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- This year saw US President Bill Clinton become caught up in the Monica Lewinsky scandal, resulting in his impeachment by the United States House of Representatives. The 1997 Titanic movie became the first film to gross a billion US dollars, and France won the FIFA World Cup.
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Jun 1, 2018 · Several thousand activists, musicians and politicians engage in protests at the United States Capitol for President Clinton to negotiate between Tibet and China in mid-June 1998.
Jan 31, 2024 · The US and UK jointly launched air strikes against Iraq in Operation Desert Fox. The bombings took place over four days and were announced by President Bill Clinton on December 16th, 1998.
Nov 5, 2016 · Tensions between the United States, Great Britain, and Iraq continued throughout the 1990’s after the end of the first Gulf War. In December of 1998, the United States and the United Kingdom engaged in a brief aerial bombing campaign of Iraq called Operation Desert Fox.
- The Oscar for Best Movie went to Shakespeare in Love, directed by John Madden, starring Gwyneth Paltrow, Joseph Fiennes, Geoffrey Rush, Tom Wilkins...
- The Oscar for Best Director went to Steven Spielberg, for the movie Saving Private Ryan , starring produced in the .
- The Oscar for Best Actor went to Roberto Benigni, for the movie Life Is Beautiful, starring Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, Giorgio Cantarini,...
- The Oscar for Best Actress went to Gwyneth Paltrow, for the movie Shakespeare in Love, starring Gwyneth Paltrow, Joseph Fiennes, Geoffrey Rush, Tom...
- The Oscar for Best Supporting Actor went to James Coburn, for the movie Affliction, starring Nick Nolte, Sissy Spacek, James Coburn, Brigid Tierney...
- The Oscar for Best Supporting Actress went to Judi Dench, for the movie Shakespeare in Love, starring Gwyneth Paltrow, Joseph Fiennes, Geoffrey Rus...
- In 1998, Bill Clinton was named by TIME magazine as Person of the Year. As President of the United States, Clinton was impeached in 1998 following...
- The most popular and best selling books in 1998 were: Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourtWe Are Our Mothers' Daughters by Cokie RobertsMessage In A Bot...
- According to the Chinese Zodiac and Astrology 1998 was the Year of the Tiger.
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January 1: From this day onwards in California, all card rooms, clubs and bars must be smoke-free. January 1: In Mongolia, the work week is changed from 46 hours to 40 hours. January 1: The United States Census Bureau reports that the US population estimates at 268,921,733. January 1: In Russia, new rubles begin to circulate to stem inflation, and ...
February 1: In the United States Navy, Lillian E. Fishburne becomes the first African American woman to be promoted to rear admiral. February 2: In New York City, American actor, director and producer Daniel Baldwin is taken to hospital after suffering a cocaine overdose. February 2: The Philippine DC-9 flight crashes killing all people on board th...
March 1: Pat Riley, coach for the Miami Heat basketball team, becomes the fifth head coach to achieve 900 NBA career wins when the team defeats the New Jersey Nets 85-84. March 1: The film Titanic becomes the first film to gross 1 billion US dollars. March 2: The Galileo spacecraft sends data that reveals that the moon of Jupiter, Europa, has a liq...
April 5: In the Nations Rugby Championship, Wales are heavily defeated by France, 51 points to none, at Wembley Stadium in London. April 5: In baseball, the San Francisco Giantsare defeated by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the team’s first win in their history. They defeat the Giants 3-2 in Phoenix, Arizona in one of the main April 1998 events in spo...
May 4: In Sacramento, California, unabomber Ted Kaczynski is given 4 life sentences by a federal judge, plus another 30 years after. Kaczynski accepted a plea agreement which spared him the death penalty. May 6: In baseball, 20 Houston Astros players are striked out by Kerry Wood to reach the major league record held by Roger Clemens. Wood threw a ...
June 1: In Brussels, the European Central Bank is founded, intended to execute and define the European Union’s monetary policy. June 1: Susie Maroney from Australia is the first person to swim to Cuba from Mexico, across the shark and jellyfish-infested Yucatan Straits. She swims the 123-mile distance in 38 hours and 33 minutes in a cage. June 2: I...
July 1: After no agreement is made with players about salary issues, the NBA begins a player lockout. This lasts 204 days and the basketball season is cut short by 50 games. July 2: The second book in the Harry Potter series, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, is published in the UK by Bloomsbury. July 4: In Wimbledon Women’s Tennis, French p...
August 2: In the Tour de France, Italian Marco Pantani makes it a Tour and Giro d’Italia double, with Erik Zabel from Germany the points winner. August 3: Boyzone, Irish boy band, release No Matter What, their best-selling single. The single was composed by Jim Steinman and Andrew Lloyd Webber. August 4: 5.4 million people lose their lives before t...
September 2: Near Peggy’s Cove in Nova Scotia, Swissair Flight 111 crashes, resulting in the deaths of all 229 people on board. September 2: The former mayor of a small town in Rwanda, Jean-Paul Akayesu, is found guilty of nine counts of genocide by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda. This is the first time that the law of 1948 banning ...
October 1: Of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin becomes a permanent member. October 1: When the Europol Convention being signed by all its members comes into force, the Europol is formed. October 2: Australian cricket batsman smashes an astounding 157 to guide the tourists to an innings and 99 run win over Pakistan in t...
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Dec 20, 2019 · 50 Reminders Of What Was Going On In 1998, Which Was The Last Time A US President Was Impeached. It was different time, people were excited for new Star Wars and Mariah Carey had a No....
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