November 1998

November 1998 was a month with thirty days.

The following events also occurred during the month:

Current events of 1 November 1998 (1998-11-01) (Sunday) edit history watch The European Court of Human Rights is instituted. Current events of 3 November 1998 (1998-11-03) (Tuesday) edit history watch Jesse Ventura, former professional wrestler, is elected Governor of Minnesota. Edmonton, Canada and Wonju, South Korea are declared as sister cities. Current events of 5 November 1998 (1998-11-05) (Thursday) edit history watch Lewinsky scandal: As part of the impeachment inquiry, House Judiciary Committee chairman Henry Hyde sends a list of 81 questions to U.S. President Bill Clinton. The journal Nature publishes a genetic study showing compelling evidence that Thomas Jefferson fathered his slave Sally Hemings' son Eston Hemings Jefferson. Myra Hindley loses her second appeal in 11 months against her whole life tariff. Current events of 7 November 1998 (1998-11-07) (Saturday) edit history watch John Glenn returns to Earth aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery. Current events of 9 November 1998 (1998-11-09) (Monday) edit history watch In the largest civil settlement in United States history, a federal judge approves a US$1.03 billion settlement requiring dozens of brokerage houses (including Merrill Lynch, Goldman Sachs, and Salomon Smith Barney) to pay investors who claim they were cheated in a widespread price-fixing scheme on the NASDAQ. The United Kingdom formally abolishes the death penalty. Current events of 12 November 1998 (1998-11-12) (Thursday) edit history watch Daimler-Benz completes a merger with Chrysler Corporation to form Daimler-Chrysler. Current events of 13 November 1998 (1998-11-13) (Friday) edit history watch Theglobe.com goes public, opening up 1000% and setting a stock market record for highest rising IPO in history. This became one of the first and most widely publicized IPOs of the internet boom. Iraq disarmament crisis: U.S. President Bill Clinton orders airstrikes on Iraq, then calls them off at the last minute when Iraq promises once again to "unconditionally" cooperate with UNSCOM. Current events of 19 November 1998 (1998-11-19) (Thursday) edit history watch Lewinsky scandal: The United State House of Representatives' Judiciary Committee begins impeachment hearings against U.S. President Bill Clinton. Current events of 20 November 1998 (1998-11-20) (Friday) edit history watch A court in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan declares accused terrorist Osama bin Laden "a man without a sin" in regard to the 1998 U.S. embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania. Galina Starovoitova, Russian legislator and democracy advocate, is assassinated in Saint Petersburg, Russia. At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the first component for the International Space Station (Zarya, or sunrise,) is launched. Current events of 23 November 1998 (1998-11-23) (Monday) edit history watch Iraq disarmament crisis: According to UNSCOM, Iraq once again ends cooperation with the United Nations inspectors, alternately intimidating and withholding information from them. Current events of 24 November 1998 (1998-11-24) (Tuesday) edit history watch America Online announces it will acquire Netscape Communications in a stock-for-stock transaction worth US$4.2 billion. Current events of 26 November 1998 (1998-11-26) (Thursday) edit history watch Tony Blair becomes the first Prime Minister of the United Kingdom to address the Dáil Éireann, the Republic of Ireland's parliament. Japan and China sign the Japan-China Joint Declaration On Building a Partnership of Friendship and Cooperation for Peace and Development. Current events of 30 November 1998 (1998-11-30) (Monday) edit history watch Deutsche Bank announces a US$10 billion deal to buy Bankers Trust, thus creating the largest financial institution in the world.

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