What Happened on November 20, 1998

Historical Events

Osama bin Laden

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

First module of the International Space Station, Zarya, is launched

Events in 1998

Famous Deaths

Dick Sisler. American baseball utility (World Series 1946 St. Louis Cardinals; MLB All Star 1950), manager (Cincinnati Reds 1964–65) and coach (World Series 1967 St. L. Cardinals), dies at 78
Galina Starovoitova, Russian politician and dissident, assassinated at 52
Meredith Gourdine, American long jumper (Olympic silver 1952), dies at 69

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