Occopodian 1998

President Jiang Zemin of China meets for summit talks with Diana, Princess of Wales, one of
President Bill Clinton in October, the first visit in 12 years of the world's most famous and
a Chinese leader to the U.S. During his stay, demonstrators admired women, dies at 36 in a
protest China's treatment of Tibet. violent car crash in Paris on
August 31.

The death of "the people's
princess" generates an emotional
outpouring of love and grief,
evidenced by floral tributes
heaped at Diana's Kensington
Palace home.

At the funeral, Elton John performs
"Candle in the Wind 1997," rewritten in
tribute to Diana. The recording quickly
sells more than 35 million copies,
becoming the best-selling single of all
time. Sales proceeds benefit the Diana,
Princess of Wales Memorial Fund.

One of the most poignant images of Di
following her coffin into Westminster

Crisis flares again in Iraq in
late 1997 as Saddam Hussein
protests U.N. sanctions
and blocks inspection of
suspected Iraqi weapon sites.

In June, shortly before Diana's death, an auction
of 79 of her evening gowns raises $3.26 million
for AIDS and cancer charities. Top price paid for
a single gown: $222,500.

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On July 23 suspected murderer
Andrew Cunanan, 27, commits suicide
in Miami Beach. Cunanan was the
prime suspect in a cross-country killing
spree that left five dead, including
fashion designer Gianni Versace.

Once-mighty Apple Computer is
close to failure when arch-rival
Bill Gates of Microsoft "rescues"
it with a $150 million bail-out in
August. The event opens a new
era of cooperation between
formerly fierce competitors.

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Americans join
"Stop the Violence"
campaigns nationwide
in an attempt to generate
awareness of and solutions
to the problem of violence
in America.

tobacco advertisin aimed at minors
and institutes sweeping tobacco
advertising restri tions.

AP/Wide World Timothy McVeigh is convicted of Theodore Kaczynski admits he is First Lt. Kelly Flinn accepts a general
murder and conspiracy in June for the Unabomber responsible for discharge from the Air Force, avoiding
British nanny Louise Woodward, 19, the April 1995 bombing of the Alfred killing 3 people and injuring 29 court-martial for lying about an affair
is convicted in Massachusetts of P. Murrah Federal Building in others in an 18-year bombing and disobeying orders. Flinn had been
murdering a child in her care. Oklahoma City. McVeigh is later campaign. His January 1998 guilty the first and only female B-52 pilot in
The judge later reduces the charge sentenced to death. plea spares Kaczynski the death the service.
to involuntary manslaughter and penalty but condemns him to
releases her. life in prison with no possibility
of release.

UPS workers take to the picket
lines in an August strike lasting
15 days. The eventual settlement
is seen as a major labor victory.

• Arare ur an tornado prowls
through Miami on May 12,
uprootin trees, shattering
windows nd snapping
power lin s. Fortunately,
the storm inflicts only
minor inj ries.

Attorney General Janet Reno refuses to name an independent
prosecutor to investigate Clinton administration fundraising, causing
friction with FBI Director Louis Freeh.

Bobbi McCaughey, Carlisle, Iowa,
gives birth November 19 to seven
babies, the U.S.'s first living
septuplets. McCaughey and
her husband Kenny now have
eight children.

• Terry Nicliiols is found guilty of gather in Roswell,
conspiracy and manslaughter in New Mexico, to
the 1995 ©klahoma City bombing. celebrate the 50th
Nichols is spared a federal death anniversary of the
sentence in January 1998, but still alleged UFO crash
faces Oklahoma state charges. there in July 1947.

At the Internet/Online Summit
in December, Vice President
Al Gore announces government
initiatives to protect young Internet
users from online pornograph)I.

