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* 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 by [[Aaron McKinney and Russell Henderson]], in what is considered to be the first [[Homophobia|homophobic]] [[hate crime]] to gain national attention. | ||
* 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 == | ||