Historical eventNovember 201998
Taliban
A court in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan declares accused terrorist Osama bin Laden "a man without a sin" in regard to the 1998 U.S. embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania.
In context
- When
- Friday, November 20 199828 years ago
- Category
- Historical eventA dated happening — a battle, treaty, launch, discovery, disaster or decision — recorded on this calendar day.
- Era
- 20th century · 1990s
- Recorded from
- Wikipedia “On this day” feed
At a glance
Dates: From 1998.
What happened
The Taliban, officially known as the Islamic Movement of Taliban, also referring to itself by the name of the government it operates, the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is the ruling government and religious organization of Afghanistan, as well as a militant organization with an ideology comprising elements of the Deobandi movement of Islamic fundamentalism and Pashtun nationalism. It is de facto the sole legal political force in the country,
November 20 through the years
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- 1994Lusaka Protocol
- 1996Garley Building fire
- 1998Zarya (ISS module)
- 1998Taliban
- 2003November 15
- 20032003 Istanbul bombings
- 2015Radisson Blu Bamako attack
- 2016Jimmie Johnson
- 20222022 FIFA World Cup
Also in 1998
- May 11Pokhran-IIIndia began the Pokhran-II nuclear-weapons test, its first since the Smiling Buddha test 24 years earlier.
- September 14MCI CommunicationsTelecommunications companies MCI Communications and WorldCom complete their $37 billion merger to form MCI WorldCom.
- August 10Al-Muhtadee BillahHRH Prince Al-Muhtadee Billah is proclaimed the crown prince of Brunei with a Royal Proclamation.
- May 4Sacramento, CaliforniaA federal judge in Sacramento, California, gives "Unabomber" Theodore Kaczynski four life sentences plus 30 years after Kaczynski accepts…
- October 14Eric RudolphEric Rudolph is charged with six bombings, including the 1996 Centennial Olympic Park bombing in Atlanta, Georgia.
- August 17Clinton–Lewinsky scandalLewinsky scandal: US President Bill Clinton admits in taped testimony that he had an "improper physical relationship" with White House in…
- November 21SatanismFinnish satanist Jarno Elg kills a 23-year-old man and performs a ritual-like cutting and eating of body parts in Hyvinkää, Finland.
- January 4January 1998 North American ice stormA massive ice storm hits eastern Canada and the northeastern United States, continuing through January 10 and causing widespread destruct…
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November 20 1998 — 28 years ago, on a Friday.
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