General Reinsurance Corporation(Gen Re)
Time: 1998
Place: Stamford, Connecticut, U.S.
Details: In 1998 Buffett acquired General Re (Gen Re) as a subsidiary in a deal that presented difficulties—according to the Rational Walk investment website, "underwriting standards proved to be inadequate," while a "problematic derivatives book" was resolved after numerous years and a significant loss.
‹ Earlier in historyThe baht reached its lowest point of 56 units to the U.S. dollarJan, 1998 Later in history ›Milošević denies that he gave Orders to Massacre Albanians1998
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Dwayne Johnson-Pursue a New Career
1996 - Stamford, Connecticut, U.S.
Dwayne Johnson-Monday Night Raw Debut
Monday Nov 4, 1996 - Stamford, Connecticut, U.S.
Dwayne Johnson-Johnson Defeated Bret Hart
Monday Mar 31, 1997 - Stamford, Connecticut, U.S.
Dwayne Johnson-WWF Contract
1996 - Stamford, Connecticut, U.S.
Dwayne Johnson-The Blue Chipper
1996 - Stamford, Connecticut, U.S.
Dwayne Johnson-The Brooklyn Brawler
Sunday Mar 10, 1996 - Stamford, Connecticut, U.S.
Donald Trump-WWE Hall of Fame
2013 - U.S.
Dollar Tree-Expansion of dollar stores after selling K&K stores to KB Toys
1991 - U.S.
KFC-PepsiCo
Jul, 1982 - Harrison, New York, U.S.
Bank of America-Master Charge
1966 - New York, U.S.
Warren Buffett-International Business Machines Corporation (IBM)
Nov, 2011 - Armonk, New York, U.S.
IBM-Monopoly
1970s - U.S.
IBM-Universal Product Code
1974 - U.S.
IBM-Best Workplaces for Commuters
Sep, 2005 - U.S.
IBM-Relocation
1964 - Armonk, New York, U.S.
IBM-IBM System/370
1970 - U.S.
IBM-PwC
2003 - U.S.
IBM-IBM's tabulating equipment
1937 - U.S.
IBM-IBM System/360
Tuesday Apr 7, 1964 - U.S.
IBM-The Biggest Loss
Thursday Apr 1, 1993 - U.S.
IBM-IBM
1933 - New York, U.S.
IBM-Magnetic stripe card
1969 - U.S.
Mark Zuckerberg-Birth
Monday May 14, 1984 - White Plains, New York, U.S.
Donald Trump-Trump's father
1905 - The Bronx, New York, U.S.
Warren Buffett-Graham-Newman Corp
1950s - New York, U.S.
Disasters with highest death tolls-Great Blizzard of 1888
Mar, 1888 - U.S.
Donald Trump-Birth
Friday Jun 14, 1946 - Queens, New York, U.S.
Sojourner Truth-Changed her name
Thursday Jun 1, 1843 - U.S.
Nikola Tesla-New York Herald Tribune published an article on Tesla
Wednesday Jul 11, 1934 - New York, U.S.
Angelina Jolie-Romeo and Juliet
Friday May 10, 1996 - City Island, New York, United States
Sojourner Truth-Met Robert Matthews
1832 - New York, U.S.
Joe Biden-Biden is an inductee of the Delaware Volunteer Firemen's Association Hall of Fame
2009 - Delaware, New York, U.S.
Donald Trump-First Presidential debate (2016)
Monday Sep 26, 2016 - Hofstra University, Hempstead, New York, U.S.
Papa John's Pizza-Opening the 4,000th Papa John's Pizza Restaurant
Sep, 2012 - New Hyde Park, New York, U.S.
Dwayne Johnson-SummerSlam (2002)
Sunday Aug 25, 2002 - Uniondale, New York, U.S.
Dwayne Johnson-Second WCW Championship
Monday Nov 5, 2001 - Uniondale, New York, U.S.
Marcus Garvey-International League for Darker People
Thursday Jan 2, 1919 - U.S.
Angelina Jolie-To New York
1981 - Palisades, New York, United States
Donald Trump-Fordham University
1964 - New York, U.S.
