Historical Events In 1998
Mar 14 In Northern Iran a 6.9 earthquake kills 5 people and 50 injured in Golbaf. Two thousand houses destroyed, 10,000 people left homeless
Mar 21 Australian cricket team suffers its worst defeat in 60 years, beaten by an innings and 219 runs by India in Calcutta
Mar 17 USA Women's Hockey Team beats Canada for first Olympics Gold medal
Mar 15 Pacific Bell Internet Services announced that a flood of junk e-mail had overwhelmed its message servers on this day in 1998
Mar 03 Bill Gates testifies at Senate Judiciary Committee
Mar 15 "Cabaret", opens at Club Expo Theater NYC
Mar 19 "Ah Wilderness!", opens at Vivian Beaumont theater
Mar 12 "Sound of Music", opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC
Mar 23 70th Academy Awards: Titanic, Jack Nicholson, Helen Hunt win
Mar 10 4th Blockbuster Entertainment Awards
Mar 23 70th Academy Awards Titanic, Jack Nicholson, Helen Hunt win
Aug 29 A Cuban airplane bursts into flames and crashes during takeoff from Quito, Ecuador, killing 79 people.
Aug 17 U.S. President Bill Clinton admits in a televised address to having had inappropriate relations with ex-White House intern Monica Lewinsky.
Sep 13 Former Alabama Governor George Wallace dies at age 79.
Sep 08 St. Louis Cardinals slugger Mark McGwire breaks Roger Maris' single-season home run record by hitting number 62 during a game against the Chicago Cubs.
Sep 02 A Swissair MD-11 jetliner crashes off the coast of Nova Scotia, killing 229 people.
Sep 24 The U.S. Treasury began circulating the newly-redesigned $20 bill.
Feb 03 Mary Kay LeTourneau, 36, former teacher, violates probation with 14 year-old father of her baby
Feb 07 18th Winter Olympics games open at Nagano Japan
Feb 09 Failed assassination attempt on Georgian President Eduard Shevardnadze
Feb 26 Oprah Winfrey beats Texas cattlemen in beef trial
Feb 04 Bill Gates gets a pie thrown in his face in Brussels Belgium
Feb 11 KVBC-FM (Las Vegas) offers Monica Lewinsky $5M for interview
Feb 22 "King & I," closes at Neil Simon Theater NYC after 781 performances
Feb 23 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Charleston SC on WAVF 96.1 FM
Feb 06 U.S. President Bill Clinton signs a bill renaming Washington National Airport to Ronald Reagan National Airport.
Feb 20 Tara Lipinski wins Olympics figure skating gold medal
Feb 25 Pamela Lee has husband Tommy Lee arrested on battery charges
Feb 06 "Africa: The Serengeti" becomes the first DVD to include separate language tracks
Feb 23 Tornadoes in Florida kills at least 31 feb240303 first official Roman edict for persecution of Christians issued
Feb 01 Australian Mixed Doubles Tennis J Gimelstob & V Williams beat Suk & Sukova (6-2 6-1)
Feb 06 "Africa The Serengeti" becomes the first DVD to include separate language tracks
Feb 11 A federal judge rules that golfer Casey Martin, who suffers from a circulatory condition making it hard to walk, is covered by the American with Disabilities Act. Under the ADA, Martin should be allowed to use a golf cart when he competes in PGA tournaments.
Feb 12 Intel unveils its first graphics chip i740
Feb 06 Mary Kay LeTourneau, 36, former teacher, who violated probation by seeing 14 year old father of her baby, sentenced to 7½ years
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