Fast-food giant Burger King is forced to stop serving burgers lhe alknale •PJolnise J(eepers On October 25, at least 300,000
when supplier Hudson Foods recalls 25 million pounds of African-American women gather in
hamburger suspected of contamination with E. coli bacteria. movement inspires praise and Philadelphia for the Million Woman
It is the biggest beef recall in U.S. history. March. Winnie Madikizela-Mandela
contnwersy for Its message°' is one of the speakers.

spirlual revival and personal

responsibility tor men. In Octohet;

the gn,up holds a giant rally in
Washinglon, D..C.

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former 1Nesidenls Kennedy and

Nixon are released publicly. lhe

tapes provide an unvarnished, and

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into the two presidents' ad.ions and
eonversatiollS in the White House.

Viewers worldwide see the first-ever
high-resolution color pictures of
Mars when the Pathfinder spacecraft
lands July 4. The lander and its rover,
Sojourner, collect and transmit
extraordinary data for three months.

For $8.36 million, Chicago's Field Museum of Natural
History buys "Sue,'..' the most complete 7'yrannosaums
rex fossil yet discovered..The sale occurs October 4
at Sotheby's in New York.

Russia's aging Mir space station ,-.~· '"•-... .....•...
collides with an unmanned supply
vehicle in June and is seriously
damaged. This is only one in a
series of crises casting doubt on
the viability of the station.

NASA

In September, CAT scans
of petrified dinosaur eggs
found in China reveal a
dinosaur embryo.

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Research produces medical break- Fuel cells that convert a1fuel's ..... ,
throughs, including a genetically energy directly.into electtrricity are
engineered "bullet" molecule being being deveIoped •fo.r. .u..se .in cars, I " II I •
tested to fight cancer and new rnakm· ·g poSS"I ble an efficient,
drugs to control or prevent low-emission car of the future. . ...
Parkinson's disease, osteoporosis
and congestive heart failure. The first prescription pill for Aided bythe Hubble Space
male-pattern baldness.is Telescope, astronomers discover the
approved •by the Food and Drug Pistol Star- the brightest star yet
Administration in December. observed in the Milky Way. The Pistol
The drug Propecia is made by Star is 25,000 light years from Earth.

The popular diet regimen fen-phen is
pulled off the market in September.
The combination of fenfluramine and
phentermine is shown to cause heart
valve disorders, as is the diet drug
Redux, also recalled.

Comet HalesBopp
captures imaginations
worldwid. as it streaks past
Earth for he first time in
4,200 yean -or, since 2203
B.C. Hale Bopp next returns
in 4397.

{v:l· On October 13, the British jet car Thmst ~SC becom~s the first ve~icle

to break the sound barrier on land, travelmg 766.6miles per hour mthe
Nevada desert.

El Nino stirs up global weather
patterns. Caused by warmer-than-
normal water temperatures in the
equatorial Pacific, the '97 El Nino
is blamed for storms and weather
problems worldwide.

In Dece · er, 159 nations The Food and Drug
gather in Kyoto, Japan, and Administration
negotiate a climate treaty approves a dental laser
to combat global warming by for treating cavities.
reducing reenhouse gases. Unlike traditional
dental drills, the laser
in most cases causes Protesters unsuccessfully attempt
virtually no discomfort. to prevent the October launch of
NASA's Cassini spacecraft to
Riven, the Hong Kong authorities in Saturn, fearing an accident could
long-awaited December order the slaughter of shower the Earth with the rocket's
computer adventure more than a million chickens in an radioactive plutonium.
game sequel to Myst, effort to halt the spread of a bird
proves to be just as flu vims that killed six people. French oceanographer and
popular and even award-winning filmmaker Jacques
more sophisticated The space shuttle Columbia Cousteau dies in June at 87. His work
visually than its releases the errant Spartan gained renown through the popular
predecessor. satellite in November. U.S. television series
astronaut Winston Scott and "The Undersea World
Takao Doi, the first Japanese of Jacques Cousteau."
astronaut to do a space walk,
retrieve the satellite for return
to Earth.

Teen People, a sawy monthly magazine
for and about teenagers, premieres in
February 1998.

Fashion advertising and clothing trends inspire the
popularity of the color orange, which replaces neon
green as the fad color of the year.

