Disasters with highest death tolls - Hurricane Mitch
Time: Thursday Oct 22, 1998
Place: Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Guatemala, Belize, Mexico
Details: Hurricane Mitch is the second-deadliest Atlantic hurricane on record, causing over 11,000 fatalities in Central America in 1998, including approximately 7,000 in Honduras and 3,800 in Nicaragua due to catastrophic flooding from the slow motion of the storm.
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Wednesday Oct 22, 1879 - New Jersey, U.S.
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Sunday Oct 22, 1911 - Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
Xinhai Revolution-Changsha Restoration
Sunday Oct 22, 1911 - Changsha, Hunan, China
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October 1998
Sony Corporation-Launching Their Memory Stick
Oct, 1998 - Tokyo, Japan
Nokia-Becoming The Best-Selling Mobile Phone Brand
Oct, 1998 - Espoo, Finland
Impeachment of Bill Clinton-Commence Impeachment Proceedings Against Clinton
Thursday Oct 8, 1998 - House of Representatives, Washington D.C., U.S.
Stan Lee-Stan Lee Media
Oct, 1998 - Beverly Hills, California, U.S.
Francesco Totti-First Senior Cap
Saturday Oct 10, 1998 - Italy
1998
Banking Frauds and Hacks-China Construction Bank
1998 - Zhengzhou, China
Mobile Phones-Trialing Mobile payments
1998 - Finland - Sweden
Mobile Phones-The First downloadable Content Sold To Mobile Phones
1998 - Finland
Kosovo War-KLA attacks targeting Yugoslav authorities in Kosovo
1998 - Kosovo
Nokia-Producing the World's first digital terrestrial television
1998 - Espoo, Finland