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Events

January

• January 1998 - A massive ice storm, caused by El Niño, strikes New England, southern Ontario and Quebec, resulting in widespread power failures, severe damage to forests, and a number of deaths.
• January 1 - Smoking is banned in all California bars and restaurants.
• January 2
  • Russia begins to circulate new rubles to stem inflation and promote confidence.
  • Gunman shoots Antario Teodoro Filho, Brazilian politician and radio presenter, in a middle of his broadcast.
• January 4 - Wilaya of Relizane massacres of 4 January 1998 in Algeria; over 170 killed in three remote villages.
• January 6 - The Lunar Prospector spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon and later found evidence for frozen water in soil in permanently shadowed craters near the Moon's poles.
• January 8
  • Ramzi Yousef is sentenced to life in prison for planning the World Trade Center bombing.
  • Cosmologists announce that the expansion rate of the universe is increasing.
• January 11 - Sidi-Hamed massacre in Algeria; over 100 people killed.
• January 12 - 19 European nations agree to forbid human cloning.
• January 14 - Researchers in Dallas, Texas present findings about an enzyme that slows aging and cell death (apoptosis).
• January 15 - The stalker of Howard Stern, Lance Carvin, is sentenced to 2 1/2 years for threatening to kill Stern and his family.
• January 16 - NASA announces that John Glenn will return to space when Space Shuttle Discovery blasts off in October 1998.
• January 17 - Paula Jones accuses President Bill Clinton of sexual harassment.
• January 22 - Suspected "Unabomber" Theodore Kaczynski pleads guilty and accepts a sentence of life without the possibility of parole.
• January 26
  • Lewinsky scandal: On American television, Bill Clinton denies he had "sexual relations" with former White House intern Monica Lewinsky.
  • Compaq buys Digital Equipment Corporation.
• January 27 - American First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton appears on the Today show calling the attacks against her husband part of a "vast right-wing conspiracy."
• January 28
  • Ford Motor Company announces the buyout of Volvo Cars for $6.45 billion.
  • Gunmen hold at least 400 children and teachers hostage for several hours at an elementary school in Manila, Philippines.
• January 29 - In Birmingham, Alabama a bomb explodes at an abortion clinic killing one and severely wounding another. Serial bomber Eric Rudolph is suspected as the culprit.

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Bartleman Premier Dalton McGuinty (Liberal) Area 1,076,395 km² (4th) Land 917,741 km² Water 158,654 km² (14. ... Beginning in 1963, a terrorist group that became known as the Front de libération du Québec (FLQ) launched a decade of bombings, robberies and attacks on government offices and at least two murders by FLQ gunfire and three violent deaths by bombings. ... January 1 is the first day of the calendar year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. ... State nickname: The Golden State Other U.S. States Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) Official languages English Area 410,000 km² (3rd)  - Land 404,298 km²  - Water 20,047 km² (4. ... January 2 is the 2nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1998 Russian Federation one rouble coin. ... January 4 is the 4th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... The Wilaya of Relizane massacres of 4 January 1998 took place in three remote villages around Oued Rhiou about 150 miles west of Algiers, during the Algerian conflict of the 1990s. ... January 6 is the 6th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... NASAs Lunar Prospector The Lunar Prospector mission was the third selected by NASA for full development and construction as part of the Discovery Program. ... Crust composition Oxygen 43% Silicon 21% Aluminium 10% Calcium 9% Iron 9% Magnesium 5% Titanium 2% Nickel 0. ... January 8 is the 8th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Ramzi Yousefs wanted poster after the World Trade Center bombing. ... The aftermath of the bombing. ... Cosmology is the study of the large-scale structure and history of the universe. ... The deepest visible-light image of the cosmos. ... January 11 is the 11th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... The Sidi-Hamed massacre took place on the night of January 11, 1998 (the last day of Ramadan), in the town of Sidi-Hamed (or Sidi-Hammad), 30 km south of Algiers. ... January 12 is the 12th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... World map showing location of Europe When considered a continent, Europe is the worlds second smallest continent in terms of area, with an area of 10,600,000 km² (4,140,625 square miles), making it larger than Australia only. ... Human cloning is the creation of a genetically identical copy of an existing human or growing cloned tissue from that individual. ... January 14 is the 14th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Downtown Dallas City nickname: Big D Location Location in the state of Texas Government Counties Dallas County Collin County Denton County Kaufman County Rockwall County Mayor Laura Miller Physical characteristics Area      Land      Water 385. ... Ribbon diagram of the catalytically perfect enzyme TIM. 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The southern side of the White House The White House is the official residence and principal workplace of the President of the United States. ... Monica Lewinsky, in the government ID photo by which she was first identified in the press Monica Lewinsky receives a hug from U.S. President Bill Clinton during a fundraising event in Washington, DC, October, 1996 Monica Samille Lewinsky (born July 23, 1973) is an American woman who was thrust... Compaq Computer Corporation was a company producing a wide range of computer products that was formed in 1982 and existed as a standalone entity until 2002 when it was merged with Hewlett-Packard. ... Digital Equipment Corporation was a pioneering company in the American computer industry. ... January 27 is the 27th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 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February

