India carries out two nuclear weapon tests at Pokhran, following the three conducted on May 11. The United States and Japan impose economic sanctions on India. Date: May 13, 1998 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 13 📅 Events on this day in 1998 📅 On This Day (Today)
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)
India conducts three underground atomic tests in Pokhran. Date: May 11, 1998 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 11 📅 Events on this day in 1998 📅 On This Day (Today)
Mercedes-Benz buys Chrysler for US$40 billion and forms DaimlerChrysler in the largest industrial merger in history. Date: May 7, 1998 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 7 📅 Events on this day in 1998 📅 On This Day (Today)
Steve Jobs of Apple Inc. unveils the first iMac. Date: May 6, 1998 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 6 📅 Events on this day in 1998 📅 On This Day (Today)
Kerry Wood strikes out 20 Houston Astros to tie the major league record held by Roger Clemens. He threw a one-hitter and did not walk a batter in his fifth career start. Date: May 6, 1998 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 6 📅 Events on this day in 1998 📅…
A federal judge in Sacramento, California, gives "Unabomber" Theodore Kaczynski four life sentences plus 30 years after Kaczynski accepts a plea agreement sparing him from the death penalty. Date: May 4, 1998 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 4 📅 Events on this day in 1998 📅 On This Day (Today)
The European Central Bank is founded in Brussels in order to define and execute the European Union's monetary policy. Date: May 2, 1998 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 2 📅 Events on this day in 1998 📅 On This Day (Today)
Air France Flight 422 crashes after taking off from El Dorado International Airport in Bogotá, Colombia, killing all 53 people on board. Date: April 20, 1998 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 20 📅 Events on this day in 1998 📅 On This Day (Today)
Space Shuttle Columbia is launched on STS-90, the final Spacelab mission. Date: April 17, 1998 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 17 📅 Events on this day in 1998 📅 On This Day (Today)