December 1998

Tuesday 01:

Exxon announces a US$73.7 billion deal to buy Mobil, thus creating Exxon-Mobil, the largest company on the planet.

Friday 04:

The second module of the International Space Station, Unity, was launched.

Tuesday 08:

81 people killed by armed groups in the Tadjena massacre in Algeria.

Friday 11:

A Thai Airways Airbus A310-200 crashes just short of runway at Surat Thani Airport, killing 101.

Wednesday 16:

Operation Desert Fox: American and British troops begin to bomb Iraqi targets after Iraq obstructs UN weapons inspectors.

Thursday 17:

Claudia Benton is murdered in her West University, Texas home by Angel Maturino Resendiz. She is his fifth murder victim in his fourth incident.

Saturday 19:

The U.S. House of Representatives passes articles of impeachment against President Bill Clinton over the Lewinsky scandal.

Saturday 26:

1998 - Severe gales over Ireland, northern England, and southern Scotland. Widespread disruption, widespread power outages in Northern Ireland and southern Scotland

Monday 28:

Claudia Benton of West University Place, Texas is murdered in her home by Angel Maturino Resendiz. This is Angel's third victim in his third incident.

Tuesday 29:

Leaders of the Khmer Rouge apologize for the genocide in Cambodia that claimed over 1 million in the 1970s.