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1991_2 | Section: March (2):
March 3
The first presidential election in the history of São Tomé and Príncipe is won by Miguel Trovoada.
A video captures the beating of motorist Rodney King by Los Angeles police officers. Four Los Angeles police officers are indicted on March 15 for the beating.
March 6 – Prime Minister of India... |
1991_3 | Section: April (2):
April 2 – Government-imposed prices increase double or triple the cost of consumer goods in the Soviet Union.
April 3 – Iraq disarmament crisis: The UN Security Council passes Resolution 687, which calls for the destruction or removal of all of Iraq's chemical and biological weapons and a complete b... |
1991_4 | Section: May (2):
May 1 – Angolan Civil War: The MPLA and UNITA agree to the Bicesse Accords, which are formally signed on May 31 in Lisbon.
May 6 – In the U.S., Time magazine publishes "The Thriving Cult of Greed and Power," an article highly critical of the Scientology movement.
May 12 – Nepal holds its first multipa... |
1991_5 | Section: June (2):
June 3 – Mount Unzen in Japan erupts, killing 46 people as a result of pyroclastic flow.
June 4
Fatos Nano resigns as Prime Minister of Albania following a nationwide strike. President of Albania Ramiz Alia appoints Ylli Bufi as his successor.
A large solar flare triggers an unusually large aurora as... |
1991_6 | Section: July (2):
July 1
In the U.S., telephone services go down in Washington, D.C., Pittsburgh, Los Angeles, and San Francisco as a result of a software bug, affecting nearly 12 million customers.
The Warsaw Pact is officially dissolved in Prague, Czechoslovakia.
The world's first GSM telephone call is made in Finla... |
1991_7 | Section: August (2):
August 1 – Israel agrees to participate in the Madrid Conference of 1991, which opens on October 30.
August 4 – The cruise liner MTS Oceanos sinks off the coast of South Africa, leading to the rescue of all 571 passengers on board by SAAF helicopters.
August 6 – Tim Berners-Lee announces the World ... |
1991_8 | Section: September (2):
September 3 – In Hamlet, North Carolina, a grease fire breaks out at the Imperial Foods chicken processing plant, killing 25 people.
September 4 – Sverdlovsk's name is restored to its pre-communist–era name Yekaterinburg. Two days later, Leningrad is renamed St. Petersburg.
September 5 – Dissolu... |
1992_0 | 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1992nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 992nd year of the 2nd millennium, the 92nd year of the 20th century, and the 3rd year of the 1990s decade. |
1992_0 | Section: January (2):
January 1 – Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt replaces Javier Pérez de Cuéllar of Peru as United Nations Secretary-General.
January 6
The Nagorno-Karabakh Republic is proclaimed by the Armenians of Nagorno-Karabakh.
1991–92 Georgian coup d'état: President of Georgia Zviad Gamsakhurdia flees the count... |
1992_1 | Section: February (2):
February 1 – President of the United States George H. W. Bush meets with President of Russia Boris Yeltsin at Camp David, where they formally declare that the Cold War is over.
February 3 – South African State President F.W. de Klerk and Nelson Mandela, African National Congress leader, are joint... |
1992_2 | Section: March (2):
March 1 – The first victims of the Bosnian War are a Serb bridegroom's father and an Orthodox priest in a Sarajevo shooting. In the Bosnian independence referendum, held from February 29 to March 1 and boycotted by Bosnian Serbs, the majority of the Bosniak and Bosnian Croat communities have voted f... |
1992_3 | Section: April (2):
April 5
The Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina (without the presence of Serb political delegates) proclaims independence from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
Bosnian War: Serb troops, following a mass rebellion of Serbs in Bosnia and Herzegovina against the Bosnian declaration of indep... |
1992_4 | Section: May (2):
May 1 – Lithuania introduces a new temporary currency, the talonas.
May 5
Russian leaders in Crimea declare their separation from Ukraine as a new republic. They withdraw the secession on May 10.
Armand Césari Stadium disaster in Bastia on Corsica: 18 people are killed and 2,300 are injured when one o... |
1992_5 | Section: June (2):
June 2 – In a national referendum Denmark rejects the Maastricht Treaty by a narrow margin.
June 3–14 – The Earth Summit is held in Rio de Janeiro.