• February - Iraq disarmament crisis: The United States Senate passes resolution 71, which urged President Bill Clinton to "take all necessary and appropriate actions to respond to the threat posed by Iraq's refusal to end its weapons of mass destruction programs."
• February 3 - Cavalese cable-car disaster: a United States Military pilot causes the death of 20 skiers in Italy riding on a lift suspended by a cable snapped by the low-flying plane.
• February 3 - Karla Faye Tucker is executed in Texas becoming the first woman executed in the United States since 1984.
• February 4 - An earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter Scale in northeast Afghanistan kills more than 5,000.
• February 6 - Washington National Airport is renamed Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.
• February 6 - The French prefect Claude Erignac is assassinated in the streets of Ajaccio (Corse) by a commando of Corsican insurgents, among them Yvan Colonna (trial June 2).
• February 7 - Roger Nicholas Angleton committed suicide in a prison cell in Houston, Texas by cutting himself with razor blades. He admitted to murdering socialite Doris Angleton in her River Oaks home in his suicide note.
• February 10 - A college dropout becomes the first person to be convicted of a hate crime committed in cyberspace.
• February 10 - Voters in Maine repeal a gay rights law passed in 1997 becoming the first U.S. state to abandon such a law.
• February 12 - The presidential line-item veto is declared unconstitutional by a United States federal judge.
• February 14 - Authorities in the United States announce that Eric Rudolph is a suspect in an Alabama abortion clinic bombing.
• February 15 - Dale Earnhardt wins the Daytona 500 in his 20th try after many unsucsessful attempts.
• February 16 - China Airlines Flight 676 crashed into a residential area near by Chiang Kai-shek International Airport, killing 202 people, included all 196 on board and six on the ground.
• February 18 - Two white separatists were arrested in Nevada and accused of plotting a biological attack on New York City subways.
• February 19 - 66-day blackout begins in Auckland, New Zealand.
• February 20 - Iraq disarmament crisis: Iraqi President Saddam Hussein negotiates a deal with U.N. secretary-general Kofi Annan, allowing weapons inspectors to return to Baghdad, preventing military action by the U.S. and Britain.
• February 23 - Tornadoes in central Florida destroy or damage 2,600 structures and kill 42 (see Florida El Niño Outbreak).
• February 23 - Osama bin Laden publishes fatwa declaring jihad against all Jews and Crusaders.
• February 24 - Hustler publisher Larry Flynt is acquitted of charges of defamation of Jerry Falwell.
• February 28 - Serbian police begin to wipe out so-called "terrorist gangs" in Kosovo.

