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Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened in March 1998.
The US president was Bill Clinton (Democrat), the UK Prime Minister was Tony Blair (Labour), Pope St John Paul II was leading the Catholic Church.

But much more happened on March 1998: find out below

Historical Events

Which were the important events of March 1998?

Events

01 Mar 1998 Art, opens at Royale Theater, New York City
02 Mar 1998 Data sent from the Galileo spacecraft indicates that Jupiter's moon Europa has a liquid ocean under a thick crust of ice.
03 Mar 1998 Bill Gates testifies at Senate Judiciary Committee
04 Mar 1998 Gay rights: Oncale v. Sundowner Offshore Services, Inc.: The Supreme Court of the United States rules that federal laws banning on-the-job sexual harassment also apply when both parties are the same sex.
05 Mar 1998 Mariah Carey divorces Tommy Lee Jones
06 Mar 1998 Matt Beck, an angry lottery accountant kills four at Connecticut state lottery.
07 Mar 1998 The Imperial Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan is fined for burning a cross in his garden and infringing air regulations in California.
10 Mar 1998 4th Blockbuster Entertainment Awards
12 Mar 1998 Sound of Music, opens at Martin Beck Theater, New York City
13 Mar 1998 The High-Z Supernova Search Team becomes the first team to publish evidence that the universe is expanding at an accelerating rate.
15 Mar 1998 Cabaret, opens at Club Expo Theater, New York City
19 Mar 1998 Ah Wilderness!, opens at Vivian Beaumont theater
22 Mar 1998 18th Golden Raspberry Awards
23 Mar 1998 70th Academy Awards: Titanic wins 11 Oscars, Jack Nicholson best actor, Helen Hunt best actress.
24 Mar 1998 Jonesboro massacre: Mitchell Johnson and Andrew Golden, aged 11 and 13 respectively, fire upon teachers and students at Westside Middle School in Jonesboro, Arkansas; five people are killed and ten are wounded.
26 Mar 1998 Oued Bouaicha massacre in Algeria: 52 people are killed with axes and knives; 32 of the killed are babies under the age of 2.
27 Mar 1998 Soul Train Award
29 Mar 1998 A series of tornadoes in southern Minnesota kills three people.
31 Mar 1998 Tampa Bay Devil Rays' first game; they host Detroit Tigers.
01 Mar 1998 Titanic became the first film to gross over $1 billion worldwide.