June 8 – The first World Oceans Day is celebrated, coinciding with the Earth Summit held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
June 10–26 – Sweden hosts the UEFA Eu... |
1992_6 | Section: July (2):
July 6–8 – The 18th G7 summit is held in Munich.
July 6–29 – Iraq disarmament crisis: Iraq refuses a U.N. inspection team access to the Iraqi Ministry of Agriculture. UNSCOM claims that it has reliable information that the site contains archives related to illegal weapons activities. U.N. inspectors ... |
1992_7 | Section: August (2):
August 3–4 – Millions of black South Africans participate in a general strike called by the African National Congress to protest the lack of progress in negotiations with the government of State President of South Africa F. W. de Klerk.
August 12 – Canada, Mexico and the United States announce that... |
1992_8 | Section: September (2):
September 1 – In Beijing, police arrest Shen Tong for his role in organizing the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989.
September 2 – The 7.7 Mw Nicaragua earthquake affects the west coast of Nicaragua. With a Ms –Mw disparity of half a unit, this tsunami earthquake triggers a tsunami that causes m... |
1992_9 | Section: October (2):
October 1 – Cartoon Network, a 24/7 children's television channel, is launched in the United States.
October 2 – A riot breaks out in the Carandiru Penitentiary in São Paulo, Brazil, resulting in the Carandiru massacre.
October 3 – After performing a song protesting against alleged Catholic Church... |
1992_10 | Section: November (2):
November 3 – In the 1992 United States presidential election, Democratic Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton defeats Republican President George H. W. Bush and Independent Ross Perot.
November 8 – More than 350,000 people rally in Berlin to protest right-wing violence against immigrants; stones and eg... |
1992_11 | Section: December (2):
December 1 – South Korea and South Africa reestablish diplomatic relations. South Korea previously had diplomatic relations with South Africa from 1961 to 1978, when they were severed by the former due to the latter's policy of apartheid.
December 3 – UN Security Council Resolution 794 is unanimo... |
1993_0 | 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1993rd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 993rd year of the 2nd millennium, the 93rd year of the 20th century, and the 4th year of the 1990s decade. |
1993_0 | Section: January (2):
January 1
Czechoslovakia ceases to exist, as the Czech Republic and Slovakia separate in the Dissolution of Czechoslovakia.
The European Economic Community eliminates trade barriers and creates a European single market.
January 3 – In Moscow, Presidents George H. W. Bush (United States) and Boris ... |
1993_1 | Section: February (2):
February 4 – Members of the right-wing Austrian Freedom Party of Austria split to form the Liberal Forum in protest against the increasing nationalistic bent of the party.
February 10
Lien Chan is named by Lee Teng-hui to succeed Hau Pei-tsun as Premier of the Republic of China.
Mani pulite scand... |
1993_2 | Section: March (2):
March 5 – Macedonian Palair Flight 301, an F-100 on a flight to Zürich, crashes shortly after take-off from Skopje, killing 83 of the 97 on board.
March 8 – The Moon moves into its nearest point to Earth, called perigee, at the same time as its fullest phase of the Lunar Cycle. The Moon appears to b... |
1993_3 | Section: April (2):
April–May – 1993 Four Corners hantavirus outbreak: Thirteen people are killed by Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, mainly in the Southwestern United States.
April–October – Great Flood of 1993: The Mississippi and Missouri Rivers flood large portions of the American Midwest.
April 8 – The Republic of M... |
1993_4 | Section: May (2):
May 1 – Assassination of Ranasinghe Premadasa: During a May Day rally, President of Sri Lanka Ranasinghe Premadasa is assassinated by a Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam suicide bomber. Prime Minister Dingiri Banda Wijetunga succeeds Premadasa as the 3rd executive president of Sri Lanka.
May 4 – UNOSOM... |
1993_5 | Section: June (2):
June 1
Large protests erupt against Slobodan Milošević's regime in Belgrade; opposition leader Vuk Drašković and his wife Danica are arrested.
President of Guatemala Jorge Serrano Elías is forced to flee the country after an attempted self-coup.
1993 Burundian presidential election: The first multipa... |
1993_6 | Section: July (2):
July 5
Iraq disarmament crisis: UN inspection teams leave Iraq. Iraq then agrees to UNSCOM demands and the inspection teams return.
Electrochemist Faiza Al-Kharafi is appointed rector (president) of Kuwait University, the first woman to head a major university in the Middle East.
