Second Congo War: Armed forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and their Angolan and Zimbabwean allies recapture Matadi and the Inga dams in the western DRC from RCD and Rwandan troops. Date: August 30, 1998 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 30 📅 Events on this day in…
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)
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)
Pakistan's National Assembly passes a constitutional amendment to make the "Qur'an and Sunnah" the "supreme law" but the bill is defeated in the Senate. Date: August 28, 1998 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 28 📅 Events on this day in 1998 📅 On This Day (Today)
The first flight of the Boeing Delta III ends in disaster 75 seconds after liftoff, resulting in the loss of the Galaxy X communications satellite. Date: August 26, 1998 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 26 📅 Events on this day in 1998 📅 On This Day (Today)
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)
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…
The Supreme Court of Canada rules that Quebec cannot legally secede from Canada without the federal government's approval. Date: August 20, 1998 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 20 📅 Events on this day in 1998 📅 On This Day (Today)
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 📅…
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)