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NHL
It was held in Utrecht, Netherlands alongside the 1998 Women's Hockey World Cup. The competition was held from 20 June – 1 July. The trophy was won by the Netherlands national field hockey team. Spain came second and Germany came third. -
Rose Bowl
84th Rose Bowl: #1 Michigan beats #8 Washington State, 21-16 -
Smoking
Smoking is banned in all California bars and restaurants. -
smoke-free
All California bars, clubs & card rooms must be smoke-free -
massive winter storm
A massive winter storm, partly caused by El Niño, strikes New England, southern Ontario, Quebec, and New Brunswick, resulting in widespread power failures, severe damage to forests, and numerous deaths. -
northeastern
A massive ice storm hits eastern Canada and the northeastern United States, continuing through January 10 and causing widespread destruction. -
NCAA
The 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season was the first of the Bowl Championship Series, which saw Tennessee win the national championship, one year after star quarterback Peyton Manning left for the NFL. -
Georgi
Georgi Sviridov, Soviet neoromantic composer, dies of a heart attack at 82 -
Sonny
Sonny Bono, (Rep-R-Ca)/singer (Sonny & Cher), dies skiing at 62 -
MLB
Don Sutton selected to Baseball Hall of Fame -
Hall of fame
Don Sutton selected to Baseball Hall of Fame -
Richard
Richard Hamming, American Mathematician and Computer Scientist (Hamming code), dies of a heat attack at 82 -
Richard Hamming
Richard Hamming, American Mathematician and Computer Scientist (Hamming code), dies of a heat attack at 82 -
NFL
NY Giant GM George Young resigns to accept NFL position -
Ramzi Yousef
Ramzi Yousef is sentenced to life in prison for planning the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. -
Kenichi
Kenichi Fukui, Japanese Nobel Prize for Chemistry (1981) dies at 79 -
Mohammad
Mohammad Yusuf Khan, prime minister of Afganistan in (1963-65), dies -
Super Bowl XXXII
Super Bowl XXXII: The Denver Broncos become the first AFC team in 14 years to win the Super Bowl, as they defeat the Green Bay Packers, 31–24. -
Mohammad
Mohammad Yusuf Khan, prime minister of Afganistan in (1963-65), dies -
President
President Bill Clinton says "I want to say one thing to the American people; I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky" -
Shinichi
Shinichi Suzuki, Japanese music teacher (Suzuki Method), dies at 99 -
Walter Edmonds
Walter Edmonds, writer (Drums Along the Mohawk), dies at 93 -
Shinichi Suzuki
Shinichi Suzuki, Japanese music teacher (Suzuki Method), dies at 99 -
Osama bin
Osama bin Laden publishes a fatwa declaring jihad against all Jews and Crusaders -
peyten
Peyten manning drafted theTennessee -
Curtis Enis
Chicago Bears Curtis Enis RB Penn State -
Duane Starks
Baltimore Ravens Duane Starks CB Miami (Fla.) -
Tebucky Jones
New England Patriots Tebucky Jones DB Syracuse -
Victor Riley
Kansas City Chiefs Victor Riley T Auburn -
Seinfeld
Last episode of Seinfeld on NBC (commercials are $2M for 30 seconds) -
Good friday
The Good Friday Agreement is accepted in a referendum in Northern Ireland with 75% voting yes. -
NBA
LA Clippers Michael Olowokandi Pacific -
NBA
Vancouver Mike Bibby Arizona -
NBA
Denver Raef LaFrentz Kansas -
NBA
Toronto (a)Antawn Jamison North Carolina -
bombing
Omagh bombing in Northern Ireland, the worst terrorist incident of The Troubles, kills 29 people and injures about 220 -
Monica Lewinsky scandal
Monica Lewinsky scandal: US President Bill Clinton admits in taped testimony he had an "improper physical relationship" with the intern and on the same day admits before the nation he "misled people" about the relationship -
NFL
KCK chief beats the oakland raiders -
Brokerage houses
Brokerage houses are ordered to pay 1.03 billion USD to NASDAQ investors to compensate for price-fixing - largest civil settlement in US history -
Former Chilean dictator
Former Chilean dictator General Augusto Pinochet is arrested in London on a Spanish warrant requesting his extradition on murder charges