July 7–9 – The 19th ... |
1993_7 | Section: August (2):
August – The European Exchange Rate Mechanism margin was expanded to 15% to accommodate speculation against the French franc and other currencies.
August 5 – The discovery of the Tel Dan Stele, the first archaeological confirmation of the existence of the Davidic line, is announced.
August 9 – King... |
1993_8 | Section: September (2):
September 13
1993 Norwegian parliamentary election: The Labour Party wins a plurality of the seats and Prime Minister Gro Harlem Brundtland retains office.
Oslo I Accord: Following initially secret talks from earlier in the year, PLO leader Yasser Arafat and Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin ... |
1993_9 | Section: October (2):
October 3–4– Battle of Mogadishu: The U.S. Army conducts Operation Gothic Serpent in the city of Mogadishu, Somalia, deploying Task Force Ranger. Two U.S. Army UH-60 Blackhawks are shot down and the operation leaves over 1,000 Somalians dead and over 74 Americans wounded in action, 18 killed and 1... |
1993_10 | Section: November (2):
November 1 – The Maastricht Treaty takes effect, formally establishing the European Union.
November 4 – Jean Chrétien becomes the 20th Prime Minister of Canada.
November 5 – The Parliament of the United Kingdom passes the Railways Act 1993, setting out the procedures for privatisation of British ... |
1993_11 | Section: December (2):
December 2
STS-61: NASA launches the Space Shuttle Endeavour on a mission to repair an optical flaw in the Hubble Space Telescope.
Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar is gunned down by police.
December 5
Omar Bongo is re-elected as President of Gabon in the country's first multiparty elections.
Raf... |
1994_0 | 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1994th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 994th year of the 2nd millennium, the 94th year of the 20th century, and the 5th year of the 1990s decade. The year 1994 was designated as the "Internatio... |
1994_0 | Section: January (2):
January 1
The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is established.
Beginning of the Zapatista uprising in Mexico.
January 8 – Soyuz TM-18: Valeri Polyakov begins his 437.7-day orbit of the Earth, eventually setting the world record for days spent in orbit.
January 11 – The Irish government ... |
1994_1 | Section: February (2):
February 3 – In the aftermath of the Chadian–Libyan conflict, the International Court of Justice rules that the Aouzou Strip belongs to the Republic of Chad.
February 5 – Byron De La Beckwith is convicted of the 1963 murder of civil rights leader Medgar Evers.
February 6 – Markale massacres: a Bo... |
1994_2 | Section: March (2):
March – The People's Republic of China gets its first connection to the Internet.
March 6 – A referendum in Moldova results in the electorate voting against possible reunification with Romania.
March 12
A photo by Marmaduke Wetherell, previously touted as "proof" of the Loch Ness Monster, is confirm... |
1994_3 | Section: April (2):
April 2 – The National Convention of New Sudan of the SPLA/M opens in Chukudum.
April 6 – Rwandan President Juvénal Habyarimana and Burundi President Cyprien Ntaryamira die when a missile shoots down their jet near Kigali, Rwanda. This is taken as a pretext to begin the Rwandan genocide.
April 7 – T... |
1994_4 | Section: May (2):
May 1 – Three-time Formula One world champion Ayrton Senna is killed in an accident during the San Marino Grand Prix in Imola, Italy.
May 5 – The Bishkek Protocol between Armenia and Azerbaijan is signed in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, effectively freezing the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
May 6 – The Channel Tu... |
1994_5 | Section: June (2):
June 1 – The Republic of South Africa rejoins the Commonwealth of Nations after its first democratic election; South Africa had departed the then-British Commonwealth in 1961.
June 6–8 – Ceasefire negotiations for the Yugoslav War begin in Geneva; they agree to a one-month cessation of hostilities (w... |
1994_6 | Section: July (2):
July 4 – Rwandan Patriotic Front troops capture Kigali, a major breakthrough in the Rwandan Civil War.
July 5 – Jeff Bezos founds Amazon.
July 7 – 1994 civil war in Yemen: Aden is occupied by troops from North Yemen.
July 8 – North Korean President Kim Il Sung dies, but officially continues to hold o... |
1994_7 | Section: August (2):
August 5 – Maleconazo: Groups of protesters spread from Havana, Cuba's Castillo de la Punta ("Point Castle"), creating the first protests against Fidel Castro's government since 1959.