Trivial Pursuit-The rights to the game were initially licensed
1982 - U.S.
Sojourner Truth-Truth escaped to freedom with her infant daughter Sophia
1826 - U.S.
Marcus Garvey-Garvey launched a New York branch of UNIA
May, 1917 - New York, U.S.
Stan Lee-Standard of living as a teen
1930s - 1720 University Ave, Bronx, New York, U.S.
Donald Trump-The First Presbyterian Church
1950s - Jamaica, Queens, New York, U.S.
Mass Shootings in the United States-Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting
Friday Dec 14, 2012 - Newtown, Connecticut, U.S.
W. E. B. Du Bois-The Birth of a Nation
Monday Feb 8, 1915 - U.S.
Angelina Jolie-Breakthrough Performance Award
Friday Dec 18, 1998 - United States
Plane Accidents-American Airlines Flight 587
Monday Nov 12, 2001 - Queens, New York, U.S.
US Airways Flight 1549: Sully-Takeoff
Monday Jan 5, 2009 at 03:24:00 PM - New York, U.S.
Vodafone-Selling Version Wireless
Monday Sep 2, 2013 - New York, U.S.
George Washington-Battle of Fort Washington
Sunday Nov 17, 1776 - Washington Heights, Manhattan, New York, U.S.
Richard Nixon-Death
Friday Apr 22, 1994 at 09:08:00 PM - New York Hospital–Cornell Medical Center, Manhattan, New York, U.S.
Hot Dog-The use of the complete phrase hot dog in reference to sausage
1900 - New York, U.S.
Stan Lee-Buying a house and having children
1949 - Woodmere, New York, U.S.
Donald Trump-The Trump Organization
1971 - New York, U.S.
Marcus Garvey-UNIA also obtained Liberty Hall
Apr, 1916 - Harlem, New York City, New York, U.S.
Marcus Garvey-Garvey incorporated the Negro Factories League
Jan, 1920 - U.S.
Marcus Garvey-Liberty Hall's dedication ceremony
Jul, 1919 - Harlem, New York City, New York, U.S.
Marcus Garvey-Marriage
Thursday Dec 25, 1919 - Harlem, New York City, New York, U.S.
Marcus Garvey-Garvey sacked both the Black Star Line's secretary and its captain
Jul, 1920 - U.S.
Marcus Garvey-Black Star Line company had accumulated $50,000
Sep, 1919 - U.S.
Marcus Garvey-UNIA also began selling shares for the Black Star Line
1919 - New York City, New York, U.S.
Marcus Garvey-Garvey was arrested
Jan, 1922 - U.S.
Red Summer-New York race riots
Sunday Jul 20, 1919 - New York City, New York, U.S.
Lucky Luciano-"Night of the Sicilian Vespers"
Thursday Sep 10, 1931 - Manhattan, New York, U.S.
Marcus Garvey-Arrived U.S.
1916 - Harlem, New York City, New York, U.S.
Marcus Garvey-Circulation of Negro World was nearing 10,000
1919 - U.S.
Marcus Garvey-Negro World
Apr, 1918 - Harlem, New York, U.S.
Marcus Garvey-UNIA put forward its plans to bring 3000 African-American migrants to Liberia
Feb, 1924 - U.S.
Marcus Garvey-Garvey attracted Hubert Fauntleroy Julian
Jun, 1922 - U.S.
Marcus Garvey-Assassination attempt
Oct, 1919 - U.S.
Marcus Garvey-Dissatisfaction with Sherrill's leadership
Feb, 1926 - New York City, New York, U.S.
Ho Chi Minh-Thành (Ho) traveled to The United States
1912 - New York, U.S.
Marcus Garvey-Separated
1921 - New York City, New York, U.S.
W. E. B. Du Bois-Silent Parade
Sunday Jul 29, 1917 - 57th Street, New York City, New York, U.S.
Fidel Castro-Travelling to New York City for the General Assembly of the United Nations
Sep, 1960 - Hotel Theresa, Harlem, New York, U.S.
Marcus Garvey-Garvey shared a stage with Harrison at the inaugural meeting of the latter's Liberty League of Negro-Americans
Jun, 1917 - U.S.
