However, the subsequent period saw the departure of manager van Gaal along with an exodus of many key players including Clarence Seedorf in 1995 ; Edgar Davids, Michael Reiziger, Finidi George, and Nwankwo Kanu in 1996 ; Patrick Kluivert, Marc Overmars, and Winston Bogarde in 1997 ; Ronald de Boer and Frank de Boer in 1998 ; and Edwin van der Sar and Jari Litmanen in 1999.

* On March 7, 1998, Daniel Rudolph, the elder brother of the 1996 Olympics bomber Eric Robert Rudolph, videotaped himself cutting off one of his own hands with an electric saw to " send a message to the FBI and the media.

These included an explosives factory, railway workshops, Fiat Motor works, various food processing plants, electrical engineering workshops, ironworks, water plants, agricultural machinery factories, breweries, distilleries, biscuit factories, a tobacco factory, tanneries, bakeries, lime, brick and cement works, Esparto grass industry, mechanical saw mills, and the Petrolibya Society ( Trye 1998 ).

1998 then saw a further increase of activity, with the signing of Salako, and the release of albums for all three of their signed bands-most notably Belle & Sebastian's ' The Boy With The Arab Strap ', which enjoyed similar approval from reviewers and fans to the band's previous release.

The 1997 – 98 campaign saw Newcastle finish in only 13th place and, despite Dalglish achieving some notable successes during the season ( including a 3 – 2 UEFA Champions League win over Barcelona and an FA Cup final appearance against Arsenal ), he was sacked by Freddie Shepherd after two draws in the opening two games of the subsequent 1998 – 1999 season, and replaced by former Chelsea manager Ruud Gullit.

" Richard Holmes, in 1998, declared the importance of the poem's Preface while describing the reception of the 1816 volume of poems: " However, no contemporary critic saw the larger possible significance of Coleridge's Preface to ' Kubla Khan ', though it eventually became one of the most celebrated, and disputed, accounts of poetic composition ever written.

It saw the light of day on CD in 1998 on Sheet Music: A Collection of Her Favorite Love Songs.

The year 2011 saw over 2, 000 incidents of FARC activity, which was the highest figure recorded since 1998.

More recently, in 1980 and 1987, hurricanes devastated banana and coconut plantations ; 1998 and 1999 also saw very active hurricane seasons, with Hurricane Lenny in 1999 causing extensive damage to the west coast of the island.

Actor John Malkovich first saw the film at the 1998 Cairo International Film Festival and subsequently adopted the film as a kind of post-facto executive producer ( the reissued film's titles read " John Malkovich Presents ").

" When it finally saw official release in 1998, critic Richie Unterberger declared the record " an important document of rock history.

1998 also saw the sale of Rolls-Royce Motors and Cosworth to Volkswagen Group for 430 million pounds beating out BMW's offer of 340 million pounds.

) In spite of the LP's success, soon after its release a contractual dispute with their label, Virgin Records, saw XTC go " on strike " from 1992 through 1998, which finally resulted in the termination of their contract.

A re-instituted ceasefire later followed as part of the negotiations strategy, which saw teams from the British and Irish governments, the Ulster Unionist Party, the SDLP, Sinn Féin and representatives of loyalist paramilitary organizations, under the chairmanship of former United States Senator George Mitchell, produced the Belfast Agreement ( also called the Good Friday Agreement as it was signed on Good Friday, 1998 ).

According to Lönnroth ( 1998 ) in the 19th century and early 20th century, Swedish historians saw their writing in terms of literature and story telling, rather than analysis and interpretation.

1998 saw the beginning of a new record label partnership, and in June of that year Psyche released their eighth official album on the StrangeWays label out of Hamburg, Germany.

Published by Square in 1991 on the original Game Boy, it later saw a North American re-release by Sunsoft in April 1998.

Despite problems with drought, the year 1998 saw a small recovery in GDP.

In February 1998, a complex transaction saw WorldCom purchase online pioneer CompuServe from its parent company H & R Block.

1998 saw Freeman taking a break from running due to injury.

In fact, the first time anyone connected with the Lightning or the NHL even saw Okubo was in the spring of 1998.

This period also saw a number of side projects, including the live jazz performances of 1996's How Long Has This Been Going On, from the same year Tell Me Something: The Songs of Mose Allison, and 2000's The Skiffle Sessions – Live in Belfast 1998, all of which found Morrison paying tribute to his early musical influences.

At the end of 2002 Rosenborg saw the retirement of Nils Arne Eggen after many successful years, during which he was only relieved once, in the 1998 season, by his assistant, Trond Sollied.

1998 also saw the release of Billboard Dad, the first of a new string of direct-to-video films starring the Olsens.

Considered one of the best NASCAR drivers of all time, Earnhardt won a total of 76 races over the course of his career, including one Daytona 500 victory in 1998.