August 12 – Woodstock '94 begins in Saugerties, New York, United States, marking the 25-year anniversary of Woodsto... |
1994_8 | Section: September (2):
September 3 – Cold War: Russia and the People's Republic of China agree to de-target their nuclear weapons against each other.
September 5 – New South Wales State MP for Cabramatta John Newman is shot outside his home, in Australia's first political assassination since 1977.
September 8 – USAir ... |
1994_9 | Section: October (2):
October 1
In Slovakia, populist leader Vladimír Mečiar wins the general election.
Palau gains independence from the United Nations Trusteeship Council.
October 5 – The day after five members of the Order of the Solar Temple were found dead in Morin-Heights, Quebec, Canada, Swiss police find 48 me... |
1994_10 | Section: November (2):
November 5
A letter by former U.S. President Ronald Reagan, announcing that he has Alzheimer's disease, is released.
American boxer George Foreman wins the WBA and IBF World Heavyweight Championships by KO'ing Michael Moorer becoming the oldest heavyweight champion in history.
Influential Afrikan... |
1994_11 | Section: December (2):
December 1 – Ernesto Zedillo takes office as President of Mexico.
December 2 – The Australian government agrees to pay reparations to indigenous Australians who were displaced during the nuclear tests at Maralinga in the 1950s and 1960s.
December 3
Sony releases the PlayStation video game system ... |
1995_0 | 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1995th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 995th year of the 2nd millennium, the 95th year of the 20th century, and the 6th year of the 1990s decade. |
1995_0 | Section: January (2):
January 1
The World Trade Organization (WTO) is established to replace the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT).
Austria, Finland and Sweden join the European Union.
January 9 – Valeri Polyakov completes 366 days in space while aboard then Mir space station, breaking a duration record.
Ja... |
1995_1 | Section: February (2):
February 13 – Twenty-one Bosnian Serb commanders are charged with genocide and crimes against humanity in the United Nations' International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, a tribunal on human rights violations during the Wars in the Balkans.
February 21 – Steve Fossett lands in Leade... |
1995_2 | Section: March (2):
March 1
Julio María Sanguinetti is sworn in as President of Uruguay for his second term.
Polish Prime Minister Waldemar Pawlak resigns from Parliament and is replaced by ex-communist Józef Oleksy.
March 3 – United Nations Operation in Somalia II, the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Somalia, e... |
1995_3 | Section: April (2):
April 7 – First Chechen War: Samashki massacre – Russian paramilitary troops begin a massacre of at least 250 civilians in Samashki, Chechnya.
April 19 – Oklahoma City bombing: 168 people, including eight federal Marshals and 19 children, are killed at the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building and 680 a... |
1995_4 | Section: May (2):
May 7 – Jacques Chirac is elected president of France.
May 10 – The Vaal Reefs mining disaster at Vaal Reefs gold mine in Orkney, South Africa. A runaway locomotive falls into a lift shaft onto an ascending cage and causes it to plunge 1,500 feet (460 m) to the bottom of the 6,900 feet (2,100 m) deep ... |
1995_5 | Section: June (2):
June 2
Mrkonjić Grad incident: A United States Air Force F-16 piloted by Captain Scott O'Grady is shot down over Bosnia and Herzegovina while patrolling the NATO no-fly zone. O'Grady is rescued by U.S. Marines six days later.
Waffen-SS Hauptsturmführer Erich Priebke is extradited from Argentina to It... |
1995_6 | Section: July (2):
July – Iraq disarmament crisis: Iraq threatens to end all cooperation with UNSCOM and IAEA if sanctions against the country are not lifted by August 31. Following the defection of his son-in-law, Hussein Kamel al-Majid, Saddam Hussein makes new revelations about the full extent of Iraq's biological a... |
1995_7 | Section: August (2):
August – The International Rugby Football Board declares that rugby union players may be professional.
August 4 – Croatian forces, with the cooperation of the ARBiH, launch Operation Storm against rebel forces of the Republic of Serbian Krajina, which subsequently ceases to exist as a political ent... |
1995_8 | Section: September (2):
September – The European Parliament elects the first European Ombudsman, Jacob Söderman, who takes up office this month.
September 4–15 – The Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing with over 4,750 delegates from 181 countries in attendance.
