May 14 Last episode of Seinfeld on NBC (commercials are $2 million for 30 seconds)

May 28 Phil Hartman actor/comedian (NewsRadio, Saturday Night Live), shot to death while asleep in his bed by his wife at 49

May 30 A powerful earthquake rocks northern Afghanistan, killing up to 5,000 people

May 03 RaiLink-MacKenzie Northern takes over the operation of the CN line from Smith, AB to Hay River, NWT.

May 29 Former Arizona senator Barry Goldwater dies at age 89

May 01 Former Black Panther leader Eldridge Cleaver dies today in Pomona, California, at age 62

May 28 Phil Hartman, comedian and actor, dies at age 49

May 14 Microsoft agrees to delay shipping Windows 98 for several days while it negotiates with federal government and 20 states in attempt to forestall antitrust lawsuits.

May 22 In Central Bolivia a 6.6 earthquake at least 105 people killed and 150 injured in the Aiquile-Totora area.

May 18 Justice Department and 20 state attorneys general sue Microsoft, charging it illegally thwarted competition to protect and extend its monopoly on software.

Jan 09 Anatoly Karpov defeats Viswanathan Anand to retain chess title

Jan 11 US male Figure Skating championship won by Todd Eldredge

Jan 21 Pope John Paul II visits Cuba

Jan 31 STS 89 (Endeavour 12) lands

Jan 27 Crane crashes into Roosevelt Is (New York City NY) Tram, injuring 10

Jan 01 All California bars, clubs & card rooms must be smoke-free

Jan 02 Autopsy of Chris Farley shows he overdosed of opiates &cocaine

Jan 30 Paul Simon's "The Capeman," premieres

Jan 01 All California bars, clubs & card rooms must be smoke-free

Jan 11 24th Annual People's Choice Awards - Seinfeld, Tim Allen win

Jan 20 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inducts Mama & Papas, Eagles

Jan 25 Two US tourists, Thomas and Eileen Lonergan, are left behind by a scuba diving operator on a reef off Port Douglas, north Queensland. They are never found

Jan 25 "Grease," closes at Eugene O'Neill Theater New York City NY after 1,503 performance

Jan 05 Ice storm knocks out electricity in Quebec & Ontario

Jan 08 Roseanne files for divorce from 3rd husband Ben Thomas

Jan 13 CBS pays $4 billion to televise AFC games for 8-years

Jan 19 The CN line bewteen Moncton, NB and Mont-Joli, Que is transferred to the Quebec Railway Corporation, through its wholly owned subsidiaries as follows New Brunswick East Coast Railway between Pacific Junction, near Moncton, and Campbellton, NB. Matapedia Railway between Campbellton, NB and Mont-Joli, QC.

Jan 25 Spice Girl Victoria Adams (Posh) &soccer David Beckham gets engaged

Jan 08 World Trade Center bomber Ramzi Ahmed Yousef sentenced to life

Jan 01 The Ontario Southland Railway takes over the operation of the Guelph Junction Railway (formerly the Goderich subdivision) which had been leased by CP from the City of Guelph since 1888. The Ontario Southland also took over the 3.1 mile remnant of the CP owned Guelph and Goderich Railway.

Jan 14 Charles Barkley pleads not guilty to an assault charge

Jan 01 US Census Bureau estimates population at 268,921,733

Jan 05 Ice storm knocks out electricity in Quebec & Ontario

Jan 22 Accused bomber Ted Kaczynski pleaded guilty to all counts against him in California and New Jersey. He was sentenced to life in prison on May 4.

Jan 01 Mongolia switches from a 46 hour to 40 hour work week

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