In October, a cyberfashion show at the M.I.T. Media Lab Wearable
Symposium features fashions with built-in computer devices and
electronic hardware. M.I.T. students designed the high-tech fashions.

Princess Diana tribute merchandise Fashion looks to tlie Far East The
abounds, including a double CD shck-on bindi, a tin decorative
set and a new _Beanie Baby named accent worn in the middle of the
Princess, a royal purple bear forehead, is popularized by Gwen
adorned with a rose. Profits Stefani, lead singe of the band
benefit the Diana, Princess of Wales No Doubt.
Memorial Fund.
"1wo Fat Ladies" becomes the Food
,. ,. ti Network's hottest new cooking show
in the U.S., attracting fans with its
65 Platform shoes, a fashion statement Nike introduces a new "I Can" unconventional British stars, two
during the disco '70s, make a style advertising campaign on New overweight, middle-aged women.
cosmetics is glimmering, "~" comeback in a big way in 1997, Year's Day. The company does not
inspiring even platform sneakers. plan to abandon its "Just Do It"
sparkling and colorful. @ slogan, introduced in 1985, which
Riding this wave, will continue to appear on T-shirts
cosmetics giant Christian and posters.
Dior introduces Mascara
Flash, temporary hair Diet Scent Patches are introduced
color in avariety of in June by Slimline, a British
outrageous tints. company. Designed to help people
diet successfully, the small arm
stickers produce an unpleasant
odor to discourage the wearer
from eating sweets.

General Motors

The Chevrolet Corvette
is named Motor Trend
magazine's 1998 Car of
the Year.

Anew $50 bill featuring a larger, off-center portrait of President Ulysses S. Grant is After nearly 40 years,
unveiled in October. Design details make the bill more difficult to forge. Mattel's Barbie doll
takes on a more realistic
face and body shape
than the Barbie of the
'60s. The new doll will
begin to appear in
stores in early 1998.

Mattel introduces Share a Smile
Becky in ay 1997. Seated in a
bright pink wheelchair, the doll is
marketedas a friend to the
tradition ' Barbie.

Mehndi, intricate
designs painted on the
body with henna dye,
is a popular expression
of the fashion trend
toward Eastern themes
and patterns.

Digital "pets" are a 1997 toy craze. These
virtual critters keep their owners busy by
beeping when they need care or feeding.
If ignored, they "die."

Popular board games Canada issues a Superhero postage
appear on CD-ROM in stamp series that includes a 45-cent
ever-growi ng num bers, stamp featuringthe colorful,
includinginteractive comic-bookimage of Superman.
favorites Monopoly,
Scrabble, Sorry, Risk
and Boggle.

Fox network launches "King of Scream 2, the chilling hit sequel to ,.,......,......charmitspy.s.lco.nt·.·. .-. tlhiee "Ya"m',pire Critically acclaimedAm1stad,
the Hill," an animated show that Scream, is a wildly successful mix directed by Steven Spielberg, tells
focuses on the lives of a propane of carnage and comedy starring Slifer'' blossbms,4nto· - - the story of an 1839 slave ship mutiny.
dealer from Texas and his family. Neve Campbell, Jerry O'Connell, The film culminates years of effort by
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• Religion is a common theme
on eight fall-season netwprk
1V shows inspired by the
success of CBS's "Touched
by anAngel!' starring Roma
Downey, Della Reese and
JohnDye. New programs
include ABC's 1'Nothing
Sacred" and "Teen Angel."

• Titanic is a huge critical and box-office success. The movie event of the
year, this $200 million picture is the most costly in history. After 45 days
in the theaters, Titanic had earned $308 million.

• Star Wars captures a new generation of fans when
George Lucas re-releases the film trilogy 20years
after the first film was shown. In Washington, D.C.,
the National Air and Space Museum mounts a huge
exhibition of now-historicStar Wars artifacts.

