Date: February 3, 1998
ATSC HDTV broadcasting in the United States is inaugurated with live coverage of the launch of the STS-95 space shuttle mission. 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 1998Bill Clinton Admits Lewinsky…
Bombings at United States embassies in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and Nairobi, Kenya kill approximately 212 people. Date: August 7, 1998 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 7 📅 Events on this day in 1998 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1998Akashi Kaikyō Bridge Opens as World’s Longest Span,…
In Japan, the Akashi Kaikyō Bridge opens to traffic, becoming the longest bridge span in the world. Date: April 5, 1998 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 5 📅 Events on this day in 1998 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1998Prince Al-Muhtadee Billah Proclaimed Crown Prince of Brunei,…
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…
During the Algerian Civil War, the Oued Bouaicha massacre sees fifty-two people, mostly infants, killed with axes and knives. Date: March 26, 1998 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 26 📅 Events on this day in 1998 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1998MCI Communications and WorldCom Complete $37…
Argentinian physicist Juan Maldacena publishes a landmark paper initiating the study of AdS/CFT correspondence, which links string theory and quantum gravity. 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 1998Pope John Paul II…