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* 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 | * March 24 - The Jonesboro massacre occurs when [[Mitchell Johnson and Andrew Golden]], both students at Westside Middle School in Jonesboro Arkansas, kill five 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]] | ||
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* 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, at their home in Los Angeles, California | * May 28 - [[Brynn Hartman]] kills her husband, actor and comedian Phil Hartman, at their home in Los Angeles, California, 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]]. | ||
* August 15 - Omagh bombing: The [[ | * August 15 - Omagh bombing: The [[Real IRA]] detonates a car bomb originally intended for a courthouse in front of a store in Omagh, Northern Ireland, killing 29 (including two Spanish tourists) and injuring at least 220. | ||
* August 22 - The [[Irish National Liberation Army]] goes on ceasefire. | * August 22 - The [[Irish National Liberation Army]] goes on ceasefire. | ||
* October 12 - Gay college student Matthew Shepard is kidnapped, [[torture]]d, and brutally [[murder]]ed in Laramie, Colorado 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 in Laramie, Colorado by [[Aaron McKinney and Russell Henderson]], in what is considered to be the first [[Homophobia|homophobic]] [[hate crime]] to gain national attention. | ||
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== Births == | == Births == | ||
=== Villain births=== | === Villain births=== | ||
* January 7 - [[David Argueta]] | *January 7 - [[David Argueta]] | ||
*January 22 - [[Silentó]] | *January 22 - [[Silentó]] | ||
* April 20 - [[David Sonboly]] | *April 20 - [[David Sonboly]] | ||
* April 27 - [[Samuel Woodward]] | *April 27 - [[Samuel Woodward]] | ||
* July 27 - [[Patrick Crusius]] | *July 27 - [[Patrick Crusius]] | ||
* August 18 - [[Nick Fuentes]] | *August 18 - [[Nick Fuentes]] | ||
* September 24 - [[Nikolas Cruz]] | *September 24 - [[Nikolas Cruz]] | ||
* October 31 - [[Amos Yee]] | *October 31 - [[Amos Yee]] | ||
* November 24 - [[Brooke Houts]] | *November 24 - [[Brooke Houts]] | ||
*December 13 - [[Chan Tong-kai]] | |||
=== Victim births === | === Victim births === | ||
* January 6-Nikki Coontz | *January 4 - Tia Rigg | ||
*January 21-Akyra Murray | * January 6 - Nikki Coontz | ||
* January 16 - Kayla VanWert | |||
*January 21 - Akyra Murray | |||
*January 23 - Jahseh "XXXTentacion" Onfroy | *January 23 - Jahseh "XXXTentacion" Onfroy | ||
*January 23-Lauren Smith-Fields | *January 23 - Lauren Smith-Fields | ||
* February 24 - Erica Parsons | * February 24 - Erica Parsons | ||
*April 2-Corriann Cervantes | *March 4 - Kaitlynne Schoenborn | ||
*April 2 - Corriann Cervantes | |||
* April 8 - Blaze Bernstein | * April 8 - Blaze Bernstein | ||
*April 20-Kristina Morisette | *April 20 - Kristina Morisette | ||
* May 8 - Mollie Tibbetts | * May 8 - Mollie Tibbetts | ||
*May 16-Madelyn Lindsey | *May 16 - Madelyn Lindsey | ||
*June 4 - Camille Hebert | |||
* June 23 - David Brandhorst | * June 23 - David Brandhorst | ||
* July 18 - Nixzmary Brown | * July 18 - Nixzmary Brown | ||
*July 1 - Markis Hart | |||
* July 21 - Dana Falkenberg | * July 21 - Dana Falkenberg | ||
* November 20 - Christopher Thomas Jr. | * November 20 - Christopher Thomas Jr. | ||
*December 10-Kennedy LeRoy | *December 10 - Kennedy LeRoy | ||
*December 18-Alex Spourdalakis | *December 18 - Alex Spourdalakis | ||
*Unknown - Larissa dos Santos Atanásio | |||
== Deaths == | == Deaths == | ||
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*April 24 - [[Froduald Karamira]] | *April 24 - [[Froduald Karamira]] | ||
*April 27 - [[Nguyễn Văn Linh]] | *April 27 - [[Nguyễn Văn Linh]] | ||
*May 1 - [[Eldridge Cleaver]] | |||
*May 19 - [[Hank Earl Carr]] | *May 19 - [[Hank Earl Carr]] | ||
*May 28 - [[Gary Rowe]] & [[Brynn Hartman]] | *May 28 - [[Gary Rowe]] & [[Brynn Hartman]] | ||
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=== Victim deaths === | === Victim deaths === | ||
* May 20 - William & Faith Kinkel | * March 24 - Shannon Dawn Wright, Stephanie Dawn Johnson, Paige Ann Herring, Natalie Danielle Brooks and Britthney Ryen Varner | ||
* May 20 - William & Faith Kinkel | |||
* May 21 - Ben Walker & Mikael Nickolauson | * May 21 - Ben Walker & Mikael Nickolauson | ||
* May 28 - Phil Hartman | * May 28 - Phil Hartman | ||
* June 7 - James Byrd Jr. | * June 7 - James Byrd Jr. | ||
** Judith Johnson | |||
* July 14 - Martin Puye | * July 14 - Martin Puye | ||
* August 15 - Fernando Blasco Baselga | * August 15 - Victims of the [[1998 Omagh bombing]]: | ||
** Fernando Blasco Baselga | |||
** Rocio Abad Ramos | |||
** James Barker | |||
** Geraldine Breslin | |||
** Debra Cartwright | |||
** Gareth Conway | |||
** Breda Devine | |||
** Oran Doherty | |||
** Adrian Gallagher | |||
** Esther Gibson | |||
** Mary Grimes | |||
** Olive Hawkes | |||
** Julia Hughes | |||
** Breanda Logue | |||
** Anne McCombe | |||
** Brian McCrory | |||
** Samantha McFarland | |||
** Sean McLaughlin | |||
** Jolene Marlow | |||
** Avril Monaghan | |||
** Maura Monaghan | |||
** Alan Radford | |||
** Elizabeth Rush | |||
** Veda Short | |||
** Philomena Skelton | |||
** Fred White | |||
** Bryan White | |||
** Lorraine Wilson | |||
* September 5 - Sean McGrath | |||
* October 12 - Matthew Shepard | * October 12 - Matthew Shepard | ||
* October 19 - Tommy Burks | * October 19 - Tommy Burks | ||
* November 3 - Maddie Clifton | * November 3 - Maddie Clifton | ||