Historical Events In 1998

Jan 01   On this day in history all California bars, clubs & card rooms must be smoke-free   

Jan 01   Mongolia switches from a 46 hour to 40 hour work week in the year 1998.   

Jan 01   On this day in history 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 01   US Census Bureau estimates population at 268,921,733 in the year 1998.   

Jan 02   Autopsy of Chris Farley shows he overdosed of opiates &cocaine on this day in history.   

Jan 05   Ice storm knocks out electricity in Quebec & Ontario in the year 1998.   

Jan 05   On this day in history sonny Bono, half of the Sonny and Cher pop duo and politician, dies in a skiing accident in Lake Tahoe, California at age 62.   

Jan 05   In the year 1998 vandals decapitate Copenhagen's Little Mermaid   

Jan 08   National Defence deploys 4,000 soldiers to help Hydro-Quebec with the worst ice storm damage; 1.3 million households will lose power in Eastern Ontario and Quebec in the year 1998.   

Jan 08   In the year 1998 roseanne files for divorce from 3rd husband Ben Thomas   

Jan 08   Unabomber suspect Theodore Kaczynski asks to act as his own lawyer on this day in history.   

Jan 08   In the year 1998 world Trade Center bomber Ramzi Ahmed Yousef sentenced to life   

Jan 09   Anatoly Karpov defeats Viswanathan Anand to retain chess title in the year 1998.   

Jan 09   Anatoly Solovyov & Pavel Vinogradov spacewalk record 3 hours 8 minutes in the year 1998.   

Jan 09   Decapitated head of Danish Little Mermaid is returned in the year 1998.   

Jan 09   In the year 1998 hockey News selects Wayne Gretzky best NHL player ever   

Jan 09   In the year 1998 over 100 teams of linemen arrive from Detroit and other parts of the US to help clean up after the ice storm; 1.3 million homes still without electricity in Quebec and Eastern Ontario   

Jan 11   On this day in history 24th Annual People's Choice Awards - Seinfeld, Tim Allen win   

Jan 11   US female Figure Skating championship won by Michelle Kwan on this day in history.   

Jan 11   US male Figure Skating championship won by Todd Eldredge on this day in history.   

Jan 13   In the year 1998 cBS pays $4 billion to televise AFC games for 8-years   

Jan 14   100th episode of "Ellen," airs on this day in history.   

Jan 14   In the year 1998 charles Barkley pleads not guilty to an assault charge   

Jan 15   In the year 1998 amos "Junior" Wells, blues musician, dies at 63   

Jan 15   In the year 1998 nASA announces John Glenn, 76, may fly in space again   

Jan 16   On this day in history investigators for special counsel Kenneth Starr questioned former White House intern Monica Lewinsky about allegations that she had an affair with President Clinton.   

Jan 17   In the year 1998 president Clinton faces sexual harassment charges from Paula Jones   

Jan 19   On this day in history carl Perkins, singer/songwriter, dies at 65   

Jan 19   On this day in history rock 'n' roll pioneer Carl Perkins, whose hit song Blue Suede Shoes helped lift Elvis Presley to stardom, dies aged 65.   

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 19   In the year 1998 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 20   Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inducts Mama & Papas, Eagles in the year 1998.   

Jan 20   Warner Brothers TV Network begins Tuesday night programming on this day in history.   

Jan 21   Pope John Paul II arrived in Havana for his first-ever visit to Cuba in the year 1998.   

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Jan 01   Helen Wills Moody Roark, tennis ace (31 Grand Slams), dies at 92 on this day in history.   

Jan 02   Frank Muir, English writer, raconteur (b. 1920) died on this day in history.   

Jan 04   John Gary, singer, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

Jan 05   On this day in history georgi Sviridov, composer, dies at 82   

Jan 07   Owen Bradley, American record producer (b. 1915) died in the year 1998.   

Jan 08   Michael Tippett, English composer/conductor (Child of our Time) dies at 93 on this day in history.   

Jan 09   In the year 1998 kenichi Fukui, Japanese Nobel Prize for Chemistry (1981) dies at 79   

Jan 11   On this day in history klaus Tennstedt, conductor, dies at 71