8 January 1998Accelerating Expansion AnnouncedSaul Perlmutter
Perlmutter publicly presents Supernova Cosmology Project evidence that the expansion of the universe is not being halted by gravity and is instead accelerating.
Historical records for United States of America in 1998, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
Perlmutter publicly presents Supernova Cosmology Project evidence that the expansion of the universe is not being halted by gravity and is instead accelerating.
Is inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Eagles.
Tom Clancy signs agreement to purchase Minnesota Vikings for slightly more than $200 million
Death of Carl Wilson, the Beach Boys officially break up shortly after Carl Wilson's death
Voyager 1 passes Pioneer 10 to become the most distant human-made object.
Wins Album of the Year for Time Out of Mind.
Galileo makes another targeted pass of Europa during the extended mission.
Produces a television miniseries about the Apollo program.
Leads a commission that establishes the principles of non-violence to which all parties in Northern Ireland adhere and chairs the all-party peace negotiations leading to the Belfast Peace Agreement signed on Good Friday
Cross-border links & constitutional & ecomomic changes in North Ireland are agreed
Cross-border links & constitutional & ecomomic changes in North Ireland are agreed. Chairs negotiations which lead to the Good Friday Accord
Leads a commission that establishes the principles of non-violence to which all parties in Northern Ireland adhere and chairs the all-party peace negotiations leading to the Belfast Peace Agreement signed on Good Friday
Cassini performs its first Venus gravity assist while travelling toward Saturn and conducts limited observations of the planet.
Death of Frank Sinatra
Says of North Ireland, "Peace is no longer a dream. It is a reality"
Galileo conducts a further Europa encounter to examine the icy surface and surrounding environment.
Voyager 1's infrared interferometer spectrometer is switched off to conserve limited electrical power.
Arrives in China & receives an open letter from founders of the China Democratic Party
Clinton apearrs on Chinese TV with Jing Zemin discussing human rights
Clinton apearrs on Chinese TV with Jing Zemin discussing human rights
Gives a lecture at Beijing University on the importance of human rights
Gives a lecture at Beijing University on the importance of human rights
For his involvement in the Northern Ireland peace negotiations, Mitchell is awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Liberty Medal
Galileo returns to Europa during a sequence of repeated extended-mission encounters.
Al-Qaeda bomb the US Tanzanian embassy. Al-Qaeda bomb the US Kenyan embassy
Al-Qaeda bomb the US Tanzanian embassy
Al-Qaeda bomb the US Kenyan embassy
Revenge for Al-Qaeda bombings of US embassies in Kenya & Tanzania on 7th Aug
Revenge for Al-Qaeda bombings of US embassies in Kenya & Tanzania on 7th Aug
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I think the danger right now is that without effective inspections, without effective monitoring, Iraq can in a very short period of time measure the months, reconstitute chemical biological weapons, long-range ballistic missiles to deliver these weapons, and even certain aspects of their nuclear weaponization
Iraq today is challenging the special commission to come up with a weapon and say where is the weapon in Iraq, and yet part of their efforts to conceal their capabilities, I believe, have been to disassemble weapons into various components and to hide these
Ritter said: "Iraq still has proscribed weapons capability. There needs to be a careful distinction here.
components throughout Iraq.
program.
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I think the danger right now is that without effective inspections, without effective monitoring, Iraq can in a very short period of time measure the months, reconstitute chemical biological weapons, long-range ballistic missiles to deliver these weapons, and even certain aspects of their nuclear weaponization
Iraq today is challenging the special commission to come up with a weapon and say where is the weapon in Iraq, and yet part of their efforts to conceal their capabilities, I believe, have been to disassemble weapons into various components and to hide these
Ritter said: "Iraq still has proscribed weapons capability. There needs to be a careful distinction here.
components throughout Iraq.
program.
Galileo passes Europa again, continuing the extended survey of its geology and space environment.
Galileo magnetic data support the presence of an electrically conducting layer, consistent with a salty subsurface ocean.
Clinton hosts Netanyahu and Arafat at Wye River to revive Oslo implementation
Mediates the Wye River Memorandum between Netanyahu and Arafat.
Signs Iraq Liberation Act, it becomes US Policy to support "regime change" in Iraq
Congress made findings of past Iraqi military actions in violation of International Law and that Iraq had denied entry of United Nations Special Commission on Iraq (UNSCOM) inspectors into its country.
