November 1998

Sunday 01:

The European Court of Human Rights is instituted.

Tuesday 03:

Former professional wrestler Jesse Ventura is elected Governor of the U.S. state of Minnesota.

Thursday 05:

The journal Nature publishes a genetic study showing compelling evidence that Thomas Jefferson fathered a son, Eston Hemings Jefferson, by his slave Sally Hemings.

Friday 06:

Hugo Chávez is elected president of Venezuela

Monday 09:

Brokerage houses are ordered to pay US$1.03 billion to cheated NASDAQ investors to compensate for their price-fixing. This is the largest civil settlement in United States history.

Thursday 12:

Daimler-Benz completes a merger with Chrysler to form Daimler-Chrysler.

Saturday 14:

Dennis Rodman and Carmen Electra are married in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Wednesday 18:

Alice McDermott wins the National Book Award with her novel Charming Billy.

Thursday 19:

1998 - Vincent van Gogh's "Portrait of the Artist Without Beard" sells at auction for US$71.5 million.

Friday 20:

A court in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan declares accused terrorist Osama bin Laden "a man without a sin" in regards to the 1998 U.S. embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania.

Tuesday 24:

America Online announces it will acquire Netscape Communications in a stock-for-stock transaction worth US$4.2 billion.

Thursday 26:

Tony Blair becomes the first Prime Minister of the United Kingdom to address the Republic of Ireland's parliament.

Monday 30:

Deutsche Bank announces a US$10 billion deal to buy Bankers Trust, thus creating the largest financial institution in the world.