up019801|Helen Wills Moody dies|<STRONG>Helen Wills Moody dies</STRONG><P>Helen Wills Moody died at the age of 91 in California, U.S.A., on January 1, 1998. </P>
up019802|Daniel arap Moi elected to fifth term in office|<STRONG>Daniel arap Moi elected to fifth term in office</STRONG><P>Daniel arap Moi was re-elected as president of Kenya in January, 1998. </P>
up019803|Sonny Bono dies|<STRONG>Sonny Bono dies</STRONG><P>Sonny Bono, the American singer-songwriter and politician, died in January, 1998, in a skiing accident in California, U.S.A. Bono was best known for his part in the hippie duo "Sonny and Cher". He was a prolific songwriter, and also took several acting roles before entering politics in 1988. He became a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives in 1994.</P>
up019804|New president in Lithuania|<STRONG>New president in Lithuania</STRONG><P>Valdas Adamkus was elected president of Lithuania in January, 1998. Adamkus, a former American civil servant, was born in Lithuania, but lived and worked in the U.S.A. throughout his adult life. He had to obtain permission from the Lithuanian courts to contest the election.</P>
up019805|Sir Michael Tippett dies|<STRONG>Sir Michael Tippett dies</STRONG><P>Sir Michael Tippett died on January 9, 1998, at his home in London. He was 93 years of age. </P>
up019806|Cloning protocol signed|<STRONG>Cloning protocol signed</STRONG><P>A protocol prohibiting attempts to "create human beings genetically identical to another human being, whether living or dead" was signed by 19 members of the Council of Europe on January 12, 1998.</P>
up019807|Turkish Welfare Party shut down|<STRONG>Turkish Welfare Party shut down</STRONG><P>The Constitutional Court in Turkey ruled that the pro-Islamist Welfare Party should be shut down in January, 1998, because it contravened the country's strict secular rules. The Welfare Party was Turkey's largest parliamentary party.</P>
up019808|Bill Clinton gives deposition|<STRONG>Bill Clinton gives deposition</STRONG><P>In January, 1998, President Bill Clinton became the first U.S. president to give evidence as a defendant in a legal action. He gave his deposition as part of his defence against a charge of sexual harassment.</P>
up019809|Bosnia elects new government|<STRONG>Bosnia elects new government</STRONG><P>Bosnia's Serb parliament elected a new, moderate coalition government in January, 1998. Milorad Dodik became prime minister.</P>
up019810|Pope visits Cuba|<STRONG>Pope visits Cuba</STRONG><P>In January, 1998, Pope John Paul II became the first pope to visit Cuba. President Fidel Castro hoped the pontiff's visit would alter American attitudes toward his country. </P>
up019812|Havel reelected president of Czech Republic|<STRONG>Havel reelected president of Czech Republic</STRONG><P>In January 1998, the Federal Assembly of the Czech Republic reelected Vaclav Havel president.</P>
up019813|Shinichi Suzuki dies|<STRONG>Shinichi Suzuki dies</STRONG><P> Shinichi Suzuki died on January 26, 1998, at the age of 99.</P>
up019814|26 sentenced for assassination of Gandhi|<STRONG>26 sentenced for assassination of Gandhi</STRONG><P> In Madras, India, 26 Tamil Tiger militants were sentenced to death for their role in the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi on January 28, 1998.</P>
