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Historical Events In 1998

Friday, 29 March 2024

May 29   In the year 1998 former Arizona senator Barry Goldwater dies at age 89  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 30   A powerful earthquake rocks northern Afghanistan, killing up to 5,000 people on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jun 27   On this day in history in Turkey a 6.3 quake killed at least 145 people and more than 1,500 injured in the Adana and Ceyhan areas  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jul 09   In the year 1998 in the Azores Islands a 6.2 quake resulted in ten people killed, about 100 injured and 1,000 left homeless on Faial.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jul 17   On this day in history in Papua New Guinea a 7.1 earthquake killed at least 2,183 people, thousands injured, about 9,500 homeless and about 500 missing as a result of a tsunami generated in the Sissano area. Maximum wave heights estimated at 10 meters  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jul 20   On this day in 1998, Attorneys General from 20 states dropped some of their antitrust charges against Microsoft, narrowing their focus in the antitrust case in the year 1998.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jul 21   Alan Shepard dies in Monterey, CA, at age 74. Shepard was the first American in space, and later commanded the Apollo 14 moon mission. He was the fifth person to walk on the lunar surface on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Aug 17   In the year 1998 u.S. President Bill Clinton admits in a televised address to having had inappropriate relations with ex-White House intern Monica Lewinsky.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Aug 29   A Cuban airplane bursts into flames and crashes during takeoff from Quito, Ecuador, killing 79 people on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Sep 02   A Swissair MD-11 jetliner crashes off the coast of Nova Scotia, killing 229 people on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Sep 08   St. Louis Cardinals slugger Mark McGwire breaks Roger Maris' single-season home run record by hitting number 62 during a game against the Chicago Cubs in the year 1998.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Sep 13   Former Alabama Governor George Wallace dies at age 79 on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Sep 24   The U.S. Treasury began circulating the newly-redesigned $20 bill in the year 1998.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Oct 01   On this day in history southern Rails Cooperative takes over operation of CN Avonlea subdivision from Avonlea to Moose Jaw, SK.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Oct 17   A pipeline explodes in Nigeria when villagers try to siphon off oil. At least 700 die on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Oct 22   Hurricane Mitch in Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Guatemala, Belize, Mexico killing 11,374 people on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Nov 02   Quebec Gatineau Railway commences operation over the CN Montfort Spur between Mirabel and Saint-Jerome, QC. Access to the CN network is continued through an interchange agreement between CN, OGRY and St.L&H in the year 1998.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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 in the year 1998.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Nov 10   "The Legend of Mulan" becomes the first commercially available DVD to include a DTS audio track on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Nov 16   Goderich and Exeter Railway takes over operation of the CN Guelph subdivision between London and Silver, ON in the year 1998.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Nov 20   On this day in history okanagan Valley Railway commences operation over the former CP line between Sicamous and Kelowna, BC (including running rights over the CN between Vernon and Kelowna). The formal handing over ceremony took place on January 15, 1999.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Nov 24   On this day in history a federal judge ruled that a Virginia library constitutionally could not block Internet pornography from library computers  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Nov 24   On this day in history on this day in 1998, America Online officially announced it would acquire Netscape Communications  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Nov 25   In the year 1998 flip (Clerow) Wilson Emmy Award-winning comedy writer died  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Nov 30   On this day in history nBC announced it would purchase a minority stake in iVillage, an Internet company producing popular sites for women, such as Parent Soup  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Nov 30   On this day in history the White House unveiled its sweeping electronic commerce agenda on this day in 1998  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Dec 01   On this day in history st. Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad (Quebec) commences operation over the CN Sherbrooke subdivision between St. Rosalie, QC and Norton, VT.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Dec 13   Ottawa Central Railway, a subsidiary of RailLink's Quebec Railway Corporation, commences operation over the CN Beachburg subdivision between Ottawa and Pembroke, ON as well as the Walkley line in Ottawa. The Ottawa Central also received running rights over the Alexandria subdivision between Ottawa and Coteau on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Dec 14   On this day in history iXC Communications announced it had turned on a new coast-to-coast data network that it hoped would serve as the backbone for the next generation Internet  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Dec 22   A particularly vicious virus invaded systems at MCI WorldCom. Unlike other viruses, the Remote Explorer bug was capable of damaging a system even if users did not download a file or open an e-mail attachment on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Dec 22   Microsoft was ordered to stop blocking holiday e-mail cards from Blue Mountain Arts in the year 1998.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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Famous Deaths In 1998

Famous People Died In This Year In History

Jan 01   In the year 1998 helen Wills Moody Roark, tennis ace (31 Grand Slams), dies at 92  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 02   In the year 1998 death of frank Muir, English writer, raconteur (b. 1920)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 04   John Gary, singer, dies at 65 on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 05   Georgi Sviridov, composer, dies at 82 in the year 1998.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 07   Owen Bradley, American record producer (b. 1915) died in the year 1998.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 08   On this day in history michael Tippett, English composer/conductor (Child of our Time) dies at 93  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 09   Kenichi Fukui, Japanese Nobel Prize for Chemistry (1981) dies at 79 in the year 1998.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 11   Klaus Tennstedt, conductor, dies at 71 on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard


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