The temperature on November 8, 1998 was between 3.1 °C and 11.6 °C and averaged 6.9 °C. There was 9.1 mm of rain during 5.4 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
May 6 » Steve Jobs of Apple Inc. unveils the first iMac.
August 17 » Lewinsky scandal: US President Bill Clinton admits in taped testimony that he had an "improper physical relationship" with White House intern Monica Lewinsky; later that same day he admits before the nation that he "misled people" about the relationship.
August 24 » First radio-frequency identification (RFID) human implantation tested in the United Kingdom.
August 30 » Second Congo War: Armed forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and their Angolan and Zimbabwean allies recapture Matadi and the Inga dams in the western DRC from RCD and Rwandan troops.
September 27 » The Google internet search engine retroactively claims this date as its birthday.
December 6 » in Venezuela, Hugo Chávez is victorious in presidential elections.
Day of burial November 16, 1998
The temperature on November 16, 1998 was between 0.4 °C and 7.1 °C and averaged 3.3 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 7.2 hours of sunshine (82%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
February 20 » American figure skater Tara Lipinski, at the age of 15, becomes the youngest Olympic figure skating gold-medalist at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.
May 12 » Four students are shot at Trisakti University, leading to widespread riots and the fall of Suharto.
May 23 » The Good Friday Agreement is accepted in a referendum in Northern Ireland with roughly 75% voting yes.
May 27 » Oklahoma City bombing: Michael Fortier is sentenced to 12 years in prison and fined $200,000 for failing to warn authorities about the terrorist plot.
June 3 » After suffering a mechanical failure, a high speed train derails at Eschede, Germany, killing 101 people.
June 11 » Compaq Computer pays US$9billion for Digital Equipment Corporation in the largest high-tech acquisition.
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