Uber-Uber began offering a helicopter taxi service between Manhattan and John F. Kennedy International Airport
Oct, 2019 - New York City, New York, U.S.
Angelina Jolie-Jolie Legal Fellowship
2011 - Worldwide
Marcus Garvey-Garvey initially signed up to fight but was ruled physically unfit to do so
Apr, 1917 - U.S.
Angelina Jolie-Council on Foreign Relations
Jun, 2007 - New York, New York, United States
Warren Buffett-Columbia Business School
1951 - Columbia Business School, New York, U.S.
Winston Churchill-Churchill was crossing Fifth Avenue in New York City
Sunday Dec 13, 1931 - New York City, New York, U.S.
Central Park Jogger Case-Meili Aftermath
Monday May 1, 1989 - Manhattan, New York, U.S.
Laser-Gordon Gould noted his ideas for a "laser"
Nov, 1957 - Columbia University, New York, U.S.
John Forbes Nash Jr.: A Beautiful Mind-Lecture fail
1959 - Columbia University, New York, U.S.
Dwight D. Eisenhower-Eisenhower tendered his resignation as Colombia University president
Saturday Nov 15, 1952 - New York City, New York, U.S.
Donald Trump-Trump began his career
1968 - New York, U.S.
Franklin D. Roosevelt-School of Law
1904 - New York, U.S.
Dwight D. Eisenhower-Eisenhower became President of Columbia University
1948 - New York City, New York, U.S.
Dwight D. Eisenhower-Trustees of Columbia University declined to accept Eisenhower's offer to resign
Dec, 1950 - New York City, New York, U.S.
Laser-Charles Hard Townes and graduate students James P. Gordon and Herbert J. Zeiger produced the first microwave amplifier
1953 - Columbia University, New York, U.S.
George Washington-Alexander was captured
Saturday Aug 31, 1776 - New York, U.S.
Malcolm X-Leader of Temple No.7
May, 1954 - Harlem, New York, U.S.
Spanish Flu-Mount Sinai School of Medicine Report
Jun, 2010 - New York, U.S.
Bank of America-Top federal prosecutor in Manhattan filed a lawsuit alleging that Bank of America fraudulently cost American taxpayers more than $1 billion
Wednesday Oct 24, 2012 - New York City, New York, U.S.
Kevin Hart-Hart has also hosted on HQ Trivia and gave away $100,000 to 1 person with Scott Rogowsky
Wednesday Sep 26, 2018 - U.S.
Central Park Jogger Case-The Attacks
Wednesday Apr 19, 1989 at 09 PM - Manhattan, New York, U.S.
Stan Lee-Living in a rented house
1940s - 90th East, Manhattan, New York, U.S.
Central Park Jogger Case-The Reservoir Area Attack
Wednesday Apr 19, 1989 at 09 PM - Manhattan, New York, U.S.
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
1997 Asian financial crisis-Hyundai Motor Company took over Kia Motors
1998 - South Korea
1997 Asian financial crisis-Samsung Motors' $5 billion venture was dissolved due to the crisis
1998 - South Korea
1997 Asian financial crisis-The output of the real economy declined plunging the country into its first recession for many years
1998 - Malaysia
1997 Asian financial crisis-China was unaffected by the crisis
1998 - China
HTC-First touch devices
1998 - Taoyuan City, Taiwan
1997 Asian financial crisis-The baht reached its lowest point of 56 units to the U.S. dollar
Jan, 1998 - Thailand
Slobodan Milošević-Milošević denies that he gave Orders to Massacre Albanians
1998 - Albania
Martin Bormann-The Remains were conclusively identified as Bormann's
1998 - Germany
Adidas-Adidas Sued The NCAA
1998 - Germany
Nokia-Nokia co-founded Symbian Ltd.
1998 - London, England, United Kingdom
Google LLC-Early Investments In Google
1998 - Menlo Park, California, U.S.
Cinnabon-AFC Enterprises, Inc. bought Cinnabon
1998 - Miami, Florida, U.S.
