Historical Events for January 1998

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Events 1 - 81 of 81

1st - All California bars, clubs & card rooms must be smoke-free
1st - Mongolia switches from a 46 hour to 40 hour work week
1st - US Census Bureau estimates population at 268,921,733
1st - Russia begins to circulate new rubles to stem inflation and promote confidence.
1st - The European Central Bank is established.
2nd - Autopsy of Chris Farley shows he overdosed of opiates & cocaine
3rd - "Side Show," closes at Richard Rodgers NYC after 91 performances
3rd - Grandpa Jones suffers a stroke
4th - "Funny Thing Happened," closes at St James NYC after 715 perform
4th - "Ivanov," closes at Vivian Beaumont Theater NYC after 51 performances
4th - "Triumph of Love," closes at Royale Theater NYC
4th - Wilaya of Relizane massacres in Algeria: over 170 are killed in three remote villages.
4th - A massive ice storm hits eastern Canada and the northeastern United States, continuing through January 10 and causing widespread destruction.
5th - Ice storm knocks out electricity in Quebec & Ontario
5th - Vandals decapitate Copenhagen's Little Mermaid
6th - Barry Switzer resigns as Dallas Cowboy coach
6th - Don Sutton selected to Baseball Hall of Fame
7th - Former White House intern Monica Lewinsky signs affidavit denying she had an affair with President Bill Clinton
8th - NY Giant GM George Young resigns to accept NFL position
Comedienne/Actor Roseanne 8th - Roseanne files for divorce from 3rd husband Ben Thomas
8th - Unabomber suspect Theodore Kaczynski asks to act as his own lawyer
8th - World Trade Center bomber Ramzi Ahmed Yousef sentenced to life
9th - Anatoly Karpov defeats Viswanathan Anand to retain chess title
9th - Anatoly Solovyov & Pavel Vinogradov spacewalk record 3 hrs 8 mins
9th - Boston Red Sox Mo Vaughn pleads not guilty to drunken driving
9th - Decapitated head of Danish Little Mermaid is returned
9th - Hockey News selects Wayne Gretzky best NHL player ever
10th - 18th United Negro College Fund raises (rebroadcasted Jan 17th)
11th - "Proposals," closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 76 performances
11th - 24th Annual People's Choice Awards - Seinfeld, Tim Allen win
11th - AFC Championship: Denver Broncos beat Pitt Steelers 24-21
11th - NFC Championship: Green Bay Packers beat SF 49'ers 23-10
11th - US female Figure Skating championship won by Michelle Kwan
11th - US male Figure Skating championship won by Todd Eldredge
Comedian Jerry Seinfeld 11th - Sidi-Hamed massacre takes place in Algeria, over 100 people are killed.
12th - Nineteen European nations agree to forbid human cloning.
13th - "Patti LaBelle On Broadway," opens at St James Theater NYC
13th - CBS pays $4 billion to televise AFC games for 8-years
14th - 100th episode of "Ellen," airs
14th - Charles Barkley pleads not guilty to an assault charge
14th - Researchers in Dallas, Texas present findings about an enzyme that slows aging and cell death (apoptosis).
15th - NASA announces John Glenn, 76, may fly in space again
17th - Pres Clinton faces sexual harrament charges from Paula Jones
18th - "Ragtime," opens at Ford Theater NYC
18th - 48th NHL All-Star Game: North America beats World 8-7 at Vancouver
18th - ABL All-Star Game at Disney complex in Orlando
18th - Boston Celtics retire Robert Parrish's #00
18th - Kelly Robbins wins Healthsouth Golf Inaugural
18th - UCP Telethon
20th - Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inducts Mama & Papas & Eagles
20th - Warner Brothers TV Network begins Tueday night programming
21st - Pope John Paul II visits Cuba
22nd - NHL's Minnesota franchise selects the nickname Wild
22nd - Rickey Henderson, rejoins Oakland A's for 4th time
22nd - STS 89 (Endeavour 12) launches into orbit
22nd - World League of American Football becomes NFL East
264th Pope John Paul II 23rd - Pope John Paul II condemns US embargo against Cuba
25th - "Grease," closes at Eugene O'Neill Theater NYC after 1,503 performance
25th - "Patti LaBelle On Broadway," closes at St James Theater NYC
25th - Britain's Queen Mother, 97, gets an emergency hip replacement
25th - Helen Alfredsson wins Office Depot LPGA tournament
25th - Spice Girl Victoria Adams (Posh) & soccer David Beckham get engaged
25th - Superbowl XXXII: Denver Broncos beat Green Bay Packers 31-24
25th - Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) suicide attack on Sri Lanka's Temple of the Tooth, killing 8 people injuring 25 others.
26th - 25th American Music Award: Spice Girls & Babyface win
26th - Intel launches 333 MHz Pentium II chip
26th - Pres Clinton says "I want to say one thing to the American people I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky"
27th - Crane crashes into Roosevelt Is (NYC) Tram, injuring 10
27th - Roland Clarkson discovers 2^3021377-1 (37th known Mersenne prime)
27th - WNBA begins filling rosters of Washington Mystics & Detroit Shock
28th - Michelangelo, "Christ & the Woman of Samaria," sold for $7.4 million
Painter Michelangelo 29th - "Capeman," opens at Marquis Theater NYC
29th - Singers Bobby Brown found guiilty of DWI in Fort Lauderdale, Florida
29th - Soyuz TM-27 launches to MIR
29th - Thick Fog causes highway carnage in Belgium & Netherlands, 6 die
29th - Woman's Clinic in Birmingham Ala bombed, 1 killed
30th - All-Star Fla Marlin catcher Darren Daulton, retires
30th - Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Indianapolis IN on WNAP 93.1 FM
30th - Paul Simon's "The Capeman," premieres
31st - 72nd Australian Womens Tennis: Martina Hingis beats C Martinez (63 63)
31st - STS 89 (Endeavour 12) lands