Dark Alliance (book)
Time: 1998
Place: California, U.S.
Details: Webb expanded the "Dark Alliance" series into a book that responded to the criticism of the series and described his experiences writing the story and dealing with the controversy. It was published in 1998 as Dark Alliance: The CIA, the Contras, and the Crack Cocaine Explosion.
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2003 - California, U.S.
Atari, Inc.-Losing to Nintendo
1989 - U.S.
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1991 - California, United States
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1990 - California, U.S.
River Phoenix-Phoenix was cast as Brian and only had one line of dialogue
1984 - California, United States
Shaquille O'Neal-O'Neal appeared in movies that were panned by some critics
1994 - California, U.S.
Computer animation-The Abyss
1989 - U.S.
Robin Williams-Addicted to cocaine
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Robin Williams-Substance-abuse rehabilitation
2006 - California, U.S.
Robin Williams-Velardi's divorce
Tuesday Dec 6, 1988 - California, U.S.
Virtual reality-Ames Research Center
1985 - California, U.S.
Kroger-Kroger acquired the 56-store chain Market Basket
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Monday Apr 11, 1983 - California, U.S.
Ted Bundy-Ted abruptly broke off all contact
Jan, 1974 - California, U.S.
Tony Hawk-High School
1986 - California, U.S.
River Phoenix-Phoenix purchased his family a ranch in Micanopy
1987 - California, United States
Microprocessor-The First Commercially Available Microprocessor
Monday Nov 15, 1971 - California, U.S.
River Phoenix-Phoenix received Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead and National Society
1991 - California, United States
Computer animation-Tron
1982 - U.S.
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1988 - California, United States
Microprocessor-Intel introduced The 8086
1978 - California, U.S.
Ted Kaczynski-A bomb in Sacramento
1985 - California, United States
River Phoenix-Phoenix's mother met John Lee
1968 - California, United States
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Dec, 1967 - California, United States
Flag of the United States-Star for California
Friday Jul 4, 1851 - U.S.
Visa Inc.-BofA began to sign licensing agreements with a group of banks outside of California
1966 - California, U.S.
Samsung-Acquiring mSpot
Wednesday May 9, 2012 - California, U.S.
Robin Williams-First Marriage
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1975 - California, U.S.
Tony Hawk-Professional Skateboarding
1980 - California, U.S.
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Kobe Bryant-The Helicopter Crash Death
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Tuesday Jan 28, 2020 - California, U.S.
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1929 - California, U.S.
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1985 - California, United States
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1982 - California, United States
Atari, Inc.-Atari 5200
1982 - U.S.
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1980 - California, United States
River Phoenix-Phoenix's birth
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1983 - California, United States
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Thursday Jun 21, 2018 - Central California Women's Facility, Chowchilla, California, U.S.
Richard Nixon-Winning 1950 United States Senate election in California
Tuesday Nov 7, 1950 - California, U.S.
Atari, Inc.-James J. Morgan takes charge
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Sunday Jul 26, 1998 - Fresno, California, U.S.
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1991 - California, United States
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Oct, 1959 - California, U.S.
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Oct, 1986 - California, United States
Ted Kaczynski-Kaczynski was arrested by FBI
Wednesday Apr 3, 1996 - California, United States
Warren Buffett-Renewable Energy
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1990 - California, United States
Microprocessor-The Intel 8008
1972 - California, U.S.
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1994 - California, United States
Microprocessor-The First Commercial, Single Chip, Fully 32-bit Microprocessor
1982 - California, U.S.
Atari, Inc.-Nolan Bushnell leaving
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1986 - California, United States
Richard Nixon-Losing The 1962 California Gubernatorial Election
Tuesday Nov 6, 1962 - California, U.S.
Richard Nixon-McGovern Secured The Democratic Nomination
Saturday Jun 10, 1972 - 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
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1973 - California, U.S.
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Sunday Jul 1, 1984 - California, U.S.
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1981 - U.S.
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1969 - California, U.S.
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Microprocessor-The Zilog Z80
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1975 - California, U.S.
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Tesla, Inc.-Used Model S and Model X cars
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1998
Banking Frauds and Hacks-China Construction Bank
1998 - Zhengzhou, China
Mobile Phones-The First downloadable Content Sold To Mobile Phones
1998 - Finland
Mobile Phones-Trialing Mobile payments
1998 - Finland - Sweden
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
HTC-First touch devices
1998 - Taoyuan City, Taiwan
1997 Asian financial crisis-China was unaffected by the crisis
1998 - China
1997 Asian financial crisis-The baht reached its lowest point of 56 units to the U.S. dollar
Jan, 1998 - Thailand
Warren Buffett-General Reinsurance Corporation(Gen Re)
1998 - Stamford, Connecticut, U.S.
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
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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