldCom complete their $37 billion merger to form MCI
WorldCom.
Friday 25:
Sunday 27:
Google is first established
October 1998
Sunday 04:
Leafie Mason of
Hughes Springs, Texas, is murdered by
Ángel Maturino Reséndiz. She is the serial killer's second victim in his second incident.
Wednesday 07:
Gay student
Matthew Shepard, beaten the night before, is left tied to a fence and dies in
Laramie, Wyoming,
United States.
Friday 23:
1998 - Swatch Internet Time introduced
Saturday 24:
Tropical Storm Mitch reaches
hurricane strength.
Saturday 31:
Iraq disarmament crisis begins:
Iraq announces it would no longer cooperate with
United Nations weapons inspectors.
November 1998
Sunday 01:
The
European Court of Human Rights is instituted.
Thursday 05:
The journal
Nature publishes a genetic study showing compelling evidence that
Thomas Jefferson fathered a son, Eston Hemings Jefferson, by his slave
Sally Hemings.
Friday 06:
Hugo Chávez is elected president of
Venezuela
Thursday 12:
Daimler-Benz completes a merger with
Chrysler to form Daimler-
Chrysler.