Hugo Chávez Wins Venezuela Presidential Election, December 6, 1998
Date: December 6, 1998
Date: December 6, 1998
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) More events from 1998Omagh Bombing Kills 29 in Northern Ireland August 15, 1998Juan…
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 📅…
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) More events from 1998India Conducts Three Underground Atomic Tests…
The UN's International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda finds Jean-Paul Akayesu, the former mayor of a small town in Rwanda, guilty of nine counts of genocide. Date: September 2, 1998 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 2 📅 Events on this day in 1998 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from…
A U.S. federal judge, in the largest civil settlement in American history, orders 37 U.S. brokerage houses to pay US$1.03 billion to cheated NASDAQ investors to compensate for price fixing. Date: November 9, 1998 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 9 📅 Events on this day in 1998 📅 On This Day…