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* 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, before committing suicide. | * 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.. | ||
* June 22 - The [[Khmer Rouge]]'s Provisional Government of National Union and National Salvation of Cambodia (PGNUNSC) collapses. | |||
* 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]]. | ||