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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