Date: May 26, 1998
In Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa, Guatemala, thirteen American students on a school trip are attacked and robbed at gunpoint; five were raped. Date: January 16, 1998 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 16 📅 Events on this day in 1998 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1998Swissair Flight 111 Crashes…
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…
Hurricane Mitch, the second deadliest Atlantic hurricane in history, makes landfall in Honduras. 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 1998Air France Flight 422 Crashes in Bogotá, 53 Killed, April 20, 1998Galileo…
In South Africa, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission presents its report, which condemns both sides for committing atrocities. 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 1998Thai Airways Flight 261 Crash Near Surat…
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) More events from 1998US Capitol Shooting Kills Two…
A court in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan declares accused terrorist Osama bin Laden "a man without a sin" in regard to the 1998 U.S. embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania. Date: November 20, 1998 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 20 📅 Events on this day in 1998 📅 On This Day (Today)…