February 1998

Monday 02:

A Cebu Pacific airlines DC-9-32 crashes into a mountain near Cagayan de Oro, Philippines, killing 104

Tuesday 03:

Cavalese cable-car disaster: a United States Military pilot causes the death of 20 skiers in Italy riding on a lift suspended by a cable snapped by the low-flying plane.

Wednesday 04:

An earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter Scale in northeast Afghanistan kills more than 5,000.

Friday 06:

Washington National Airport is renamed Ronald Reagan National Airport.

Saturday 07:

The 1998 Winter Olympic Games open in Nagano, Japan.

Tuesday 10:

Voters in Maine repeal a gay rights law passed in 1997 becoming the first U.S. state to abandon such a law.

Thursday 12:

The presidential line-item veto is declared unconstitutional by United States federal judge.

Saturday 14:

Authorities in the United States announce that Eric Robert Rudolph is a suspect in an Alabama abortion clinic bombing.

Monday 16:

China Airlines Flight 676 crashed into a residential area near by Chiang Kai-shek International Airport, killing 202 people, included all 196 on board and six on the ground.

Wednesday 18:

Two white separatists are arrested in Nevada and accused of plotting a biological attack on New York City subways.

Friday 20:

The afternoon newspaper Nashville Banner publishes its final edition.

Monday 23:

Netscape Communications Corporation announces the foundation of mozilla.org, to co-ordinate the development of the open source Mozilla web browser.

Saturday 28:

Kosovo War: Serbian police begin the offensive againt the KLA in Kosovo.