May 28 Wallace Berg, 42, is 4th American to scale Mount Everest for 3rd time

May 12 Russia & Chechnya sign peace deal after 400 years of conflict

May 28 Linda Finch completes Amelia Earhart attempted around-the-world flight

May 02 Mercury Mail announces its 1 millionth internet subscriber

May 23 Mel Karmazin replaces Peter Lund as CEO of CBS TV

May 27 Major league revenue sharing begins, New York Yankees pay out most $28 million

May 27 Marv Albert pleads innocent to charges of sexually assault

May 29 Scientists announce new human species in 780,000 year old fossil

May 06 Michael Jackson & Bee Gees inducted into Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

May 27 Judge finds Pamela Lee not guilty of breaking a contract

May 30 Ken Dryden becomes president of NHL's Toronto Maple Leafs may311889 The Johnstown Flood kills 2,000 to 5,000 Pennsylvanians in a city of 30,000

May 09 The first US ambassador returns to Vietnam since Saigon fell arrives in Vietnam

May 28 Bob Dylan hospitalized in England with histoplasmosis

May 29 Jesse Timmedequas, found guilty of rape/murder of Megan Kanka, 7

May 27 Russian President Boris Yeltsin signs a historic treaty with NATO

May 07 Galileo, 4th Ganymede Flyby (Orbit 8)

May 12 14 North Koreans defect to South Korea

May 08 Tea Leoni & David Duchovny wed in Greenwich Village

May 01 Toni Blair elected PM of UK

Jul 09 Near Coast of Venezuela a 7.0 quaked killed at least 81 people, 522 injured, extensive damage and landslides in the Cariaco-Cumana area. At least 3,000 people were left homeless

Jul 01 China regains sovereignty of Hong Kong

Jul 12 Waterloo - St. Jacobs Railway commences passenger service over the former CN Waterloo Spur between Waterloo and Elmira, Ont.

Jul 04 Web surfers viewed the first-ever photos of the surface of Mars, transmitted by the Sojourner, a roving robot deposited by the Mars Pathfinder, an unmanned spacecraft

Jul 13 A 12-year-old Canberra girl is killed by a chunk of flying metal when the implosion to level the old Royal Canberra Hospital goes wrong.

Jun 09 British lease on New Territories in Hong Kong expires

Jun 24 "Mars Attacks!" becomes the first DVD ever to incorporate sound with menus

Jun 24 June 24 - Port Colborne Harbour Railway, a division of the Caledonia and Hamilton Southern Railway (Trillium Rail), starts operation between Welland and Port Colbourne on the following lines in Ontario CN Port Colbourne Spur (6.6 miles). Macy Spur (west of the Welland Canal). Government Spur (off Macy Spur). a new 1.1 mile connection between the Port Colbourne Spur and the Macy Spur.

Jun 24 June 24 - Port Colborne Harbour Railway, a division of the Caledonia and Hamilton Southern Railway (Trillium Rail), starts operation between Welland and Port Colbourne on the following lines in Ontario: CN Port Colbourne Spur (6.6 miles). Macy Spur (west of the Welland Canal). Government Spur (off Macy Spur). a new 1.1 mile connection between the Port Colbourne Spur and the Macy Spur.

Jun 16 Corporation du chemin de fer de la Gaspésie takes over the former CN line between Chandler and Gaspé, Que. This is a non profit corporation owned by local municipalities. Operation of the line is sub-contracted to the Chemin de fer Baie des Chaleurs which commenced operation between Matapedia and Chandler, Que in December 1996.

Jan 03 Bryant Gumbel co-hosted his final "Today" show on NBC-TV

Jan 05 In ocean racing, Montreal solo sailor Gerry Roufs disappears at sea while circumnavigating the Globe.

Jan 12 Tiger Woods wins Mercedes Championships

Jan 31 The U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln, a Nimitz class aircraft carrier with a flight deck the size of three football fields, is paying a courtesy visit to Victoria British Columbia today.

Jan 27 The weekend rescue of more than 300 anglers from the ice of Lake Simcoe could cost up to 500 000 dollars. The ice fishers were stranded after a 32 kilometre-long pressure crack openedup between them and shore.

Jan 21 Newt Gingrich is fined and reprimanded as the U.S. House of Representatives votes for first time in history to discipline the Speaker of the House for ethical misconduct.

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