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Year in a Minute: 1998

INDONESIA SUHARTO

Former Indonesian President Suharto announced his resignation on in a nationwide television address in Jakarta, Indonesia. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) Credit: AP

SBS celebrating 50 Years. This is a Year in a Minute 1998.


I did not have sexual relations with that woman.
Bill Clinton

The ‘little blue pill’ Viagra is released,

As US President Bill Clinton denies the Lewinsky affair.

Later admitting to a tryst which was ‘not appropriate.’

…So no one told you life was gonna be this way..

As teens watch the sitcom Friends,

The Asian financial meltdown reverberates,

Indonesian President Suharto leaves office after 32 years.

Europe creates the Euro currency,

And students at Stanford develop a search engine called Google.

Quintessential crooner Frank Sinatra passes away, aged 82.


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