September 19 – The Washington Post and The New Yor... |
1995_9 | Section: October (2):
October 3 – Murder trial of O. J. Simpson: Former American football star O. J. Simpson is found not guilty of double murder in a criminal trial for the deaths of former wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman.
October 5 – Tansu Çiller of DYP forms the new government of Turkey (51st... |
1995_10 | Section: November (2):
November – The Indian government officially renames the city of Bombay, restoring the name Mumbai.
November 1
The last signal is received from NASA's Pioneer 11 spacecraft.
Participants in the Yugoslav Wars begin negotiations at the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio.
November 2 – Th... |
1995_11 | Section: December (2):
December 3 – Strikes paralyze France's public sector.
December 6 – The United States Food and Drug Administration approves Saquinavir, the first protease inhibitor to treat HIV/AIDS. Within 2 years of its approval, annual deaths from AIDS in the United States fall from over 50,000 to approximatel... |
1996_0 | 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1996th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 996th year of the 2nd millennium, the 96th year of the 20th century, and the 7th year of the 1990s decade. |
1996_0 | Section: January (2):
January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kinshasa, killing around 300 people.
January 9–20 – Serious fighting breaks out between Russian soldiers and rebel fighters in Chechnya.
January 11 – Ryutaro H... |
1996_1 | Section: February (2):
February 3 – The 6.6 Mw earthquake near Lijiang in South-west China kills up to 322 people, injures 17,000, and leaves 300,000 homeless.
February 6 – Birgenair Flight 301, on a charter flight from the Caribbean to Germany, crashes into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of the Dominican Republic, ... |
1996_2 | Section: March (2):
March 1 – Iraq disarmament crisis: Iraqi forces refuse UNSCOM inspection teams access to five sites designated for inspection. The teams enter the sites only after delays of up to seventeen hours.
March 2 – 1996 Australian federal election: The Liberal/National Coalition led by John Howard defeats t... |
1996_3 | Section: April (2):
April 1 – The Halifax Regional Municipality encompassing the City of Halifax, the City of Dartmouth, the Town of Bedford, and the Municipality of the County of Halifax is formed in Nova Scotia, Canada.
April 3
A Boeing 737 military jet crashes into a mountain north of Dubrovnik, Croatia. All 35 peop... |
1996_4 | Section: May (2):
May – Iraq disarmament crisis: UNSCOM supervises the destruction of Al-Hakam, Iraq's main production facility of biological warfare agents.
May 9
South Africa's National Party pulls out of the coalition government formed two years earlier, and the African National Congress assumes full political contr... |
1996_5 | Section: June (2):
June – Iraq disarmament crisis: As Iraq continues to refuse inspectors access to a number of sites, the United States fails in its attempt to build support for military action against Iraq in the UN Security Council.
June 1–3 – The Czech Republic's first general election ends inconclusively. Prime Mi... |
1996_6 | Section: July (2):
July
Iraq disarmament crisis: U.N. Inspector Scott Ritter attempts to conduct surprise inspections on the Republican Guard facility at the airport but is blocked by Iraqi officials.
The Indian government officially renames the city of Madras, restoring the name Chennai.
July 1
The Northern Territory ... |
1996_7 | Section: August (2):
August
The first three-parent baby is conceived in New Jersey through mitochondrial donation.
The invasive species Asian long-horned beetle is found in New York City.
August 1
Sarah Balabagan returns to the Philippines.
A pro-democracy demonstration supporting Megawati Sukarnoputri in Indonesia is ... |
1996_8 | Section: September (2):
September 2 – A permanent peace agreement is signed at Malacañang Palace between the Government of the Philippines and the Moro National Liberation Front.
September 3 – The United States launches Operation Desert Strike against Iraq in reaction to the attack on Arbil.
September 4 – The Revolutio... |
1996_9 | Section: October (2):
October 2 – Aeroperú Flight 603 crashes into the Pacific Ocean when the instruments fail just after takeoff from Lima Airport, killing all 70 people on board.
October 6 – The government of New Zealand agrees to pay $130 million worth of compensation for the loss of land suffered by the Māori popul... |
1996_10 | Section: November (2):
November – Iraq disarmament crisis: UNSCOM inspectors uncover buried prohibited missile parts. Iraq refuses to allow UNSCOM teams to remove remnants of missile engines for analysis outside of the country.
