Date: February 3, 1998
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 1998Rome Statute Adopts International Criminal…
Data sent from the Galileo spacecraft indicates that Jupiter's moon Europa has a liquid ocean under a thick crust of ice. Date: March 2, 1998 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 2 📅 Events on this day in 1998 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1998Hurricane Mitch Devastates Honduras…
Following a currency reform, Russia begins to circulate new rubles to stem inflation and promote confidence. Date: January 1, 1998 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 1 📅 Events on this day in 1998 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1998Good Friday Agreement Approved in Northern Ireland Referendum, May…
Thai Airways Flight 261 crashes near Surat Thani Airport, killing 101. The pilot flying the Airbus A310-200 is thought to have suffered spatial disorientation. Date: December 11, 1998 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 11 📅 Events on this day in 1998 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1998Iraq…
Gay rights: Oncale v. Sundowner Offshore Services, Inc.: The Supreme Court of the United States rules that federal laws banning on-the-job sexual harassment also apply when both parties are the same sex. Date: March 4, 1998 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 4 📅 Events on this day in 1998 📅…
Lewinsky scandal: US President Bill Clinton admits in taped testimony that he had an "improper physical relationship" with White House intern Monica Lewinsky; later that same day he admits before the nation that he "misled people" about the relationship. Date: August 17, 1998 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 17 📅…