WHAT ALL HAPPENED APRIL TO NOVEMBER 1998
Find out what all happened April to November 1998

While en route from Adana to Ankara, a Turkish Airlines flight with a crew of 6 and 33 passengers is hijacked by a Kurdish militant who orders the pilot to fly to Switzerland. The plane instead lands in Ankara after the pilot tricked the hijacker into thinking that he is landing in the Bulgarian capital of Sofia to refuel. (29. October 1998)

Eschede train disaster: an ICE high-speed train derails in Lower Saxony, Germany, causing 101 deaths. (3. June 1998)

ATSC HDTV broadcasting in the United States is inaugurated with the launch of STS-95 space shuttle mission. (29. October 1998)

Opening ceremony for the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Malaysia is the first Asian country to host the games. (11. September 1998)

Compaq Computer pays $9 billion for Digital Equipment Corporation in the largest high-tech acquisition. (11. June 1998)

Tony Blair becomes the first Prime Minister of the United Kingdom to address the Oireachtas, the parliament of Ireland. (26. November 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)

Eric Rudolph is charged with six bombings including the 1996 Centennial Olympic Park bombing in Atlanta, Georgia. (14. October 1998)

Papua New Guinea earthquake: A tsunami triggered by an undersea earthquake destroys 10 villages in Papua New Guinea killing an estimated 3,183, leaving 2,000 more unaccounted for and thousands more homeless. (17. July 1998)

First radio-frequency identification (RFID) human implantation tested in the United Kingdom. (24. August 1998)

Vincent van Gogh's Portrait of the Artist Without Beard sells at auction for US$71.5 million. (19. November 1998)

A diplomatic conference adopts the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, establishing a permanent international court to prosecute individuals for genocide, Crimes against humanity, war crimes, and the crime of aggression. (17. July 1998)

Roman Catholic sex 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. (10. July 1998)

North Korea reportedly launches Kwangmyŏngsŏng-1, its first satellite. (31. August 1998)

ICANN is formed. (18. September 1998)

Four students are shot at Trisakti University, leading to widespread riots and the fall of Suharto (12. May 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)

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

Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Chairman Yasser Arafat reach a "land for peace" agreement. (23. October 1998)

Russell Eugene Weston, Jr. bursts into the United States Capitol and opens fire killing two police officers. He is later ruled to be incompetent to stand trial. (24. July 1998)