Signs Iraq Liberation Act, it becomes US Policy to support "regime change" in Iraq.
The Act anticipates the future need for War Crimes Tribunals in Iraq.
The stated purpose is: "to establish a program to support a transition to democracy in Iraq".
Congress made findings of past Iraqi military actions in violation of International Law and that Iraq had denied entry of United Nations Special Commission on Iraq (UNSCOM) inspectors into its country
Congress made findings of past Iraqi military actions in violation of International Law and that Iraq had denied entry of United Nations Special Commission on Iraq (UNSCOM) inspectors into its country
Galileo performs another Europa flyby during the Europa Mission extension.
Reports supernova evidence that cosmic expansion is accelerating.
Reports independent supernova evidence for accelerated cosmic expansion.
Riess leads the analysis reporting observational evidence from Type Ia supernovae for an accelerating universe and a positive cosmological constant.
Chaired by former US Senator George Mitchell, the talks are advanced by a high-profile set of mediators, including British Prime Minister Tony Blair, Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern, and President Bill Clinton
Chaired by former US Senator George Mitchell, the talks are advanced by a high-profile set of mediators, including British Prime Minister Tony Blair, Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern, and President Bill Clinton
Relates thermal phase transitions in anti-de Sitter black holes to confinement transitions in the dual gauge theory.
ARRB processing helped researchers locate assassination records under both the Sturgis and Fiorini names, including files concerning Cuba and exile activity.
The Assassination Records Review Board's work brought additional federal records concerning Sturgis, Frank Fiorini, Cuban operations, and assassination allegations into public access.
Mike Love and Bruce Johnston maintain the rights to the name and continue to tour with their own band as The Beach Boys
Mike Love and Bruce Johnston maintain the rights to the name and continue to tour with their own band as The Beach Boys
Publication of "Bech At Bay: A Quasi-Novel"
Publication of "Charming Billy"
Perlmutter measures distant supernovae indicating that cosmic expansion is accelerating
Riess measures distant supernovae showing cosmic acceleration, adding dark energy to Big Bang cosmology
Turner introduces the expression dark energy for the unknown component associated with the newly discovered acceleration of cosmic expansion.
Stars in Desperate Measures
Galileo magnetic observations strengthen the interpretation that Europa contains an electrically conductive layer beneath its icy exterior.
Kirshner contributes to the High-z team's supernova distance analysis and interpretation of the evidence that cosmic expansion is accelerating.
Garnavich and colleagues use distant supernova observations to constrain cosmological models, finding evidence favouring a positive cosmological constant.
Filippenko contributes spectroscopic identification and analysis of distant Type Ia supernovae used by the High-z team to establish cosmic acceleration.
Receives an Honorary Cesar recognizing his contribution to cinema.
Walken plays an influential gay New York theater critic in John Turturros film Illuminata
Walken plays an influential gay New York theater critic in John Turturros film Illuminata
Publishes his memoir Light My Fire: My Life with The Doors.
Barish directs LIGO construction and organisation during its transformation into a major observatory
Appointed President of the National Rifle Association
National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor, Clean and Sober
Vilas contributes to continued observational studies of Neptune's incomplete outer ring structures.
Publication of "Now And Then"
Receives a Producers Guild lifetime achievement honor for work in motion pictures.
Steinhardt develops quintessence models in which a slowly evolving scalar field can drive accelerated expansion without requiring a strictly constant vacuum energy.
Caldwell studies a cosmic component with negative pressure and a general equation of state, helping establish quintessence as an alternative to a constant vacuum energy.
When the allegations against her husband are first made public, Hillary Clinton states that they are the result of a "vast right-wing conspiracy". Dismisses the Lewinsky charges as the latest in a long, organized, collaborative series of charges by Clinton political enemies, rather than any wrongdoing by her husband
Clinton says, "I have never had sexual relations with Monica Lewinsky. Ive never had an affair with her."
Suntzeff contributes nearby-supernova calibration and observational expertise that supports the High-z team's measurement of accelerated expansion.
Publication of "The Hours"
Stars in, "The Odd Couple II"
Publication of "The Poisonwood Bible"
Stars in U.S. Marshals
The Beach Boys are inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame
Armstrongs comeback is signalled by finishing 4th in the Vuelta a Espana
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