Date: February 3, 1998
Swissair Flight 111 crashes near Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia; all 229 people on board are killed. Date: September 2, 1998 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 2 📅 Events on this day in 1998 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1998Unabomber Theodore Kaczynski Sentenced to Four Life Terms, May…
Hong Kong International Airport opens in Chek Lap Kok, Hong Kong, replacing Kai Tak Airport as the city's international airport. Date: July 6, 1998 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 6 📅 Events on this day in 1998 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1998India Conducts Two Nuclear Tests…
Cavalese cable car disaster: A United States military pilot causes the death of 20 people when his low-flying plane cuts the cable of a cable-car near Trento, Italy. Date: February 3, 1998 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 3 📅 Events on this day in 1998 📅 On This Day (Today)…
Apple introduces the iMac computer. Date: August 15, 1998 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 15 📅 Events on this day in 1998 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1998U.S. Embassy Bombings in Tanzania and Kenya Kill 212, August 7, 1998Iraq Threatens to Fire on U.S. and British Warplanes,…
Space Shuttle Discovery blasts off on STS-95 with 77-year-old John Glenn on board, making him the oldest person to go into space at that time. Date: October 29, 1998 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 29 📅 Events on this day in 1998 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from…
U.S. embassy bombings: The United States launches cruise missile attacks against alleged al-Qaeda camps in Afghanistan and a suspected chemical weapons plant in Sudan in retaliation for the August 7 bombings of American embassies in Kenya and Tanzania. Date: August 20, 1998 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 20 📅 Events…