Good Friday Agreement Accepted in Northern Ireland Referendum, May 23, 1998

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 1998Massive Ice Storm Hits Eastern Canada and Northeast U.S….

Eighty people are killed when Cubana de Aviación Flight 389 crashes during a rejected takeoff from the Old Mariscal Sucre International Airport in Quito, Ecuador. Date: August 29, 1998 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 29 📅 Events on this day in 1998 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from…

The Food and Drug Administration approves Viagra for use as a treatment for erectile dysfunction, the first pill to be approved for this condition in the United States. Date: March 27, 1998 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 27 📅 Events on this day in 1998 📅 On This Day (Today)…

Second Congo War: Loyalist troops backed by Angolan and Zimbabwean forces repulse the RCD and Rwandan offensive on Kinshasa. Date: August 28, 1998 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 28 📅 Events on this day in 1998 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1998Galileo Data Reveals Europa’s Subsurface Ocean…

Race riots break out in Jakarta, Indonesia, where shops owned by Indonesians of Chinese descent are looted and women raped. Date: May 13, 1998 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 13 📅 Events on this day in 1998 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1998US Judge Orders $1.03 Billion…