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Bush demanded a complete end to alleged Iraqi production and use of weapons of mass destruction and that Iraq comply with UN Resolutions requiring UN inspectors unfettered access to areas those inspectors thought might have... Saddam Hussein Saddām Hussein Ê»Abd al-MajÄ«d al-TikrÄ«t, sometimes spelled Husayn or Hussain; (Arabic صدام حسين عبد المجيد التكريتي; born April 28, 1937 ) was President of Iraq from 1979 until his removal and capture during the 2003 invasion of Iraq. ... Kofi Atta Annan (born April 8, 1938) is a Ghanaian diplomat and the seventh and current Secretary-General of the United Nations. ... Wikinews has news related to this article: Several hundred killed after stampede in Baghdad A street map of Baghdad Average temperature (red) and precipitations (blue) in Baghdad For other meanings see Baghdad (disambiguation) Baghdad (Arabic: ) is the capital of Iraq and the Baghdad Province. ... ... February 23 is the 54th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 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Serbia and Montenegro  â€“ Serbia    â€“ Kosovo and Metohia        (UN administration)    â€“ Vojvodina  â€“ Montenegro Official language Serbian1 Capital Belgrade Area  â€“ Total  â€“ % water  88,361 km²  n/a Population  â€“ Total (2002)     (without Kosovo)  â€“ Density  7. ... Kosovo (Albanian: Kosovë / Kosova, Serbian: Косово и Метохија / Kosovo i Metohija), in English most often called just Kosovo, is a province of Serbia. ...

March

• March 1 - Attack Submarine USS Sea Devil (now ex-Sea Devil (SSN-664)) starts to be deactivated
• March 2 - Data sent from the Galileo probe indicates that Jupiter's moon Europa has a liquid ocean under a thick crust of ice
• March 4 - Gay rights: The Supreme Court of the United States rules that federal laws banning on-the-job sexual harassment also apply when both parties are the same sex.
• March 5 - NASA announced that the Clementine probe orbiting the Moon had found enough water in polar craters to support a human colony and rocket fueling station
• March 5 - NASA announces the choice of United States Air Force Lt. Col. Eileen Collins as commander of a future Space Shuttle Columbia mission to launch an X-ray telescope making Collins the first woman commander of a space shuttle mission.
• March 6 - Closure of the South Crofty tin mine
• March 10 - American troops stationed in the Persian Gulf begin to receive the first vaccinations against anthrax.
• March 11 - Danish parliamentary election held, unexpectedly returning Prime Minister Poul Nyrup Rasmussen to power.
• March 14 - An earthquake measuring 6.9 on the Richter scale hits southeastern Iran
• March 23 - At the Academy Awards ceremony Titanic wins 11 Oscars
• March 24 - In Jonesboro, Arkansas, two young boys (aged 11 and 13 years) fire upon students at Westside Middle School while hidden in woodlands near the school. Four students and one teacher are killed and 10 injured
• March 26 - Oued Bouaicha massacre in Algeria; 52 people killed with axes and knives, 32 of them babies under the age of 2.
• March 27 - The FDA approves Viagra for use as a treatment for male impotence, becoming the first pill to be approved to treat this condition in the United States.

