Historical Events In 1998

Feb 25   Pamela Lee has husband Tommy Lee arrested on battery charges on this day in history.  

Feb 25   Switzerland's first legal brothel opens in Zurich in the year 1998.  

Feb 26   Oprah Winfrey beats Texas cattlemen in beef trial in the year 1998.  

Feb 26   Total solar eclipse in Venezuela-Pacific Ocean on this day in history.  

Feb 27   14th Soap Opera Digest Awards on this day in history.  

Feb 27   Apple discontinues developing Newton computer in the year 1998.  

Feb 27   In the year 1998 fBI arrests 10 most wanted suspected serial killer Tony Ray Amati  

Feb 27   New England Patriot David Meggett arrested in Toronto on sex assault charges on this day in history.  

Feb 28   In the year 1998 "View From the Bridge," closes at Criterion Theater NYC  

Feb 28   In the year 1998 vancouver Canucks Mark Messier is 4th NHLer to get 1,600 points  

Mar 01   Malaysia Nipah virus outbreak in Malaysia killing 105 people in the year 1998.  

Mar 03   In the year 1998 bill Gates testifies at Senate Judiciary Committee  

Mar 10   In the year 1998 4th Blockbuster Entertainment Awards  

Mar 12   "Sound of Music", opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

Mar 15   "Cabaret", opens at Club Expo Theater NYC in the year 1998.  

Mar 15   In the year 1998 pacific Bell Internet Services announced that a flood of junk e-mail had overwhelmed its message servers on this day in 1998  

Mar 17   USA Women's Hockey Team beats Canada for first Olympics Gold medal on this day in history.  

Mar 19   "Ah Wilderness!", opens at Vivian Beaumont theater on this day in history.  

Mar 21   On this day in history australian cricket team suffers its worst defeat in 60 years, beaten by an innings and 219 runs by India in Calcutta  

Mar 23   On this day in history 70th Academy Awards Titanic, Jack Nicholson, Helen Hunt win  

Mar 23   70th Academy Awards: Titanic, Jack Nicholson, Helen Hunt win in the year 1998.  

Apr 03   On this day in history world Ice Dance Figure Skating Championship in Minneapolis MN; Russians Anjelika Krylova and Oleg Ovsyannikov win  

Apr 04   NFL Europe (Formerly WLAF), kicks off season on this day in history.  

Apr 12   On this day in history in Austria a 6.0 earthquake resulted in the death of one person of a heart attack at Bovec, Slovenia.  

Apr 30   On this day in history secessionist rebels and the Papua New Guinea government sign a permanent ceasefire, ending a nine-year rebellion on the South Pacific island of Bougainville.  

May 01   Former Black Panther leader Eldridge Cleaver dies today in Pomona, California, at age 62 on this day in history.  

May 03   In the year 1998 raiLink-MacKenzie Northern takes over the operation of the CN line from Smith, AB to Hay River, NWT.  

May 14   In the year 1998 last episode of Seinfeld on NBC (commercials are $2 million for 30 seconds)  

May 14   Microsoft agrees to delay shipping Windows 98 for several days while it negotiates with federal government and 20 states in attempt to forestall antitrust lawsuits in the year 1998.  

May 18   On this day in history justice Department and 20 state attorneys general sue Microsoft, charging it illegally thwarted competition to protect and extend its monopoly on software.  

May 22   On this day in history in Central Bolivia a 6.6 earthquake at least 105 people killed and 150 injured in the Aiquile-Totora area.  

May 28   Phil Hartman actor/comedian (NewsRadio, Saturday Night Live), shot to death while asleep in his bed by his wife at 49 in the year 1998.  

May 28   In the year 1998 phil Hartman, comedian and actor, dies at age 49  

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Jan 01   In the year 1998 helen Wills Moody Roark, tennis ace (31 Grand Slams), dies at 92  

Jan 02   Frank Muir, English writer, raconteur (b. 1920) died in the year 1998.  

Jan 04   In the year 1998 john Gary, singer, dies at 65  

Jan 05   Georgi Sviridov, composer, dies at 82 on this day in history.  

Jan 07   In the year 1998 death of owen Bradley, American record producer (b. 1915)  

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   In the year 1998 klaus Tennstedt, conductor, dies at 71