Space Shuttle Columbia Launches STS-90 Final Spacelab Mission, April 17, 1998

A suicide attack by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam on Sri Lanka's Temple of the Tooth kills eight and injures 25 others. Date: January 25, 1998 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 25 📅 Events on this day in 1998 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1998Sidi-Hamed Massacre…

Sri Lankan Civil War: Sri Lankan Tamil MP S. Shanmuganathan is killed by a claymore mine. Date: July 15, 1998 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 15 📅 Events on this day in 1998 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1998Good Friday Agreement Signed in Northern Ireland, April 10,…

Eric Rudolph is charged with six bombings, including the 1996 Centennial Olympic Park bombing in Atlanta, Georgia. Date: October 14, 1998 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 14 📅 Events on this day in 1998 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1998General Motors Flint Strike Spreads to Five Plants,…

An oil tanker train collides with a freight train in Yaoundé, Cameroon, spilling fuel oil. One person scavenging the oil created a massive explosion which killed 120. Date: February 14, 1998 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 14 📅 Events on this day in 1998 📅 On This Day (Today) More…

First radio-frequency identification (RFID) human implantation tested in the United Kingdom. Date: August 24, 1998 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 24 📅 Events on this day in 1998 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1998Yaoundé Train Collision and Oil Explosion Kills 120 – February 14, 1998Puntland Established as…