WHAT ALL HAPPENED MARCH TO JULY 1998
Find out what all happened March to July 1998

German terrorist group the Red Army Faction announces their dissolution after 28 years. (20. April 1998)

Jonesboro massacre: Mitchell Johnson and Andrew Golden, aged 11 and 13 respectively, fire upon teachers and students at Westside Middle School in Jonesboro, Arkansas; five people are killed and ten are wounded. (24. March 1998)

Kerry Wood strikes out 20 Houston Astros to tie the major league record held by Roger Clemens. He threw a one-hitter and did not walk a batter in his 5th career start. (6. May 1998)

Oued Bouaicha massacre in Algeria: 52 people are killed with axes and knives, 32 of them babies under the age of 2. (26. March 1998)

The European Central Bank is founded in Brussels in order to define and execute the European Union's monetary policy. (2. May 1998)

In Miami, Florida, five abortion clinics are hit by a butyric acid attacker. (21. May 1998)

An earthquake in Slovenia, measuring 5.6 on the Richter scale occurs near the town of Bovec. (12. April 1998)

Cozy Powell, was an English rock drummer, died following a car crash while driving his Saab 9000 at 104 mph (167 km/h) in bad weather on the M4 motorway near Bristol. (5. April 1998)

A magnitude 6.6 earthquake hits northern Afghanistan, killing up to 5,000. (30. May 1998)

The Supreme Court of the United States rules that Ellis Island, the historic gateway for millions of immigrants, is mainly in the state of New Jersey, not New York. (26. May 1998)

Pakistan tests medium-range missiles capable of reaching India. (6. April 1998)

The first "National Sorry Day" was held in Australia, and reconciliation events were held nationally, and attended by over a million people. (26. May 1998)

Japan launches the Nozomi probe to Mars, joining the United States and Russia as a space exploring nation. (4. July 1998)

In Clinton v. City of New York, the United States Supreme Court decides that the Line Item Veto Act of 1996 is unconstitutional. (25. June 1998)

Nuclear testing: Pakistan responds to a series of nuclear tests by India with five of its own codenamed Chagai-I, prompting the United States, Japan, and other nations to impose economic sanctions. Pakistan celebrates Youm-e-Takbir annually. (28. May 1998)

Titanic became the first film to gross over $1 billion worldwide. (1. March 1998)

The Food and Drug Administration approves Viagra for use as a treatment for male impotence, the first pill to be approved for this condition in the United States. (27. March 1998)

A federal judge in Sacramento, California, gives "Unabomber" Theodore Kaczynski four life sentences plus 30 years after Kaczynski accepts a plea agreement sparing him from the death penalty. (4. May 1998)

A strike begins at the General Motors parts factory in Flint, Michigan, that quickly spreads to five other assembly plants. The strike lasts seven weeks. (5. June 1998)

Travelers Group announces an agreement to undertake the $76 billion merger between Travelers and Citicorp, and the merger is completed on October 8, of that year, forming Citibank. (6. April 1998)