April 10, 1998★★★★★
Good Friday Agreement
The British and Irish governments and Northern Ireland's parties sign a peace agreement, ending most of the violence of the Troubles.
Treaty· United Kingdom, Ireland
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Events this year
May 11, 1998★★★★★
India's Pokhran-II nuclear tests
India conducts a series of nuclear weapons tests at Pokhran; Pakistan responds with its own tests later that month.
TechnologyPolitics· India, Pakistan
May 21, 1998★★★★★
Fall of Suharto
Amid the Asian financial crisis and mass protests, President Suharto resigns after 31 years in power, opening Indonesia's Reformasi era.
PoliticsRevolution· Indonesia
August 2, 1998 – July 18, 2003★★★★★
Second Congo War
War in the Democratic Republic of the Congo drew in the armies of numerous African states; the fighting and associated famine and disease caused millions of deaths.
War· DR Congo, Rwanda, Uganda, Angola, Zimbabwe, Namibia
September 4, 1998★★★★★
Google is founded
Larry Page and Sergey Brin incorporate Google, which becomes the world's most widely used search engine.
TechnologyEconomy· United States
November 20, 1998★★★★★
First module of the International Space Station launched
The Zarya module is launched from Baikonur, beginning assembly of the multinational International Space Station.
TechnologyScienceExploration· Russia, Kazakhstan, United States
Ongoing
July 23, 1983 – May 18, 2009★★★★★
Sri Lankan Civil War
A 26-year armed conflict between the Sri Lankan government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) ends in the LTTE's defeat.
War· Sri Lanka
1991 – 2001★★★★★
Yugoslav Wars
A series of ethnic conflicts and wars of independence accompany the break-up of Yugoslavia, killing an estimated 130,000–140,000 people and involving numerous war crimes.
War· Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Montenegro