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August 1998 News and Events
1998 News Month-By-MonthWorldArafat Reshuffles Cabinet (Aug. 5): Palestinian leader defies Legislative Council by retaining ministers it wanted ousted for alleged mismanagement.Iraq Ends…Entertainment News from January 1999
1Despite only a handful of top-quality films to choose from at the multiplexes, audiences spent a whopping $6.86 billion at the box office in 1998, up 10 percent from 1997, according to…Susan McDougal, 1998 News
ever-incarcerated Whitewater figure, was charged with embezzlement and tax fraud in a case unrelated to the Arkansas land deal. The latest charges were brought by conductor Zubin Mehta and…Al Sharpton
Name at birth: Alfred Charles Sharpton, Jr.Reverend Al Sharpton is a fiery orator and activist from New York City who became famous in the 1980s for his protests against police brutality and racial…JonBenet Ramsey
JonBenet Ramsey is the six-year-old beauty pageant contestant who was found murdered in her Boulder, Colorado home on December 26, 1996. The JonBenet Ramsey case became a national sensation due to…Alan Eagleson
Alan EaglesonBorn: Apr. 24, 1933Hockey Toronto lawyer, agent and 1st executive director of NHL Players Assn. (1967-90); midwived Team Canada vs. Soviet series (1972) and Canada Cup; charged…“High Crimes and Misdemeanors:” A Short History of Impeachment
Legal action at the highest level The right to impeach public officials is secured by the U.S. Constitution in Article I, Sections 2 and 3, which discuss the procedure, and in Article II, Section 4…Major Race Riots in the U.S.
Read about some of the most significant riots in U.S. history 1898: Wilmington, North Carolina While Democrats held power at the state level in North Carolina, a coalition of white…Major Sports Scandals
Here is a look at some of the biggest scandals in sports. New England Patriots Quarterback Tom Brady Related Links Washington Redskins Name Controversy…Lil’ Kim
Name at birth: Kimberly Denise JonesOne of the few female stars in hardcore rap, Lil' Kim is known just as much for her tangles with the law, censors, and fashion police. Lil' Kim got her start with…Trending
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