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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…Carleton Putnam 1998 Deaths
Carleton PutnamAge: 96 a founder and former chairman of Delta Airlines. He was also acclaimed as the author of a biography of Theodore Roosevelt and of a classic defense of racial segregation…Warren Avis Biography
businessmanDied: April 24, 2007 (Ann Arbor, Michigan) Best Known as: founder of Avis car rental company Founder of the Avis car rental chain, the second…C. Donald Bateman
C. Donald BatemanBorn: 1932 Ground Proximity Warning System (GPWS). In response to tragic airline crashes during the 1960s, Bateman invented a device that automatically warned pilots if…Aircraft
1979May 25, Chicago: American Airlines DC-10 crashed seconds after takeoff, killing all 272 people aboard and 3 on the ground. Other Aircraft AccidentsWorst United States DisastersAvalanche…Richard Branson Biography
Richard Bransonentrepreneur, adventurerBorn: 1950Birthplace: Sharnley Green, Surrey, England With little formal education, he began a mail-order business for discount records in 1969, then…Najeeb Halaby 2003 Deaths
Najeeb HalabyAge: 87 airline executive, lawyer, and test pilot who served as CEO of Pan American World Airways in the late 1960s and early 1970s. He also headed the Federal Aviation…Lloyd Cutler 2005 Deaths
Lloyd CutlerAge: 87 influential attorney and mediator who served as White House counsel to presidents Carter and Clinton. He also was a member of President Bush's commission that investigated…Mark Bavis 2001 Deaths
Mark BavisAge: 31 amateur scout with the L.A. Kings who was a passenger hijacked United Airlines Flight 175 that crashed into the World Trade Center; scouted college teams for the Kings and…October 2000 Disasters
Oct. 12, Aden, Yemen: U.S. Navy destroyer USS Cole was heavily damaged when a small boat loaded with explosives blew up alongside it. Seventeen sailors were killed in what was apparently a…Trending
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