Page 4: Historical Events In 1998

Feb 25   On this day in history pamela Lee has husband Tommy Lee arrested on battery charges   

Feb 25   In the year 1998 switzerland's first legal brothel opens in Zurich   

Feb 26   On this day in history oprah Winfrey beats Texas cattlemen in beef trial   

Feb 26   On this day in history total solar eclipse in Venezuela-Pacific Ocean   

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

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   In the year 1998 new England Patriot David Meggett arrested in Toronto on sex assault charges   

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

Feb 28   On this day in history 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   Bill Gates testifies at Senate Judiciary Committee on this day in history.   

Mar 10   4th Blockbuster Entertainment Awards in the year 1998.   

Mar 12   "Sound of Music", opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC in the year 1998.   

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 in the year 1998.   

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

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

Mar 17   In the year 1998 uSA Women's Hockey Team beats Canada for first Olympics Gold medal   

Mar 19   "Ah Wilderness!", opens at Vivian Beaumont theater in the year 1998.   

Mar 21   In the year 1998 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   In the year 1998 70th Academy Awards: Titanic, Jack Nicholson, Helen Hunt win   

Apr 03   World Ice Dance Figure Skating Championship in Minneapolis MN; Russians Anjelika Krylova and Oleg Ovsyannikov win in the year 1998.   

Apr 04   In the year 1998 nFL Europe (Formerly WLAF), kicks off season   

Apr 12   In Austria a 6.0 earthquake resulted in the death of one person of a heart attack at Bovec, Slovenia in the year 1998.   

Apr 30   In the year 1998 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   In the year 1998 former Black Panther leader Eldridge Cleaver dies today in Pomona, California, at age 62   

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

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

May 14   In the year 1998 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.   

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

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

May 28   Phil Hartman, comedian and actor, dies at age 49 on this day in history.   

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Jan 01   Helen Wills Moody Roark, tennis ace (31 Grand Slams), dies at 92 in the year 1998.   

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

Jan 04   John Gary, singer, dies at 65 in the year 1998.   

Jan 05   Georgi Sviridov, composer, dies at 82 in the year 1998.   

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 in the year 1998.   

Jan 09   Kenichi Fukui, Japanese Nobel Prize for Chemistry (1981) dies at 79 on this day in history.   

Jan 11   Klaus Tennstedt, conductor, dies at 71 in the year 1998.