Date: October 29, 1998
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…
Space Shuttle program: space shuttle Endeavour launches on STS-89 to dock with the Russian space station Mir. Date: January 22, 1998 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 22 📅 Events on this day in 1998 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1998Pakistan Conducts Underground Nuclear Test in Kharan Desert,…
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 📅…
The Food and Drug Administration approves Viagra for use as a treatment for erectile dysfunction, the first pill to be approved for this condition in the United States. Date: March 27, 1998 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 27 📅 Events on this day in 1998 📅 On This Day (Today)…
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 1998Titanic Becomes First Film…
Google is founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin, two PhD students at Stanford University. Date: September 4, 1998 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 4 📅 Events on this day in 1998 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1998General Motors Flint Strike Spreads to Five Plants, June 5,…