Windows-Windows 98
1998 - Redmond, Washington, United States
1997 Asian financial crisis-11,000 rupiah to 1 U.S. dollar
Friday Jan 9, 1998 - Indonesia
Impeachment of Bill Clinton-Commit Perjury
Monday Jan 12, 1998 - U.S.
Croatian War of Independence-The UNTAES mandate ended
Thursday Jan 15, 1998 - Croatia
Dwayne Johnson-Royal Rumble (1998)
Monday Jan 19, 1998 - San Jose, California, U.S.
Ted Kaczynski-Kaczynski's items were sold at auction
Wednesday Jan 21, 1998 - California, United States
Ted Kaczynski-Kaczynski started standing competent to stand trial
Wednesday Jan 21, 1998 - California, United States
Ted Kaczynski-Kaczynski judged life imprisonment
Thursday Jan 22, 1998 - California, United States
Dwayne Johnson-King of the Ring (1998)
Wednesday Jan 28, 1998 - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Bin Laden-Individual Duty
Jan, 1998 - Afghanistan
1997 Asian financial crisis-President Suharto sacked Bank Indonesia Governor
Feb, 1998 - Indonesia
Plane Accidents-Airbus A300B4-622R
Monday Feb 16, 1998 at 08 PM - Chiang Kai-shek International Airport
Francesco Totti-Win goal against Napoli
Sunday Feb 22, 1998 - Naples, Italy
Ayman al-Zawahiri-World Islamic Front Against Jews and Crusaders
Monday Feb 23, 1998 - Afghanistan
Nintendo-The Game Boy Color
1998 - Kyoto, Japan
Colombian conflict-The Attack on El Billar
Monday Mar 2, 1998 - El Billar, Caquetá
Kosovo War-A massive firefight at the Jashari compound
Thursday Mar 5, 1998 - Kosovo
Atari, Inc.-Hasbro Interactive
Friday Mar 13, 1998 - Beverly, Massachusetts, U.S.
PlayStation-the DualShock controller
1998 - Tokyo, Japan
Bin Laden-First official Interpol arrest warrant
Monday Mar 16, 1998 - Libya
Ruby Bridges-1998 made-for-TV movie Ruby Bridges
1998 - U.S.
Kosovo War-Yugoslav forces surrounded the village of Glodjane
Tuesday Mar 24, 1998 - Glodjane, Kosovo
Dwayne Johnson-WrestleMania XIV
Sunday Mar 29, 1998 - Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Dwayne Johnson-New Intercontinental Championship Design
Monday Mar 30, 1998 - U.S.
Impeachment of Bill Clinton-Jones Had Failed to Show any Damages
Apr, 1998 - U.S.
Shaquille O'Neal-The 1997–98 season
1998 - U.S.
James Bond-The Facts of Death was published
Friday May 8, 1998 - London, England, United Kingdom
Frank Sinatra-Death
Thursday May 14, 1998 - Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles,California, U.S.
Kosovo War-the only meeting between Milošević and Ibrahim Rugova happened on 15 May in Belgrade
Friday May 15, 1998 - Belgrade, Serbia
World Trade Organization-World Trade Organization Ministerial Conference of 1998
Monday May 18, 1998 - Geneva, Switzerland
Vladimir Putin-Chief of Presidential Staff
Monday May 25, 1998 - Moscow, Russia
Nuclear Power-First nuclear weapon test in Pakistan
Thursday May 28, 1998 - Pakistan
Kosovo War-An Operation to clear the border of the KLA
Sunday May 31, 1998 - Serbia
Dwayne Johnson-Over the Edge: In Your House
Sunday May 31, 1998 - Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.
Jim Carrey-Taking a pay cut
Monday Jun 1, 1998 - Los Angeles, California,U.S.
Symbian OS-Symbian Ltd.
1998 - Southwark, London, United Kingdom
Sepp Blatter-1998 Election
Monday Jun 8, 1998 - FIFA headquarters, Zurich, Switzerland
Bin Laden-First indicted by a grand jury of the United States
Monday Jun 8, 1998 - U.S.
Kosovo War-National Emergency
Tuesday Jun 9, 1998 - U.S.
Michael Jordan-Delta Center
Sunday Jun 14, 1998 - Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.