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• Michael Flatley's pulsating In the fall, Fox debuts • Matt Damon stars as an attorney
show "Lord of the Dance" "Ally McBeal," a in The Rainmaker, a movie based
fuels the extraordinary comedy/drama starring on the John Grisham novel.
popularity of Irish dance. Calista Flockhart as a Damon's successes also include
The show tours 15 cities in young Boston attorney. the film Good Will Hunting.
the U.S. through October. The show captures a
Golden Globe Award
in January 1998 for best
series/musical or comedy.

•Summer blockbuster • The 1997 season premiere
Men in Black grosses episode of "ER" is broadcast
more than $500 million live and draws 42.7 million
worldwide to become viewers for NBC, including
1997's biggest hit. those who watch it on a
The sci-fi comedy stars giant screen in Times Square.
Will Smith and Tommy
Lee Jones.

~ · Chumbawamba's hit single ~ Rap artist the Notorious B.I.G. is Milled in a
"Tubthumping" brings long-awaited March 1997 drive-by shooting in L@s Angeles.
success to this British band. He is posthumously awa.rded M s 1997 Best Rap
The song becomes popular at Video Award for "Hypnotize" and ,s named Spin
pro sports events, kicking off magazine's Artist of the Year.
games for several teams.

(~ Fiona Apple, 20, one of rock's
female superstars, is named
M1Vs Best New Artist in aVideo.
Her single "Criminal" soars to
the top of the charts.

((} With their hit single Lilith Fair, an all-female summer rock
"MMMBop," three young concert, draws large crowds on its
brothers from Tulsa 37-stop tour. Canadian singer-songwriteE
become one of the Sarah McLachlan mastermi.nds the festiv I
biggest breakthrough and releases a hit album, Surfacing.
acts of 1997 as the
band Hanson.

Country music superstar Walk This Way: The Autobiography Smash Mouth popularizes a genre
Garth Brooks releases Sevens, ofAerosmith chronicles the long of alternative rock known as neo-ska
his first album in two years. career of the band notorious for its with its hit single "Walkin' on the Sun"
The album sells 800,000 copies excesses in the '70s and '80s. The and debut album Fush Yu Mang.
the first week. group's new album Nine Lives is
nominated for a 1998 Grammy .

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British pop phenomenon,
the Spice Girls, makes
millions $th mega-hits
such as "Wannabe" and sells
14 million albums and
10 million singles.

Adam Yauch of the Beastie Boys engineers the second Tibetan

Freedom Concert, held in June in New York, offering 27 music acts
and a free-Tibet political message.

Third Eye Blind, after several
years in San Francisco's
underground music scene,
goes big time in 1997. Their
song "Semi-Charmed Life" is
listed as the top-selling
modern rock single for 1997
in Billboard magazine.

The album No Way Out by Puff ©Steve Jennings, Corbis
Daddy &the Family goes
multiplatinum. Puffy's single Sixteen-year-old R&B
"I'll Be Missing You," an elegy phenom Jonny Lang
to his friend the Notorious B.I.G., opens for the Rolling
also tops the charts. Stones' fall tour and
spends 16 weeks at
No. 1on Billboard's
blues chart with his
album Lie to Me.

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Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds, superstar Metallica releases a seventh album, At 15, country music sensation
producer songwriter singer, receives more 1998 Re-Load, that confinns its position LeAnn Rimes sells more than 12.5
Grammy nominations than any other artist, including as the premier heavy-metal band in million recordings in the U.S. in
one for his album The Day. Edmonds and wife the music world. 1997 and is named Billboard Music
Tracey also produce the film Soul Food in 1997. Awards Artist of the Year. Her single
Radiohead is Spin magazine's Band "How Do I Live" is one ofthe year's
of the Year. Critics praise best sellers.
Radiohead's album OK Computer,
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revolting, inscrutable, stunning •,
and gorgeous. The album recefy~s

a 1998 Grammy nomination fof
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Rock/Pop Album of the Year. .,

In July, 16-year-old Swiss tennis star
Martina Hingis becomes the youngest
Wimbledon champion since 1887.
Hingis wins three of the four 1997
Grand Slam events.

champs and the first team ever to win the Series
without winning its league pennant. The Marlins
defeat the Cleveland Indians in seven games.

