Historical Events In 1998
Feb 01 "Street Corner Symphony," closes at Brooks Atkinson NYC after 79 performances
Feb 23 Supreme Court lets Megan's Law stand
Feb 19 US hockey team destroys their rooms at Olympics village in Japan
Feb 03 US military plane clips cable car lines in northern Italy, kills 20
Feb 02 Philippine DC-9 crashes apparently killing all 104 on board
Feb 28 Vancouver Canucks Mark Messier is 4th NHLer to get 1,600 points
Feb 25 Switzerland's first legal brothel opens in Zurich
Feb 22 18th Winter Olympics games close at Nagano Japan
Feb 27 New England Patriot David Meggett arrested in Toronto on sex assault charges
Feb 26 Total solar eclipse in Venezuela-Pacific Ocean
Feb 05 Alberto Acciarito convicted of harassing his ex-wife Ingrid Rossellini
Feb 19 Soyuz TM-26 lands
Feb 10 Canadian National President Paul Tellier says CN is acquiring US rail company Illinois Central Corp for $2.4 billion
Feb 28 "View From the Bridge," closes at Criterion Theater NYC
Feb 24 Elton John knighted
Feb 12 250-car Italy pile-up due to fog, 4 die &50 hurt
Feb 27 FBI arrests 10 most wanted suspected serial killer Tony Ray Amati
Feb 10 AOL raises monthly flat rate Internet access from $19.95 to $21.95
Feb 11 Lyrics to "Candle in the Wind 1997," auctioned for $442,500
Feb 04 In the Tajikistan Border region of Afghanistan a 6.1earthquate at least 2,323 people killed, 818 injured, 8,094 houses destroyed, 6,725 livestock killed and landslides occurred in the Rostaq area, Afghanistan
Feb 15 Dale Eggeling wins Los Angeles Women's Golf Championship
Feb 03 Stamps commemorating Princess Diana go on sale across Britain
Feb 27 Apple discontinues developing Newton computer
Feb 01 86th Australian Mens Tennis Petr Korda beats Marcelo Rios (6-2 6-2 6-2)
Feb 08 The first female ice hockey game in Olympics history Finland beats Sweden 6-0
Feb 20 UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan lands in Baghdad, for peace negotiations
Feb 16 Tellabs Inc acquires Coherent Communications Systems for $670 million
Feb 13 In Victoria, BC three girls of ages 14, 15, and 16 found guilty of the murder of 14 year old schoolmate Reena Virk; three others plead guilty to assault charges
Feb 27 14th Soap Opera Digest Awards
Apr 04 NFL Europe (Formerly WLAF), kicks off season
Apr 03 World Ice Dance Figure Skating Championship in Minneapolis MN; Russians Anjelika Krylova and Oleg Ovsyannikov win
Apr 12 In Austria a 6.0 earthquake resulted in the death of one person of a heart attack at Bovec, Slovenia.
Apr 30 Secessionist rebels and the Papua New Guinea government sign a permanent ceasefire, ending a nine-year rebellion on the South Pacific island of Bougainville.
Nov 09 St. Thomas and Eastern Railway, a division of Trillium Rail, commences operation over the fomer CN Cayuga Spur between St. Thomas and Delhi, ON.
Nov 30 NBC announced it would purchase a minority stake in iVillage, an Internet company producing popular sites for women, such as Parent Soup
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