November 5 – 1996 United States presidential election: Incumbent Democratic President Bill C... |
1996_11 | Section: December (2):
December 9 – Jerry Rawlings is re-elected as President of Ghana.
December 11 – Tung Chee-hwa is appointed to become the new leader of Hong Kong after it reverts to Chinese rule on July 1, 1997, at the end of a 99-year lease to the United Kingdom.
December 13 – Ghanaian diplomat Kofi Annan is elec... |
1997_0 | 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1997th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 997th year of the 2nd millennium, the 97th year of the 20th century, and the 8th year of the 1990s decade. |
1997_0 | Section: January (2):
January 1 – The Emergency Alert System is introduced in the United States.
January 11 – Turkey threatens Cyprus on account of a deal to buy Russian S-300 missiles, prompting the Cypriot Missile Crisis.
January 16 – Murder of Ennis Cosby: Near Interstate 405 (California) on a Los Angeles freeway, B... |
1997_1 | Section: February (2):
February 4
On their way to Lebanon, two Israeli troop-transport helicopters collide, killing all 73 on board.
After at first contesting the results, Serbian President Slobodan Milošević recognizes opposition victories in the November 1996 elections.
A magnitude 6.5 earthquake strikes North Khoras... |
1997_2 | Section: March (2):
March 4 – U.S. President Bill Clinton bans federal funding for any research on human cloning.
March 7 – In Sri Lanka, the Tamil Tigers overrun a military base and kill over 100 Sri Lankan troops.
March 9 – American rapper The Notorious B.I.G. is murdered in Los Angeles.
March 13
India's Missionaries... |
1997_3 | Section: April (2):
April 3 – The Thalit massacre in Algeria: all but 1 of the 53 inhabitants of Thalit are killed by guerrillas.
April 14
Fire breaks out in a pilgrim camp on the Plain of Mena, 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) from Mecca; 343 die.
Former SS Captain Erich Priebke is retried; on July 22 he is sentenced to fifteen... |
1997_4 | Section: May (2):
May 1 – Tony Blair becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, as the Labour Party wins the 1997 United Kingdom general election and returns to government for the first time in 18 years.
May 3 – Katrina and the Waves win the Eurovision Song Contest 1997 for the United Kingdom with "Love Shine a Ligh... |
1997_5 | Section: June (2):
June 1
Socialist Party-led Centre-left coalition won the second-round in 1997 French legislative elections, began with the third Cohabitation (1997–2002).
Hugo Banzer wins the Presidential elections in Bolivia.
June 2 – In Denver, Colorado, Timothy McVeigh is convicted on 15 counts of murder and cons... |
1997_6 | Section: July (2):
July – The 1997 Central European flood occurs across Poland, Germany, and the Czech Republic.
July 1 – The United Kingdom hands sovereignty of Hong Kong to the People's Republic of China.
July 2 – The Bank of Thailand floats the baht, triggering the Asian financial crisis.
July 4 – NASA's Pathfinder ... |
1997_7 | Section: August (2):
August 3 – Between 40 and 76 villagers are killed in the Oued El-Had and Mezouara massacre in Algeria.
August 3–11 – Two of the three islands of the Union of the Comoros – Anjouan and Mohéli – attempt to revert to colonial rule by France. The plan fails when the French government of President Jacqu... |
1997_8 | Section: September (2):
September 1 – Dublin Regulation on treatment of applications for right of asylum under European Union law first comes into force.
September 5
Over 87 are killed in the Beni Messous massacre in Algeria.
The International Olympic Committee picks Athens, Greece, to be the host city for the 2004 Sum... |
1997_9 | Section: October (2):
October 1 – Luke Woodham walks into Pearl High School in Pearl, Mississippi and opens fire, killing two girls, after killing his mother earlier that morning.
October 2 – British scientists Moira Bruce and John Collinge, with their colleagues, independently show that the new variant form of the Cre... |
1997_10 | Section: November (2):
November 2 – Severe Tropical Storm Linda devastates southern Vietnam and Thailand, killing 3,275 people.
November 11 – Telecom companies WorldCom and MCI Communications announce a US$37 billion merger to form MCI WorldCom, the largest merger in U.S. history.
November 12 – Mary McAleese is elected... |
1997_11 | Section: December (2):
December 1 – In the Indian state of Bihar, Ranvir Sena attacks the CPI(ML) Party Unity stronghold Lakshmanpur-Bathe, killing 63 lower caste people.
