What Happened in July 1998 (2024)

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July 24: Two officers are killed when Russell Eugene Weston Jr. runs into the United States Capitol and opens fire. Later on, he is deemed to be incompetent to stand trial. July 24: The film directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Tom Hanks, Matt Damon and Edward Burns, Saving Private Ryan, is released.

Clockwise from top-left: the 1998 Winter Olympics are held in Nagano, Japan; U.S. President Bill Clinton is impeached over the Clinton–Lewinsky scandal; a poster advocates for a "yes" vote on the Good Friday Agreement in Northern Ireland, which eventually prevails and ends most of the violence associated with The ...

The World Youth Games were officially declared open at the Luzhniki stadium in Moscow 15 years ago today, on July 11, 1998. Athletes from more than 130 countries took part in the competition, which formed the blueprint for the current Youth Olympic Games.

July 4, 1776 - The Declaration of Independence was approved by the Continental Congress. July 4, 1863- Vicksburg, the last Confederate stronghold on the Mississippi River, surrendered to General Grant and the Army of the West after a six week siege.

On August 7, 1998, nearly simultaneous bombs blew up in front of the American embassies in Nairobi, Kenya, and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, in Africa. Two hundred and twenty-four people died in the blasts, including 12 Americans, and more than 4,500 people were wounded.

The year was 1998: A time when Britney Spears was the sweetheart of MTV's new Total Request Live, Victoria (ahem, Posh Spice) and David Beckham were the new it-couple, the MP3 player was a controversial new gadget and some of today's biggest stars — from Khalid to Shawn Mendes — were still in their baby cribs.

Kosovo - 1998-1999

In 1998 violence flared as the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) came out in open rebellion against Serbian rule, and police and army reinforcements were sent in to crush the insurgents. In their campaign, the Serb forces heavily targeted civilians, shelling villages and forcing Kosovo Albanians to flee.

On July 17, 1998, a 7.0 magnitude (Mw) earthquake struck the island of Papua New Guinea at 5:49 p.m. local time. But the terror for the villagers on the islands was far from over after the ground stopped shaking.

The U.S. 500, the most prestigious race in the Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART) series, dissolves into tragedy on July 26, 1998, when three fans are killed and six others wounded by flying debris from a car at Michigan Speedway in Brooklyn, Michigan.

1998 – Catholic Church sexual abuse cases: The Diocese of Dallas agrees to pay $23.4 million to nine former altar boys who claimed they were sexually abused by Rudolph Kos, a former priest.

What happened in 1998 sports? ›

For the first time, professional players from the National Hockey League participate in the Winter Olympics. And also for the first time in Olympic history, women took part in ice hockey. Stanley Cup – Detroit Red Wings defeated the Washington Capitals 4 games to 0.

A derecho whipped across northern Maryland just after midnight on June 1, knocking down hundreds of trees and producing scattered property damage. Baltimore Gas and Electric (BGE) reported 61,000 customers without power during the overnight hours, mostly in Carroll, Howard, and Baltimore Cos, as well as Baltimore City.

May 2, 1998 - The Battle of Hogwarts (2017)

May 2, 2017 marks the 19th anniversary of the Battle of Hogwarts during the Second Wizarding War, in which Harry Potter defeated Lord Voldemort.

The first programming language for a computer, called Plankalkül, developed by Konrad Zuse between 1943 and 1945, was finally implemented in 1998. The Triple Data Encryption Algorithm was introduced in 1998. Microsoft released the 6.0 version of Visual Basic in 1998. Intel introduced the Socket 370 socket in 1998.