Ayman al-Zawahiri-Al-Qaeda congress
Tuesday Jun 23, 1998 - Afghanistan
Bin Laden-Al-Qaeda congress
Wednesday Jun 24, 1998 - Afghanistan
Kobe Bryant-The youngest NBA All-Star starter in NBA history
Tuesday Jul 7, 1998 - Madison Square Garden, New York, U.S.
FIFA World Cup-A 32 teams World Cup
Friday Jul 10, 1998 - France
Zinedine Zidane-World Cup 1998
Sunday Jul 12, 1998 - Saint-Denis, France
Kosovo War-Villages were captured
Friday Jul 17, 1998 - Kosovo
Nelson Mandela-3rd Marriage
Saturday Jul 18, 1998 - South Africa
Dwayne Johnson-Fully Loaded: In Your House
Sunday Jul 26, 1998 - Fresno, California, U.S.
Kosovo War-A new set of KLA attacks in mid-August triggered Yugoslavian operations
Aug, 1998 - Kosovo
Google LLC-Google Was Initially Funded by an Contribution of $100,000
Aug, 1998 - Menlo Park, California, U.S.
Virat Kohli-Joining a cricket academy
1998 - Delhi, India
Ayman al-Zawahiri-Ayman al-Zawahiri was listed as under indictment in the United States
Aug, 1998 - U.S.
Colombian conflict-Andrés Pastrana Arango was sworn in as The President of Colombia
Friday Aug 7, 1998 - Bogota, Colombia
Tony Blair-Omagh bombing
Saturday Aug 15, 1998 - Omagh, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland
Apple Inc.-A New all-in-one Computer
Saturday Aug 15, 1998 - U.S.
Marvel Studios-First film packaged and licensed by Marvel Studios
Friday Aug 21, 1998 - Burbank, California, U.S.
Angelina Jolie-The Great Breakthrough
1998 - Los Angeles, California, United States
Džok-Džok died under the wheels of a moving train.
1998 - Poland
David Cameron-First Job
Sep, 1998 - England
Google LLC-The Company Was Incorporated
Friday Sep 4, 1998 - Menlo Park, California, U.S.
Amazon-Amazon began selling music and videos
1998 - Seattle, Washington, U.S.
Jackie Chan-Hollywood breakthrough
Friday Sep 18, 1998 - Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Kosovo War-The UN Security Council adopted Resolution 1199
Wednesday Sep 23, 1998 - Kosovo
Kosovo War-NATO issued an "activation warning"
Thursday Sep 24, 1998 - Kosovo
Angela Merkel-The Kohl Government Defeat
Sunday Sep 27, 1998 - Germany
Shakira-Releasing Her 4th Album
Tuesday Sep 29, 1998 - Colombia
Nintendo-Turok series
Sep, 1998 - Kyoto, Japan
Sony Corporation-Launching Their Memory Stick
Oct, 1998 - Tokyo, Japan
Nokia-Becoming The Best-Selling Mobile Phone Brand
Oct, 1998 - Espoo, Finland
Dollar Tree-Dollar Tree acquired 98-Cent Clearance Centers
1998 - California, U.S.
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
International Monetary Fund-Argentina's package
1998 - Argentina
Kosovo War-The North Atlantic Council issued activation orders
Tuesday Oct 13, 1998 - Kosovo
Kosovo War-The NATO Kosovo Verification Mission (KVM)
Thursday Oct 15, 1998 - Kosovo
Bank of America-NationsBank of Charlotte acquired BankAmerica
Oct, 1998 - U.S.
Bank of America-Bank of America possessed combined assets of $570 billion
1998 - U.S.
Amazon-Walmart sued Amazon
Friday Oct 16, 1998 - U.S.
Dwayne Johnson-Judgment Day: In Your House
Sunday Oct 18, 1998 - Rosemont, Illinois, U.S.
Disasters with highest death tolls-Hurricane Mitch
Thursday Oct 22, 1998 - Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Guatemala, Belize, Mexico
Angelina Jolie-Nothing else to Give
1998 - New York, United States
Kosovo War-The Serbian withdrawal commenced
Sunday Oct 25, 1998 - Kosovo