Timeline
Discover what happened in this year with HISTORY’s summaries of major events, anniversaries, famous births and notable deaths.
**EXCLUSIVE** American domestic terrorist, luddite, and mathematics teacher Ted Kaczynski sits and poses during an interview in a visiting room at the Federal ADX Supermax prison in Florence, Colorado, August 30, 1999. (Photo by Stephen J. Dubner/Getty Images)
Director James Cameron raises his Oscar after winning in the Best Director Category during the 70th Academy Awards at Shrine Auditorium 23 March. Cameron won for his movie "Titanic." (ELECTRONIC IMAGE) AFP PHOTO/Timothy A. Clary (Photo by TIMOTHY A. CLARY / AFP) (Photo by TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP via Getty Images)
Movie poster for Steven Spielberg’s 1998 film, Saving Private Ryan.
Sen. John H. Glenn Jr., payload specialist, focuses in on a target of opportunity as he participates in earth observations photography from orbit above earth October 31, 1998. (photo by NASA)
WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 19: US President Bill Clinton (C) addresses the nation 19 December from the White House after the US House of Representatives impeached him on charges of perjury and obstruction of justice. (From L-R:) US House Minority Leader Richard Gephardt, Clinton, and US Vice President Albert Gore. (Photo credit should read GEORGE BRIDGES/AFP via Getty Images)
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