* Earnhardt Jr. later went on to win the 2004 Daytona 500, three years after his father's death and six years to the day after his father won the 1998 Daytona 500.

* 1998 Dale Earnhardt, Jr.

In 1998, Bobby won the pole for the Daytona 500, where he eventually finished 2nd to Dale Earnhardt in Earnhardt's emotional first Daytona 500 win.

* Dale Earnhardt set a record by winning one of the Twin 125 races for ten consecutive years, twelve times overall, as well as six Bud Shootouts, before winning the 1998 Daytona 500.

When Earnhardt the 1998 Daytona 500, during the line of pit crew members congratulating Earnhardt, it was very noticeable that the Winston logo ( the series sponosor from 1971 – 2003 ) covered the NEXTEL letters on the banner, NEXTEL became the series sponsor starting in 2004 before renaming to Sprint.

* 1998 – Dale Earnhardt Jr.

Five drivers that won the NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Milwaukee went on to win the Busch Series championship in the same year ( Steve Grissom-1993, Randy LaJoie-1997, Dale Earnhardt, Jr .- 1998, Jeff Green-2000, Greg Biffle-2002 ).

In this car, Earnhardt Jr. won championships in both 1998 and 1999.

Between 1989 and 2000, the # 3 car won two championships ( in 1998 and 1999 with Earnhardt Jr. driving ).

Also known as the D-Backs, Arizona has one World Series title, in 2001, becoming the fastest expansion team in the majors to win a championship, doing it in only the fourth season since their expansion in 1998.

( Richard Bak, A Place for Summer: A Narrative History of Tiger Stadium, 1998, pp. 73 – 74 ) After entering the ninth inning behind 13 – 4, the team staged a dramatic comeback to win 14 – 13.

In August 1998, Polgár became the first woman to ever win the U. S. Open held at the Kona Surf Resort in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii.

In the 1998 – 99 season, Manchester United became the first team to win the Premier League, FA Cup and UEFA Champions League – " The Treble " – in the same season.

The Vikings ended with a 12 – 4 record, their best record since 2000 and the first 11-plus win season since the record-setting 1998 season.

He is the second British architect to win the Stirling Prize twice: the first time for the American Air Museum at the Imperial War Museum Duxford in 1998, and the second for 30 St Mary Axe in 2004.

Since the breakup of the Chicago Bulls championship roster in the summer of 1998, the Western Conference has dominated, with the Los Angeles Lakers and San Antonio Spurs combining to win the title in nine of fourteen years.

He took four wickets in a Second Test in Lahore that sealed the series 2-0, the last time Australia would win a Test in Pakistan until Mark Taylor's men in 1998, 37 years later.

* First female to win Best Direction of a Musical: Julie Taymor for The Lion King in 1998.

* First female to win Best Direction of a Play: Garry Hynes for The Beauty Queen of Leenane in 1998.

In 1998 his film, Eternity and a Day, went on to win the prestigious Palme d ' Or at the 51st edition of the Cannes Film Festival, and his films have been shown at the most important film festivals around the world.

In 1998, after Rafter defeated Sampras in the Cincinnati Masters final, Sampras, at the time winner of 11 Grand Slams, when asked about the difference between himself and Rafter, famously stated " Ten grand slams ", that a controversial line-call cost him the match, and that a player had to come back and win another Grand Slam title in order to be considered great.

Following his successful defense of his 1997 U. S. Open title by defeating Mark Philippoussis in the 1998 final, when asked about Sampras ' earlier comments about having to win another Grand Slam in order to be considered great, Rafter replied: " Maybe you can ask him that question, if he thinks that now.

Despite Detroit's much better regular season record, the Oilers pulled off a six-game upset for their first playoff series win since 1998.

Several individuals have consistently scored highly and / or earned medals on the IMO: Reid Barton ( United States ) was the first participant to win a gold medal four times ( 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001 ).

King had become aware of Ruiz after his KO win over the former IBF title holder Tony Tucker in 1998.

Later in 1998, Taylor led his team to Pakistan, where a convincing win in the First Test at Rawalpindi by an innings and 99 runs was Australia's first Test victory in the country for 39 years.

From 1998 he organised the CWA Debut Dagger competition for two years, helping unpublished authors to win their first contracts ( including Allan Guthrie.

* Kea Bouman ( 1903 – 1998 ) – female tennis player ; only Dutch female tennis player to win a Grand Slam singles tournament

Life is Beautiful was shown at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival, and went on to win the Grand Prize.

In 1993 they became the first Yorkshire team to win the All England Masters Brass Band Championship, a feat they were to repeat in 1998.

Though he did not win the Perrier in 1996, the nomination was enough to get him noticed, and in 1998 the BBC gave him his own television show, Is It Bill Bailey?