What important events happened in 1998?

Answer 1

Looking back, 1998 was an important year. Google, now one of the world's most visited search engines, was incorporated, President Bill Clinton was in the midst of an impeachment trial and people everywhere had fallen in love with Jack and Rose from the movie Titanic. Below are a few more events that took place during the year 1998.

• Kenneth Starr broadened his investigation of President Clinton
• Serbia began a campaign of ethnic cleansing and terror in Kosovo
• Pakistan tested nuclear devices
• The House of Representatives voted to impeach President Clinton
• Iraq announced it would fire on planes that attempt to enforce the no fly zone
• The movie Titanic won best picture at the 70th Academy Awards
• France won the World Cup by beating Brazil 3-0
• Swissair flight #111 crashed into the ocean at Peggy's Cove Nova Scotia killing all 229 passengers that were aboard
• Google was incorporated
• Hurricane 'Mitch' made landfall in Central America killing 18,000

Answer 2

Jan 08 World Trade Center bomber Ramzi Ahmed Yousef sentenced to life on this day in history