Discover what happened in this year with HISTORY’s summaries of major events, anniversaries, famous births and notable deaths.
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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** 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
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By the time James Cameron took the stage to accept his Academy Award for Best Director on the night of March 23, 1998, the Oscar dominance of his blockbuster film Titanic was all but assured. Titanic tied the record for most Oscar nominations with 14—joining 1950’s _All About Eve—_and by night’s end would tie with Ben Hur (1959) for most wins by sweeping 11 categories, including the coveted Best Picture.
Director James Cameron raises his Oscar after winning in the Best Director Category during the 70th Academy Awards at Shrine Auditorium 23 March. Cameron won for his movie "Titanic." (ELECTRONIC IMAGE) AFP PHOTO/Timothy A. Clary (Photo by TIMOTHY A. CLARY / AFP) (Photo by TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP via Getty Images)
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Oct
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Nearly four decades after he became the first American to orbit the Earth, Senator John Herschel Glenn Jr. is launched into space again as a payload specialist aboard the space shuttle Discovery on October 29, 1998. At 77 years of age, Glenn was the oldest human ever to travel in space. During the nine-day mission, he served as part of a NASA study on health problems associated with aging.
Sen. John H. Glenn Jr., payload specialist, focuses in on a target of opportunity as he participates in earth observations photography from orbit above earth October 31, 1998. (photo by NASA)
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Dec
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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.
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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