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Terry Lynn Nichols is an American domestic terrorist who was convicted for conspiring with Timothy McVeigh in the Oklahoma City bombing plot.
Terry Nichols is sentenced to life in prison for his role in the Oklahoma City bombing
Hong Kong International Airport is an international airport located on the island of Chek Lap Kok in western Hong Kong. It is sometimes referred to Chek Lap Kok airport to distingu…
Hong Kong International Airport opens in Chek Lap Kok, Hong Kong, replacing Kai Tak Airport as the city's…
The 1998 United States Capitol shooting occurred on July 24, 1998, when Russell Eugene Weston Jr. entered the Capitol and fatally shot United States Capitol Police officers Jacob C…
Russell Eugene Weston Jr. bursts into the United States Capitol and opens fire killing two police officers. He is…
MCI Communications Corporation was an American telecommunications company headquartered in Washington, D.C. that was at one point the second-largest long-distance provider in the U…
Telecommunications companies MCI Communications and WorldCom complete their $37 billion merger to form MCI WorldCom.
PauknAir Flight 4101 was a British Aerospace 146 that crashed on a flight from Málaga, Spain, to the Spanish North African exclave of Melilla on 25 September 1998. All 38 passenger…
PauknAir Flight 4101, a British Aerospace 146, crashes near Melilla Airport in Melilla, Spain, killing 38 people.
Deep Space 1 (DS1) was a NASA technology demonstration spacecraft which flew by an asteroid and a comet. It was part of the New Millennium Program, dedicated to testing advanced te…
Deep Space 1 is launched to explore the asteroid belt and test new spacecraft technologies.
Anna Odine Strøm is a Norwegian ski jumper. She won two gold medals and one silver medal at the 2026 Winter Olympics.
Anna Odine Strøm, Norwegian ski jumper and two-time Olympic champion
Suppapong Udomkaewkanjana, nicknamed Saint, is a Thai actor, producer and host. He gained fame through his role as Pete (Pichaya) in the 2018 TV series Love by Chance and as Tutor …
Suppapong Udomkaewkanjana (Saint), Thai actor and singer
Jarrett Allen is an American professional basketball player for the Cleveland Cavaliers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Texas Lon…
Jarrett Allen, American basketball player
Space Shuttle Columbia (OV-102) was a Space Shuttle orbiter manufactured by Rockwell International and operated by NASA. Named after the first American ship to circumnavigate the g…
Space Shuttle Columbia is launched on STS-90, the final Spacelab mission
Air France Flight 422 was a scheduled flight on 20 April 1998 by Air France from Bogotá, Colombia, to Quito, Ecuador, covering the final leg of a flight from Paris to Quito. The Bo…
Air France Flight 422 crashes after taking off from El Dorado International Airport in Bogotá, Colombia, killing all 53
Ryan Whitney is an American actress. She is known for her roles as Ginger Falcone in Disney XD's Zeke and Luther, Allison in The Thundermans, Cindy Collins in Zoom and Emily Hobbs …
Ryan Newman, American actress
Cristian Gabriel Romero is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur, which he captains, and the Argentina national …
Cristian Romero, Argentine footballer
Song Yu-bin, commonly referred to as Song Yuvin, is a South Korean singer and actor. He is best known as a contestant of Superstar K6 and Produce X 101, and for being one of the vo…
Song Yu-bin, South Korean singer and actor
Kimberly Birrell is an Australian professional tennis player. Birrell reached a career-high WTA ranking of No. 60 on 5 May 2025 and a doubles ranking of No. 144 on 8 September 2025…
Kimberly Birrell, Australian tennis player
The European Central Bank (ECB) is the central component of the Eurosystem and the European System of Central Banks (ESCB) as well as one of seven institutions of the European Unio…
The European Central Bank is founded in Brussels in order to define and execute the European Union's monetary policy
Sacramento is the capital city of the U.S. state of California. The county seat of Sacramento County, it is located at the confluence of the Sacramento and American Rivers in the S…
A federal judge in Sacramento, California, gives "Unabomber" Theodore Kaczynski four life sentences plus 30 years after
Kerry Lee Wood is an American former baseball pitcher who played 14 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Chicago Cubs, Cleveland Indians, and New York Yankees. Wood first…
Kerry Wood strikes out 20 Houston Astros to tie the major league record held by Roger Clemens
Steven Paul Jobs was an American businessman, inventor, and investor. A pioneer of the personal computer revolution of the 1970s and 1980s, Jobs co-founded Apple Inc. with his earl…
Steve Jobs of Apple Inc
Mercedes-Benz, commonly referred to simply as Mercedes and occasionally as Benz, is a German automotive brand that was founded in 1926. Mercedes-Benz AG is based in Stuttgart, Bade…
Mercedes-Benz buys Chrysler for US$40 billion and forms DaimlerChrysler in the largest industrial merger in history
Mallory Diane Swanson is an American professional soccer player who plays as a forward for the Chicago Stars FC of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) and the United States w…
Mallory Pugh, American soccer player
Georgina Amorós Sagrera is a Spanish actress known for her television work on series including Elite, Welcome to the Family and Locked Up. She featured in the 2020 film Rifkin's Fe…
Georgina Amorós, Spanish actress
Alexander James O'Connor, known professionally as Rex Orange County, is a British singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist from Grayshott, England. NPR Music's Zoë Jones has de…
Rex Orange County, English musician
Aryna Siarhiejeŭna Sabalenka is a Belarusian professional tennis player. She is the current world No. 1 in women's singles by the WTA and is a former No. 1 in doubles. Sabalenka ha…
Aryna Sabalenka, Belarusian tennis player