WHAT ALL HAPPENED AUGUST TO DECEMBER 1998
Find out what all happened August to December 1998

Omagh bombing in Northern Ireland, the worst terrorist incident of The Troubles (15. August 1998)

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

Exxon and Mobil sign a USD$73.7 billion agreement to merge, thus creating ExxonMobil, the world's largest company. (30. November 1998)

The European Exchange Rate Mechanism freezes the values of the legacy currencies in the Eurozone, and establishes the value of the euro currency. (31. December 1998)

Space Shuttle Discovery blasts off on STS-95 with 77-year old John Glenn on board, making him the oldest person to go into space. (29. October 1998)

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

Google is founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin, two students at Stanford University. (4. September 1998)

Lewinsky scandal: US President Bill Clinton admits in taped testimony that he had an "improper physical relationship" with White House intern Monica Lewinsky. On the same day he admits before the nation that he "misled people" about the relationship. (17. August 1998)

The UN's International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda finds Jean Paul Akayesu, the former mayor of a small town in Rwanda, guilty of nine counts of genocide. (2. September 1998)

The Unity Module, the second module of the International Space Station, is launched. (4. December 1998)

Hurricane Mitch, the second deadliest Atlantic hurricane in history, makes landfall in Honduras. (29. October 1998)

Matthew Shepard, a gay student at the University of Wyoming, is found tied to a fence after being savagely beaten by two young adults in Laramie, Wyoming. (7. 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)

Apartheid: In South Africa, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission presents its report, which condemns both sides for committing atrocities. (29. October 1998)

Pakistan's National Assembly passes a constitutional amendment to make the "Qur'an and Sunnah" the "supreme law" but the bill is defeated in the Senate. (28. August 1998)

The United States embassy bombings in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and Nairobi, Kenya kill approximately 212 people. (7. August 1998)

An Air China jetliner is hijacked by disgruntled pilot Yuan Bin and flown to Taiwan. (28. October 1998)

The Google internet search engine retrospectively claims this as its birthday. (27. September 1998)

Leaders of the Khmer Rouge apologize for the 1970s genocide in Cambodia that claimed over 1 million lives. (29. December 1998)

The Second Congo War begins. (2. August 1998)