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== Events == | == Events == | ||
* February 6 - [[Johnny Paul Koroma]] is removed as head of state of Sierra Leone by ECOMOG. | * February 6 - [[Johnny Paul Koroma]] is removed as head of state of Sierra Leone by ECOMOG. | ||
* February 23 - [[Osama bin Laden]] issues a ''fatwa'' calling for global jihad against Jews and Christians. | * February 23 - [[Osama bin Laden]] issues a ''fatwa'' calling for global [[jihad]] against Jews and Christians. | ||
* February 25 - Beginning of the [[Kosovo War]]. | * February 25 - Beginning of the [[Kosovo War]]. | ||
* March 24 - The Jonesboro massacre occurs when [[Mitchell Johnson and Andrew Golden]], both students at Westside Middle School in Jonesboro Arkansas, kill | * March 24 - The Jonesboro massacre occurs when [[Mitchell Johnson and Andrew Golden]], both students at Westside Middle School in Jonesboro, Arkansas, kill four people and injure 10 others. | ||
* April 10 - [[The Troubles]] end with the signing of the Good Friday Agreement. | * April 10 - [[The Troubles]] end with the signing of the Good Friday Agreement. | ||
* April 24 - [[Andrew Wurst|Parker Middle School dance shooting]] | * April 24 - [[Andrew Wurst|Parker Middle School dance shooting]] | ||
* May 21 - [[Kip Kinkel|Thurston High School shooting]] | * May 21 - [[Kip Kinkel|Thurston High School shooting]] | ||
* May 21 - [[Suharto]] resigns as President of Indonesia. | * May 21 - [[Suharto]] resigns as President of Indonesia. | ||
* June 22 - The [[Khmer Rouge]]'s Provisional Government of National Union and National Salvation of Cambodia (PGNUNSC) collapses. | * June 22 - The [[Khmer Rouge]]'s Provisional Government of National Union and National Salvation of Cambodia (PGNUNSC) collapses. | ||
* June 30 - [[Joseph Estrada]] is elected as President of the Philippines | * June 30 - [[Joseph Estrada]] is elected as President of the Philippines | ||
* May 28 - [[Brynn Hartman]] kills her husband, actor and comedian Phil Hartman | * May 28 - [[Brynn Hartman]] kills her husband, actor and comedian Phil Hartman, before committing suicide. | ||
* July 6 - [[Viktor Orbán]] is elected Prime Minister of Hungary for the first time. | * July 6 - [[Viktor Orbán]] is elected Prime Minister of Hungary for the first time. | ||
* August 2 - Beginning of the Second Congo War. | * August 2 - Beginning of the Second Congo War. | ||
* August 7 – [[1998 US Embassy bombings]]: the bombings of the United States embassies in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and Nairobi, Kenya, kill 224 people and injure over 4,500; they are linked to [[Al-Qaeda]]. | * August 7 – [[1998 US Embassy bombings]]: the bombings of the United States embassies in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and Nairobi, Kenya, kill 224 people and injure over 4,500; they are linked to [[Al-Qaeda]]. | ||
* October 12 - Gay college student Matthew Shepard is kidnapped, [[torture]]d, and brutally [[murder]]ed by [[Aaron McKinney and Russell Henderson]], in what is considered to be the first [[Homophobia|homophobic]] [[hate crime]] to gain national attention. | |||
* October 12 - Gay college student Matthew Shepard is kidnapped, [[torture]]d, and brutally [[murder]]ed | |||
* October 16 - [[Augusto Pinochet]] is arrested in London after being indicted by a Spanish court for human rights violations committed during his rule of Chile. | * October 16 - [[Augusto Pinochet]] is arrested in London after being indicted by a Spanish court for human rights violations committed during his rule of Chile. | ||
== Births == | == Births == | ||
=== Villain births=== | === Villain births=== | ||
* April 20 - [[David Sonboly]] | |||
* April 27 - [[Samuel Woodward]] | |||
*April 20 - [[David Sonboly]] | * July 27 – [[Patrick Crusius]] | ||
*April 27 - [[Samuel Woodward]] | * September 24 – [[Nikolas Cruz]] | ||
*July 27 | * November 24 - [[Brooke Houts]] | ||
*September 24 | |||
*November 24 - [[Brooke Houts]] | |||
=== Victim births === | === Victim births === | ||
* April 8 - Blaze Bernstein | * April 8 - Blaze Bernstein | ||
* June 23 - David Brandhorst (9/11 Victim) | |||
* July 21 - Dana Falkenberg (9/11 Victim) | |||
* June 23 - David Brandhorst | |||
* July 21 - Dana Falkenberg | |||
== Deaths == | == Deaths == | ||
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*April 23 - [[James Earl Ray]] | *April 23 - [[James Earl Ray]] | ||
*April 24 - [[Froduald Karamira]] | *April 24 - [[Froduald Karamira]] | ||
*May 28 - [[Gary Rowe]] & [[Brynn Hartman]] | *May 28 - [[Gary Rowe]] & [[Brynn Hartman]] | ||
*May 29 - [[Jerry Stone]] & [[Orlando Anderson]] | *May 29 - [[Jerry Stone]] & [[Orlando Anderson]] | ||
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*June 8 - [[Sani Abacha]] | *June 8 - [[Sani Abacha]] | ||
*August 5 - [[Todor Zhivkov]] | *August 5 - [[Todor Zhivkov]] | ||
*September 13 - [[George Wallace]] | *September 13 - [[George Wallace]] | ||
*October 10 - [[Marvin Gay Sr.]] | *October 10 - [[Marvin Gay Sr.]] | ||
*October 23 - [[Winnie Ruth Judd]] | *October 23 - [[Winnie Ruth Judd]] | ||
*November 17 - [[Kenneth McDuff]] | *November 17 - [[Kenneth McDuff]] | ||
*December 16 - [[Larry Loveless]] | *December 16 - [[Larry Loveless]] | ||
*Unknown - [[Rita Zucca]] | *Unknown - [[Rita Zucca]] | ||
=== Victim deaths === | === Victim deaths === | ||
* May 20 - William & Faith Kinkel (Kip Kinkel's Parents) | |||
* May 20 - William & Faith Kinkel | |||
* May 28 - Phil Hartman | * May 28 - Phil Hartman | ||
* June 7 - James Byrd Jr. | * June 7 - James Byrd Jr. | ||
* October 12 - Matthew Shepard | * October 12 - Matthew Shepard | ||
* November 3 - Maddie Clifton | * November 3 - Maddie Clifton | ||