Historical Events In 1998

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

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

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

Feb 27   On this day in history apple discontinues developing Newton computer   

Feb 27   FBI arrests 10 most wanted suspected serial killer Tony Ray Amati on this day in history.   

Feb 27   New England Patriot David Meggett arrested in Toronto on sex assault charges in the year 1998.   

Feb 28   On this day in history "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   On this day in history bill Gates testifies at Senate Judiciary Committee   

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

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

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   In the year 1998 "Cabaret", opens at Club Expo Theater NYC   

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   USA Women's Hockey Team beats Canada for first Olympics Gold medal in the year 1998.   

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

Mar 21   Australian cricket team suffers its worst defeat in 60 years, beaten by an innings and 219 runs by India in Calcutta in the year 1998.   

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

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

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   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

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

May 01   In the year 1998 former Black Panther leader Eldridge Cleaver dies today in Pomona, California, at age 62   

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   On this day in history 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   Justice Department and 20 state attorneys general sue Microsoft, charging it illegally thwarted competition to protect and extend its monopoly on software in the year 1998.   

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 on this day in history.   

May 28   On this day in history phil Hartman, comedian and actor, dies at age 49   

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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 on this day in history.   

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

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

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

Jan 11   In the year 1998 klaus Tennstedt, conductor, dies at 71