WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO SEPTEMBER 1998
Find out what all happened February to September 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)

Race riots break out in Jakarta, Indonesia, where shops owned by Indonesians of Chinese descent are looted and women raped. (13. May 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)

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)

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)

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)

The Supreme Court of Canada rules that Quebec cannot legally secede from Canada without the federal government's approval. (20. August 1998)

Northern Ireland peace deal reached (Good Friday Agreement). (10. April 1998)

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

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)

James Byrd, Jr., of Texas was killed by white supremacists who dragged him behind a pickup truck on asphalt pavement. (7. June 1998)

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

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

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)

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

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