Historical Events In 1998

Jan 17 President Clinton faces sexual harassment charges from Paula Jones

Jan 26 25th American Music Award Spice Girls &Babyface win

Jan 26 President Clinton says "I want to say one thing to the American people, I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky"

Jan 15 NASA announces John Glenn, 76, may fly in space again

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

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

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