Quarterback John Elway leads
the Denver Broncos to a31-24
victory over the Green Bay
Packers in Super Bowl XXXII in
San Diego,January 25, 1998. It is
Elway's first Super Bowl win in
four appearances.

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Tiger Woods, 21, becomes Mike'.fyson bites.of part of Evander
the youngest golfer ever to Holyfield's ear and is disqualified in
win the Masters Tournament. the WBA Heavywei ·ht rematch in June
His 18-under-par score sets 1997. 'fyson is finetl nearly $3 million
a Masters record. Woods and his boxing lice se is revoked.
wins 3other tournaments
and sets a PGA Tour"eamings
record of $2.1 million for
the season.

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Annlca Sorenstam, 26, tops the
LPGA eamings 1st in 1997 willl a
record $1,236,789.

Ptofessiolaal sports salaries keep
skyrockeling. One of the most
publdzed of 1997 is Kevin
Garnett's $126 ntilion contract to
play basketball for the Minnesota
Tlmberwolves.

Pittsburgh Penguins' Mario In April 1997, the premier issue of Charles Woodson, Michigan's versatile
Lemieux retires in April 1997 after Sports Illustrated Women hits junior cornerback, becomes the first
a spectacular comeback from the newsstands. The magazine primarily defensive player to win the
Hodgkin's disease and injury. reflects the explosive growth of Heisman Trophy,awarded in December.
Lemieux is elected to the Hockey female participation in sports.
Hall of Fame in September.

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The Chicago Bulls
beat the Utah Jazz
in June 1997 for
their fifth NBA
championship in
seven years. Michael
Jordan is chosen
Finals MVP a record
fifth time.

When the college football
season ends, two teams
share the national
championship. Michigan (12-0)
is named No. I by the sports
writers' poll, and Nebraska
(13-0) by the coaches' poll.

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Detroit Red Wings captain
Steve Yzerman powers his
team to the 1997 Stanley
Cup championship, its first
in 42 years, by sweeping
the Philadelphia Flyers in
four games.

In its debut season, the Women officiate in an all-male
WNBA exceeds all league professional sports league for
expectations for success. the first time. The pioneers,
The Houston Comets' Dee Kanter and Violet Palmer,
championship win are referees in the NBA.
over the New
York Liberty caps Mark McGwire, of the St. Louis
the 1997 season. Cardinals, slams 52 homers in
1996 and 58 in 1997. McGwire
becomes only the second player in Dean Smith, winningest coach in
baseball history with back-to-back, college basketball history, retires in
SO-home-run seasons, the other October after 36 seasons at North
being Babe Ruth. Carolina. Sports Illustrated names
him 1997 Sportsman of the Year.

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Miss Illinois, Katherine Shindle, is
crowned Miss America 1998. For the
first time in its 77-year history the
pageant allows contestants to wear
two-piece swimsuits in competition.

Chelsea Clinton begins her
freshman year at Stanford
University in Palo Alto, California.
Despite security measures, she
reportedly will lead as normal a
college !ife as possible.

For the first time, a computer Roman Catholic nun Mother Tere a of Calcutta
beats a world chess champion dies September 5at the age of 8 . Revered
when IBM's Deep Blue beats for a lifetime of helping the poor st of the
Russian Garry Kasparov in a poor, her many honors include th 1979 Nobel
six-game match in May 1997. Peace Prize.

American Jody Williams and the Ted Turner, vice chairman of the Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York,
International Campaign to Ban Land Time Warner media empire, pledges appears in ads as a spokesperson
Mines are awarded the 1997 Nobel $1 billion to United Nations programs. for Weight Watchers International.
Peace Prize in October. The U.S. and It is the largest single gift in She is the former wife of England's
China refuse to sign an international philanthropic history. Prince Andrew.
treaty that would ban land mines.
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