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Atmospheric characteristics Atmospheric pressure 1 µPa Oxygen 100% Europa (ew-roe-pa, /juro:pa/   listen?, Greek Ευρώπη) is a moon of the planet Jupiter, smallest of the four Galilean moons. ... Ocean (from Okeanos, a Greek god of sea and water; Greek ωκεανός) covers almost three quarters (71%) of the surface of the Earth, and nearly half of the worlds marine waters are over 3000 m deep. ... A natural, 4 tonne, block of ice on a beach in Iceland Icicles Ice is the solid form of water. ... March 4 is the 63rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (64th in leap years). ... The gay rights movement is a collection of loosely aligned civil rights groups, human rights groups, support groups and political activists seeking acceptance, tolerance and equality for non-heterosexual, (homosexual, bisexual), and transgender people - despite the fact that it is typically referred to as the gay rights movement, members also... Seal of the Supreme Court The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest federal court in the United States of America. ... Sexual harassment is harassment of a sexual nature, typically in the workplace or other setting where raising objections or refusing may have negative consequences. ... March 5 is the 64th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (65th in leap years). ... NASA Logo Listen to this article · (info) This audio file was created from the revision dated 2005-09-01, and does not reflect subsequent edits to the article. ... Clementine was a joint space project between the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization (BMDO, previously the Strategic Defense Initiative Organization, or SDIO) and NASA. The objective of the mission was to test sensors and spacecraft components under extended exposure to the space environment and to make scientific observations of the Moon... Crust composition Oxygen 43% Silicon 21% Aluminium 10% Calcium 9% Iron 9% Magnesium 5% Titanium 2% Nickel 0. ... A Redstone rocket, part of the Mercury program A rocket is a vehicle, missile or aircraft which obtains thrust by the reaction to the ejection of fast moving exhaust gas from within a rocket engine. ... March 5 is the 64th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (65th in leap years). ... NASA Logo Listen to this article · (info) This audio file was created from the revision dated 2005-09-01, and does not reflect subsequent edits to the article. ... Seal of the Air Force. ... Eileen Collins Eileen Marie Collins (b. ... Space Shuttle Columbia (NASA Orbiter Vehicle Designation: OV-102) was the first space shuttle in NASAs orbital fleet. ... In the NATO phonetic alphabet, X-ray represents the letter X. An X-ray picture (radiograph) taken by Röntgen An X-ray is a form of electromagnetic radiation with a wavelength approximately in the range of 5 pm to 10 nanometers (corresponding to frequencies in the range 30 PHz... The Space Shuttle Columbia seconds after engine ignition, 1981 (NASA). ... March 6 is the 65th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (66th in Leap years). ... General Name, Symbol, Number tin, Sn, 50 Chemical series poor metals Group, Period, Block 14, 5, p Appearance silvery lustrous gray Atomic mass 118. ... March 10 is the 69th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (70th in Leap years). ... Map of the Persian Gulf. ... A bottle and a syringe containing the influenza vaccine. ... 11 March is the 70th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (71st in Leap year). ... The Danish Parliamentary Election of 1998 was held on 11 March 1998. ... Poul Nyrup Rasmussen Poul Nyrup Rasmussen (born June 15, 1943) was the Prime Minister of Denmark from January 25, 1993 to November 27, 2001. ... March 14 is the 73rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (74th in Leap years) with 292 days remaining in the year. ... Global earthquake epicenters, 1963–1998 An earthquake is a trembling or a shaking movement of the Earths surface. ... The Richter magnitude test scale (or more correctly local magnitude ML scale) assigns a single number to quantify the size of an earthquake. ... March 23 is the 82nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (83rd in Leap years). ... Although he never won an Oscar for any of his movie performances, the comedian Bob Hope received two honorary Oscars for his contributions to cinema. ... Titanic is a 1997 dramatic movie released by Paramount Pictures and 20th Century Fox. ... March 24 is the 83rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (84th in Leap years). ... Jonesboro is a city located in Craighead County, Arkansas. ... March 26 is the 85th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (86th in leap years). ... The Oued Bouaïcha massacre took place about 150 miles south of Algiers, near Djelfa, on March 26, 1998. ... March 27 is the 86th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (87th in Leap years). ... The United States Food and Drug Administration is the government agency responsible for regulating food, dietary supplements, drugs, cosmetics, medical devices, biologics and blood products in the United States. ... Sildenafil citrate, sold under the name Viagra, is a drug used to treat male erectile dysfunction (impotence), developed by the pharmaceutical company Pfizer. ... Impotence or, more clinically, erectile dysfunction is the inability to develop or maintain an erection of the penis for satisfactory sexual intercourse regardless of the capability of ejaculation. ...

April

• April 5 - In Japan, the Akashi-Kaikyo Bridge linking Shikoku with Honshu and costing cost about US$3.8 billion, opens to traffic, becoming the largest suspension bridge in the world.
• April 6 - Pakistan tests medium-range missiles capable of hitting India
• April 7 - Citicorp and Travelers Group announce plans to merge creating the largest financial-services conglomerate in the world, Citigroup
• April 8 - Iraq disarmament crisis: UNSCOM reports to the UN Security Council that Iraq's declaration on its biological weapons program is incomplete and inadequate.
• April 10 - Good Friday: 18 hours after the end of talks deadline the Belfast Agreement is signed between the Irish and British governments and most Northern Ireland political parties, with the notable exception of the Democratic Unionist Party.
• April 16 - A massive tornado occurred in Nashville, Tennessee. It is the first tornado in 11 years to make a direct hit on a major city. (see Nashville Tornado of 1998)
• April 25 - A waste reservoir at Los Frailes mine in Andalusia, Spain, ruptures, discharging heavy metal waste into the Guadiamar River. The pollution threatens the sensitive ecosystem and endangered species of Doñana National Park, Spain's largest nature reserve, but is diverted into the Guadalquivir River. Up to 100 km² of farmland are ruined by the spill. [1]