December 3 – In Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, representatives from 121 countries sign a treaty prohibiting the manufacture and deployment of anti-personne... |
1998_0 | 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1998th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 998th year of the 2nd millennium, the 98th year of the 20th century, and the 9th year of the 1990s decade. |
1998_0 | Section: January (2):
January 6 – The Lunar Prospector spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently shadowed craters near the Moon's poles.
January 11 – Over 100 people are killed in the Sidi-Hamed massacre in Algeria.
January 12 – Nineteen Europea... |
1998_1 | Section: February (2):
February 3 – Cavalese cable car disaster: A United States military pilot causes the deaths of 20 people near Trento, Italy, when his low-flying EA-6B Prowler severs the cable of a cable-car.
February 4 – The 5.9 Mw Afghanistan earthquake shakes the Takhar Province with a maximum Mercalli intensit... |
1998_2 | Section: March (2):
March 2 – Data sent from the Galileo probe indicates that Jupiter's moon Europa has a liquid ocean under a thick crust of ice.
March 5 – NASA announces that the Clementine probe orbiting the Moon has found enough water in polar craters to support a human colony and rocket fueling station.
March 11 –... |
1998_3 | Section: April (2):
April 5 – In Japan, the Akashi Kaikyō Bridge linking Shikoku with Honshū and costing about US$3.6 billion, opens to traffic, becoming the largest suspension bridge in the world.
April 10 – Good Friday Agreement: An hour after the end of the talks deadline, the Belfast Agreement is signed between the... |
1998_4 | Section: May (2):
May 6 – A large Eritrean mechanized force entered Badme in Tigray Region, Ethiopia, resulting in Eritrean–Ethiopian War
May 11
Pokhran-II (Operation Shakti): India conducts three underground nuclear tests in Pokhran, including one thermonuclear device.
The first euro coins are minted in Pessac, France... |
1998_5 | Section: June (2):
June 1 – European Central Bank established, replacing the European Monetary Institute.
June 3 – Eschede train disaster: an Intercity-Express high-speed train derails between Hanover and Hamburg, Germany, causing 101 deaths.
June 7 – Former Brigadier-General Ansumane Mané seizes control over military ... |
1998_6 | Section: July (2):
July 5 – Japan launches the probe Nozomi to Mars, joining the United States and Russia as an outer space-exploring nation.
July 17
Rome Statute: at a conference in Rome, 120 countries vote to create a permanent International Criminal Court to prosecute individuals for genocide, crimes against humanit... |
1998_7 | Section: August (2):
August 1 – Puntland State leaders declared the territory an autonomous state in 1998 and the capital city is the city of Garoowe in the Nugal region.
August 4 – The Second Congo War begins; 5.4 million people die before it ends in 2003, making it the bloodiest war, to date, since World War II.
Augu... |
1998_8 | Section: September (2):
September 2
A McDonnell Douglas MD-11 airliner (Swissair Flight 111) crashes near Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia, after taking off from New York City en route to Geneva; all 229 people on board are killed.
A United Nations court finds Jean-Paul Akayesu, the former mayor of a small town in Rwanda, gui... |
1998_9 | Section: October (2):
October 1 – Europol is established when the Europol Convention signed by all of its member states comes into force.
October 3 – 1998 Australian federal election: John Howard's Liberal/National Coalition government is re-elected with a substantially reduced majority, defeating the Labor Party led b... |
1998_10 | Section: November (2):
November 8 – Valve Corporation releases their first-person shooter video game Half-Life to critical acclaim. The game would be deemed one of the most influential titles of its genre, and one of the greatest video games of all time.
November 17 – Voyager 1 overtakes Pioneer 10 as the most distant ... |
1998_11 | Section: December (2):
December 1 – Ireland formally relinquishes its territorial claim over Northern Ireland and recognizes the United Kingdom's sovereignty there.
December 4 – The Space Shuttle Endeavour launches the first U.S.-built component to the International Space Station, the 25,600 pounds (11,600 kg) Unity mo... |
1999_0 | 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1999th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 999th year of the 2nd millennium, the 99th year of the 20th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1990s decade. |
1999_0 | Section: January (2):
January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers.
January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launched by NASA.
January 25 – The 6.2 Mw Colombia earthquake hits western Colombia, killing at least 1,900 people.
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