What happened on September 3 1998?

Answer 1

Some important worldwide events from 1998 include:

• a major hurricane occurred in Central America killing more than 10,000
• NATO reaches agreement with Yugoslavia to grant Kosovo more autonomy
• the first US surplus in three decades
• a Swiss plane crashes in the Atlantic killing 229
• China suffered serious flooding
• US attacks on Sudanese and Afghani terrorists
• Serbia "invades" Kosovo
• US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania were bombed, killing 190
• the last Czar of Russia was buried
• Indonesian president, Suharto, resigns
• water discovered on the moon
• Taiwanese plane crash kills 200+

Answer 2

On September 3, 1998 Canada Swissair Plane Crashes into the sea. A Swissair McDonnell Douglas MD-11 flying from New York to Geneva crashes in the ocean off the coast of Nova Scotia, just over an hour after taking off, killing all 229 passengers and crew