In 1998, newly declassified information revealed that Powers ’ mission had been a joint USAF / CIA operation.

In 1998, Henderson and Valenzuela were gone, but newly acquired ( from the 1997 World Series champion Florida Marlins ) pitcher Kevin Brown had a sensational year ( his only one with the Padres ) and outfielder / slugger Greg Vaughn bounced back after a poor 1997 season and hit 50 home runs ( overlooked in that season of the Mark McGwire-Sammy Sosa race ).

Amid the first talk of the Spanish government investigating the ties of Herri Batasuna with ETA, in 1998 Herri Batasuna was the driving force of the newly formed Euskal Herritarrok ( We Basque Citizens ) coalition, an acronym which got the best results to date for Basque left separatism in the Basque community, with 224, 000 votes out of a total of 1, 250, 000 in the Basque election held that year.

The International Tennis Federation moved to Roehampton from Barons Court in 1998, and in 2007 the Lawn Tennis Association made the same short journey across London to their newly built headquarters next door to the ITF.

Alba High School first combined with Grand Bay High School in 1998 in the newly built, centrally located Alma Bryant High School, located on 16th Section land ( land dedicated for school purposes ).

Phoenix in 1995 and again in 2003 annexed in the region and Del Webb in 1998 opened the newly built Anthem.

This led to a regular inking role on the newly launched Books of Magic series, taking over as regular penciler and inker with # 6 ; he would stay with the title for most of its run, writing as well as drawing its final 25 issues ( 1998 – 2000 ).

On October 16, 1998, in a surprise presentation made at the newly unveiled Disney Legends Plaza at the company's headquarters, Disney Chairman Michael Eisner presented him with the prestigious Disney Legends Award.

The Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998, Division G of the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999,, abolished the U. S. Information Agency effective October 1, 1999, when its information ( but not broadcasting ) and exchange functions were folded into the Department of State under the newly created Under Secretary of State for Public Affairs and Public Diplomacy.

The 1998 – 99 season proved ultimately disappointing as Celtic finished runners up to rivals Rangers in both the newly established SPL and in the Scottish Cup.

In 1998, for a car that had suffered from slow sales when it was officially sold, with a surge of interest and the benefit of a newly introduced SVA scheme, the FD would become so popular that there were more parallel and grey imported models brought into the country than Mazda UK had ever imported.

After the victory of the PQ in the 1994 general election, the newly elected Prime Minister, Jacques Parizeau, made him his Deputy Premier, a position he held from September 26, 1994 to December 15, 1998.

One of the first programs launched by the newly introduced Center for Academic Advising and Testing was the Jump Start Program ( Summer 1998 ) – a month-long series of workshops designed to enhance both the academic and survival skills of new students.

The club have had a few brushes with glory in the 1998 / 99 season they won the Sectional League Cup Final beating Ballieston 5-0 at Motherwells Fir Park, the 2002 / 2003 season they came within goal difference of winning the newly formed Super League losing out to Pollok Fc and the 2005 / 06 season they won the Super League First Division and the Sectional League Cup Final beating East Kilbride Thistle on penalties after a 0-0 draw at Partick Thistle's Firhill Stadium.

In June 1998 she was elected Professor emerita at the University of Montreal and returned to her native land, Latvia, where on 19 October the Prime Minister named her Director of the newly founded Latvian Institute.

Conrail was broken up in 1998, and portions of its system was transferred to the newly formed New York Central Lines LLC, a subsidiary leased to and eventually absorbed by CSX and Norfolk Southern.

After projects at public buildings such as the Deutsche Bundesbank ( 1997 ), the Parliament House, Stockholm ( 1998 ), and the Parliament of the Brussels-Capital Region ( 1999 ), Kosuth was commissioned to design a floor installation of texts by Ricarda Huch and Thomas Mann for the newly renovated Bundestag in 2001.

In Japan, the School Education Law was revised in 1998, and secondary schools were newly recognized.

In 1998, he joined Kerry Kayes to work for the newly named bodybuilding supplement company " Chemical Nutrition " ( originally " Chemical Warfare ", now " CNP Professional "), with their Dorian Yates Approved range for launch in the United States.

Following the ousting of Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim in September 1998, DAP co-founded the Barisan Alternatif coalition along with PAS and the newly formed Keadilan.

In 1998 she became a Toronto city councillor in the newly amalgamated city where she served a term as vice-chair of the Toronto Police Services Board.

On 1 September 1998 399 Signals Unit merged with the newly arrived Special Signals Support Unit from Loughborough to form the Joint Service Signal Unit ( Digby ).

