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1998

Discover what happened in this year with HISTORY’s summaries of major events, anniversaries, famous births and notable deaths.

Jan

22

Crime

Ted Kaczynski pleads guilty to bombings

In a Sacramento, California, courtroom on January 22, 1998, Theodore J. Kaczynski pleads guilty to all federal charges against him, acknowledging his responsibility for a 17-year campaign of package bombings attributed to the “Unabomber.”

**EXCLUSIVE** Ted Kaczynski In Prison

**EXCLUSIVE** American domestic terrorist, luddite, and mathematics teacher Ted Kaczynski sits and poses during an interview in a visiting room at the Federal ADX Supermax prison in Florence, Colorado, August 30, 1999. (Photo by Stephen J. Dubner/Getty Images)

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Mar

23

Dec

19

U.S. Government and Politics

President Clinton impeached

After nearly 14 hours of debate, the House of Representatives approves two articles of impeachment against President Bill Clinton, charging him with lying under oath to a federal grand jury and obstructing justice. Clinton, the second president in American history to be impeached, vowed to finish his term.

US President Bill Clinton (C) addresses the nation

WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 19: US President Bill Clinton (C) addresses the nation 19 December from the White House after the US House of Representatives impeached him on charges of perjury and obstruction of justice. (From L-R:) US House Minority Leader Richard Gephardt, Clinton, and US Vice President Albert Gore. (Photo credit should read GEORGE BRIDGES/AFP via Getty Images)

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