Big events that have happened in 1998?

Answer 1

In the United States, the biggest news item of 1998 was the Presidential impeachment trial of Bill Clinton due to sexual misconduct. He was impeached by the House of Representatives but Senate acquitted the President on all charges.

-On January 8, Ramzi Yousef was sentenced to life imprisonment for the

planning o the 1st World Trade Center bombing in 1998.

-On January 22, Theodore "Ted" Kaczynski pleaded guilty for the "Unabomber"

terrorist attacks on many institutions from 1978 - April 24, 1995. He was

sentence to life without parole.

-On February 18, 2 Nevada white separatists are arrested in Nevada for

planning a biological attack on the New York City subways.

-On March 24, 2 young boys, ages 11 and 13, fire on students in a wooded

area outside the Westside Middle School near Jonesboro, Arkansas.

-On August 8, there were a succession of terrorist bombings of U.S. Embassies

in East Africa. The cities affected were Dar Es Salaam in Tanzania and

Nairobi, Kenya. This was the first time the names of Osama Bin Laden and

Ayman Al-Zawdhir came in the forefront as the Federal Bureau of

Investigation (FBI) placed Bin-Laden's name on the top 10 most wanted.

-On October 14, Eric Robert Rudolph is charged with 6 bombings

including the 1996 Summer Olympic games in Atalanta, Georgia.

-On October 29, the Space Shuttle Discovery blasts off with 77 year old Senator

John Glenn aboard. He is the second oldest astronaut and he was the first

NASA pilot to circle the Earth in 1962.

-During the entire year of 1998, there was an Iraqi disarmament crisis.

Other International events:

-There were five separate massacres in Algiers in 1998 where the GIA (Armed Islamic Group of Algiers) was responsible:

1. Wilaya of Relizane massacres on January 4;

2. Sidi-Hamed massacre on January 11;

3. Oued Bouaïcha massacre on March 26;

4. Wilaya of Saida massacre on September 2;

5. Tadjena massacre on December 8-9;

-The 1998 Winter Olympics takes place at Nagano, Japan from February 7 - 22.

Answer 2

Some world events that happened in 2008 were Barack Obama was elected the first African America president, the economic meltdown, and oil prices soared. The Beijing Olympics and the Chinese earthquake also happened in 2008.

Answer 3

A lot of events took place last year. It would depend on what you're interested in. Like our presidential election took place. Barack Obama won of course. Investigators found out that Caylee Marie Anthony was found near her home. But my point is, if you really wanted to know, it would depend on what you are really looking into and what interests you the most. [:

Answer 4

Olympics, h1n1 outbreak, 9-11, Barack Obama, Hurricane Katrina, the oil spill in the gulf, earthquake in Haiti, earthquake in Chile, Pluto not being recognized as a planet.....etc. FEEL FREE TO ADD!!

Answer 5

In the year 2008, the summer Olympic games were held in Beijing!!!! :) President Obama was elected also

Those are the big things that happened!!!!!

Answer 6

The first African-American President of the United States, Barack Obama, was elected in 2008. Kosovo declared independence in 2008.

Answer 7

The winter and summer Olympic games.

Answer 8

the European championships in soccer