1998
HRH Prince Al-Muhtadee Billah is proclaimed the crown prince of Brunei with a Royal Proclamation.
HRH Prince Al-Muhtadee Billah is proclaimed the crown prince of Brunei with a Royal Proclamation.
1998 in History
56 events found for 1998
1998
Northern Ireland: Omagh bombing takes place; 29 people (including a woman pregnant with twins) killed and some 220…
Northern Ireland: Omagh bombing takes place; 29 people (including a woman pregnant with twins) killed and some 220…
1998
Lewinsky scandal: US President Bill Clinton admits in taped testimony that he had an "improper physical relationship"…
Lewinsky scandal: US President Bill Clinton admits in taped testimony that he had an "improper physical relationship"…
1998
The Supreme Court of Canada rules that Quebec cannot legally secede from Canada without the federal government's…
The Supreme Court of Canada rules that Quebec cannot legally secede from Canada without the federal government's…
1998
U.S. embassy bombings: The United States launches cruise missile attacks against alleged al-Qaeda camps in Afghanistan…
U.S. embassy bombings: The United States launches cruise missile attacks against alleged al-Qaeda camps in Afghanistan…
1998
First radio-frequency identification (RFID) human implantation tested in the United Kingdom.
First radio-frequency identification (RFID) human implantation tested in the United Kingdom.
1998
The first flight of the Boeing Delta III ends in disaster 75 seconds after liftoff, resulting in the loss of the…
The first flight of the Boeing Delta III ends in disaster 75 seconds after liftoff, resulting in the loss of the…
1998
Pakistan's National Assembly passes a constitutional amendment to make the "Qur'an and Sunnah" the "supreme law" but…
Pakistan's National Assembly passes a constitutional amendment to make the "Qur'an and Sunnah" the "supreme law" but…
1998
Second Congo War: Loyalist troops backed by Angolan and Zimbabwean forces repulse the RCD and Rwandan offensive on…
Second Congo War: Loyalist troops backed by Angolan and Zimbabwean forces repulse the RCD and Rwandan offensive on…
1998
Eighty people are killed when Cubana de Aviación Flight 389 crashes during a rejected takeoff from the Old Mariscal…
Eighty people are killed when Cubana de Aviación Flight 389 crashes during a rejected takeoff from the Old Mariscal…
1998
Second Congo War: Armed forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and their Angolan and Zimbabwean allies…
Second Congo War: Armed forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and their Angolan and Zimbabwean allies…
1998
Swissair Flight 111 crashes near Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia; all 229 people on board are killed.
Swissair Flight 111 crashes near Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia; all 229 people on board are killed.
1998
The UN's International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda finds Jean-Paul Akayesu, the former mayor of a small town in…
The UN's International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda finds Jean-Paul Akayesu, the former mayor of a small town in…
1998
Google is founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin, two PhD students at Stanford University.
Google is founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin, two PhD students at Stanford University.
1998
Telecommunications companies MCI Communications and WorldCom complete their $37 billion merger to form MCI WorldCom.
Telecommunications companies MCI Communications and WorldCom complete their $37 billion merger to form MCI WorldCom.