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May

• May 2 - Japanese rock star hide (Hideto Matsumoto) mysteriously dies of asphyxiation.
• May 7 - Apple Computer unveils the iMac.
• May 9 - Dana International, a transexual singer from Israel, wins the 1998 Eurovision Song Contest in Birmingham,UK.
• May 11 - Nuclear testing: In the Rajasthan Desert, India conducts its second series of underground nuclear tests (the first were in 1974) and inflaming its rival neighbor Pakistan (who already has nuclear weapons).
• May 13 - Following India's second round of nuclear tests the United States and Japan impose economic sanctions on the nation.
• May 15 - Iraq disarmament crisis: UNSCOM learns that an Iraqi delegation has travelled to Bucharest to meet with scientists who can provide the country with missile guidance systems.
• May 18 - United States v. Microsoft: The United States Department of Justice and 20 U.S. states file an antitrust case against Microsoft
• May 21 - School shooting: At Thurston High School in Springfield, Oregon, Kipland Kinkel (who was suspended for bringing a gun to school) shoots a semi-automatic rifle into a room filled with students killing 2 wounding 25 others after killing his parents at home
• May 21 - Reproductive rights: In Miami, Florida, five abortion clinics are hit by a butyric acid attacker
• May 21 - Suharto resigns, after 32 years as Indonesian President and 7th consecutive re-election by the Indonesian Parliament (MPR). Suharto's hand-picked Vice President, B. J. Habibie, became Indonesia's third president.
• May 21 to September 30 - Expo '98 is held in Lisbon, Portugal, with the title "Oceans, an Heritage for the Future". UNESCO had previously declared 1998 to be the International Year of the Oceans due to the Expo. 12 million people attend the world fair
• May 22 - Lewinsky scandal: A federal judge rules that United States Secret Service agents can be compelled to testify before a grand jury concerning the scandal
• May 27 - Oklahoma City bombing: Michael Fortier is sentenced to 12 years in prison and fined $200,000 for failing to warn authorities about the terrorist plot.
• May 28 - Nuclear testing: In response to a series of Indian nuclear tests, Pakistan explodes six nuclear devices of its own in the Chaghai hills of Baluchistan, prompting the United States, Japan and other nations to impose economic sanctions.
• May 30 - Nuclear testing: Pakistan conducts two more nuclear explosions following its first test.
• May 30 - A 6.6 magnitude earthquake hits northern Afghanistan killing up to 5,000.
• May 30 - Geri Halliwell, better known as "Ginger Spice", announced her depature from the biggest selling girl group of all time, the Spice Girls

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June

• June 2 - The CIH virus is discovered in Taiwan.
• June 2 - Voters in California approved California Proposition 227, abolishing that state's bilingual education program.
• June 3 - Eschede train disaster: an ICE high speed train derails, causing 101 deaths.
• June 4 - Terry Nichols is sentenced to life in prison for his role in the Oklahoma City bombing
• July 5 - Japan launches a probe to Mars, and thus joins the United States and Russia as a space exploring nation
• June 5 - A strike begins at the General Motors parts factory in Flint, Michigan that quickly spreads to five other assembly plants (the strike lasted seven weeks)
• June 8 - Charlton Heston assumes the presidency of the National Rifle Association.
• June 12 - A jury in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, convicts 17-year-old Luke Woodham of killing two students and wounding seven others at Pearl High School [2]
• June 12 - 13-year old Christina Marie Williams was kidnapped in Seaside, California while taking her dog for a walk.
• June 16 - The Detroit Red Wings sweep the Washington Capitals in 4 games in the 1998 Stanley Cup Finals.
• June 25 - In Clinton v. City of New York, the United States Supreme Court decides that the Line Item Veto Act of 1996 is unconstitutional.

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