The 16th Commonwealth Games was officially opened by the 4th Prime Minister of Malaysia's Tun Dr. Mahathir bin Mohamad on 11 September 1998 at 17: 30 MST ( UTC + 08: 00 ) as main focus for the games and the venue for the opening and closing ceremonies was the newly built National Stadium Bukit Jalil a 100, 000-spectator capacity stadium it was officially opening ceremonies a vocalist in theme song's " Malaysiaku Gemilang " was sung by sung by Malaysian pop singers here Norzila Binti Haji Aminuddin, Shahrul Anuar Zain, Siti Roziana Binti Zain, Shaheila binti Abdul Majid, Amy Mastura Binti Suhaimi, Ning Baizura binti Sheikh Hamzah, Siti Nurhaliza Binti Tarudin, a featured 15-sports in 3638-events and 70-countries of region in Commonwealth of Nations.

Following the 1997 – 98 season, Bure told newly appointed general manager Brian Burke in a meeting on July 5, 1998, that he would not play for the Canucks again, despite still having a year left in his contract worth USD $ 8 million.

Roy Rogers, born Leonard Franklin Slye ( November 5, 1911 – July 6, 1998 ), was an American singer and cowboy actor, one of the most heavily marketed and merchandised stars of his era, as well as being the namesake of the Roy Rogers Restaurants franchised chain.

In China, Tupperware products are sold through franchised " entrepreneurial shopfronts ", of which there were 1900 in 2005, due to laws enacted in 1998 aimed at pyramid selling.

From 1998 to 2003, the number of franchised Fauchon stores goes from 450 to 650, the number of company-owned stores from 1 to 16 of which 3 in New York and 13 in Paris after the purchase by Fauchon of the Parisian stores of Groupe Flo The number of licenses grows from 2 to 16 from 1998 to 2003, generating royalties that grow from 1. 5 to 3 million Euros ($ 4. 5 million ) during the same period.

In March 1998, Citybus became the first franchised bus company to operate fully air-conditioned bus fleet.

At its peak in 1998, the restaurant chain operated or franchised over 1, 300 restaurants in 34 states.

* Two additional franchises: the Arizona Diamondbacks and the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, now the Tampa Bay Rays ( 1998 )

In 1996, he went to the US to play for the Tampa Bay Mutiny ( 1996 – 97, 2000 – 01 ), Miami Fusion ( 1998 – 99 ), and Colorado Rapids ( 2001 – 02 ).

In March 1995, two new franchises — the Arizona Diamondbacks and Tampa Bay Devil Rays — were awarded by Major League Baseball, to begin play in 1998.

In March 1995, two new franchises — the Arizona Diamondbacks and Tampa Bay Devil Rays — were awarded by Major League Baseball, to begin play in 1998.

* 1998: Tampa Bay Devil Rays, representing Tampa-St. Petersburg, enfranchised

* Tampa Bay Rays enfranchised 1998 as the Tampa Bay Devil Rays ( team name changed in 2008 )

By 1997, Tampa Bay ranked 3rd in the league in total yards allowed, 2nd in 1998, and 3rd in 2000.

* Art Williams later owned the Tampa Bay Lightning of the National Hockey League during the 1998 – 99 season.

* 86 Tyji Armstrong TE ( Mississippi ) A NFL vet of six seasons Armstrong played four seasons in Tampa Bay 1992-95 then a season in Dallas in 1996 before returning in 1998 with St. Louis

* Tampa Stadium ( 1996 – 1998 )

He pitched for three teams from to ( the Cleveland Indians from 1998 – 1999 and the Houston Astros and Tampa Bay Devil Rays in 2000 ) and was unconditionally released twice before signing a minor-league contract with the Yankees.

They have met twice in the ArenaBowl, with Tampa Bay winning in 1995 and Orlando winning in 1998.

* 1996 – 97: Chicago Blackhawks ( used through 2006 – 07 ), New York Islanders ( third and fourth jerseys with classic logo ), New York Rangers ( through 2006 – 07 ), Tampa Bay Lightning ( through 1998 – 99 ), Toronto Maple Leafs ( one game – throwback / vintage jerseys )

Afanasenkov began his North American ice hockey career after being drafted by the Tampa Bay Lightning in the 1998 NHL Entry Draft in the third round, 72nd overall.

Demolition of Tampa Stadium proceeded soon after the Tampa Bay Mutiny's final home game on September 13, 1998.

Huff was the Tampa Bay Devil Rays ' fifth-round selection in the 1998 Major League Baseball ( MLB ) Draft.

Born in Ocumare Del Tuy, Venezuela, he played in Major League Baseball as a shortstop for the White Sox ( 1985 – 97 ), Baltimore Orioles ( 1998 ), Atlanta Braves ( 1998 – 1999 ) and Tampa Bay Devil Rays ( 2000 ).

Lecavalier was drafted first overall by Tampa Bay in the 1998 NHL Entry Draft, during which new Lightning owner Art Williams proclaimed that Lecavalier would be " the Michael Jordan of hockey ".< ref >

On October 22, 1998, the first Billy Graham Crusade was broadcast live to a worldwide audience from the Raymond James Stadium in Tampa Florida courtesy of Dale Ficken and the WebcastCenter in Pennsylvania.

In 1998 Clark signed as a free agent with the Tampa Bay Lightning, where he earned a spot on the North American All-Star team, and went on to score 28 goals in 65 games.