WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO MARCH 1998
Find out what all happened January to March 1998

Russia begins to circulate new rubles to stem inflation and promote confidence. (1. January 1998)

A tornado sweeps through Dantan in India killing 250 people and injuring 3000 others. (24. March 1998)

Kosovo War: Serbian police begin the offensive against the Kosovo Liberation Army in Kosovo. (28. February 1998)

During a historic visit to Cuba, Pope John Paul II demands political reforms and the release of political prisoners while condemning US attempts to isolate the country. (25. January 1998)

Over 100 people are killed in the Sidi-Hamed massacre in Algeria. (11. January 1998)

Gay rights: Oncale v. Sundowner Offshore Services: The Supreme Court of the United States rules that federal laws banning on-the-job sexual harassment also apply when both parties are the same sex. (4. March 1998)

China Airlines Flight 676 crashes into a road and residential area near Chiang Kai-shek International Airport in Taiwan, killing all 196 aboard and seven more on the ground. (16. February 1998)

A suicide attack by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam on Sri Lanka's Temple of the Tooth kills eight and injures 25 others. (25. January 1998)

In the United States, tornadoes in central Florida destroy or damage 2,600 structures and kill 42. (23. February 1998)

The European Central Bank is established. (1. January 1998)

Nineteen European nations agree to forbid human cloning. (12. January 1998)

An earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter Scale in northeast Afghanistan kills more than 5,000. (4. February 1998)

A massive ice storm hits eastern Canada and the northeastern United States, continuing through January 10 and causing widespread destruction. (4. January 1998)

Voters in Maine repeal a gay rights law passed in 1997 becoming the first U.S. state to abandon such a law. (10. February 1998)

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

Wilaya of Relizane massacres in Algeria: over 170 are killed in three remote villages. (4. January 1998)

An oil tanker train collides with a freight train in Yaoundé, Cameroon, spilling fuel oil. One person scavenging the oil created a massive explosion which kills 120. (14. February 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)

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)

Karla Faye Tucker is executed in Texas, becoming the first woman executed in the United States since 1984. (3. February 1998)