Following public demonstrations against Ter-Petrosyan's policies on Nagorno-Karabakh, the President resigned in January 1998 and was replaced by Prime Minister Robert Kocharyan, who was elected President in March 1998.

* The Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty was signed October 4, 1991 and entered into force January 14, 1998 ; this agreement prevents development and provides for the protection of the Antarctic environment through five specific annexes on marine pollution, fauna and flora, environmental impact assessments, waste management, and protected areas.

The Borough of East York was the last Toronto municipality to hold this status, relinquishing it upon becoming part of the City of Toronto on January 1, 1998.

A second commission of inquiry, chaired by Lord Saville, was established in January 1998 to re-examine Bloody Sunday.

Before 1998, the United Kingdom profile contained a sentence that asserted the UK had gained independence on 1 January 1801.

: New Zealand dollars ( NZ $) per US $ 1-1. 4203 ( 2005 ), 1. 9451 ( January 2000 ), 1. 8886 ( 1999 ), 1. 8632 ( 1998 ), 1. 5083 ( 1997 ), 1. 4543 ( 1996 ), 1. 5235 ( 1995 )

In January 1998, Compaq was at its height.

As a result, Switzer resigned as head coach in January 1998 and former Steelers offensive coordinator Chan Gailey was hired to take his place.

# Journey to Cubeville — September 1, 1996 to January 18, 1998

# Don't Step in the Leadership — January 12, 1998 to October 18, 1998

Some believed that the ice-storm in January 1998, which devastated parts of Southern Ontario and Southern Quebec, was caused or accentuated by El Niño's warming effects.

Comptoirs Francais du Pacifique francs ( CFPF ) per US $ 1 – 95. 89 ( 2005 ), 96. 04 ( 2004 ), 105. 66 ( 2003 ), 126. 71 ( 2002 ), 133. 26 ( 2001 ), 117. 67 ( January 2000 ), 111. 93 ( 1999 ), 107. 25 ( 1998 ), 106. 11 ( 1997 ), 93. 00 ( 1996 ), 90. 75 ( 1995 ); note-linked at the exact official rate of 0. 055 French francs to one Pacifique franc.

Communauté financière africaine francs ( CFAF ) per US $ 1 – 507. 71 ( 2010 ), 472. 19 ( 2009 ), 447. 81 ( 2008 ), 481. 83 ( 2007 ), 522. 89 ( 2006 ), 647. 25 ( January 2000 ), 615. 70 ( 1999 ), 589. 95 ( 1998 ), 583. 67 ( 1997 ), 511. 55 ( 1996 ), 499. 15 ( 1995 )

In other areas of the West Bank, transfer of powers took place pursuant to the Israel-PLO 28 September 1995 Interim Agreement, the Israel-PLO 15 January 1997 Protocol Concerning the Redeployment in Hebron, the Israel-PLO 23 October 1998 Wye River Memorandum, and the 4 September 1999 Sharm el-Sheikh Agreement.

euros per US $ 1 – 1, 3002 ( February 2005 ), 0. 9867 ( January 2000 ), 0. 9386 ( 1999 ); French francs ( F ) per US $ 1 – 5. 65 ( January 1999 ), 5. 8995 ( 1998 ), 5. 8367 ( 1997 ), 5. 1155 ( 1996 ), 4. 9915 ( 1995 )

* Sir Kevin Tebbit ( January – July 1998 )

PLH's Carlos Roberto Flores took office on 27 January 1998, as Honduras ' fifth democratically elected President since free elections were restored in 1981, with a 10 % margin over his main opponent PNH nominee Nora Gúnera de Melgar ( the widow of former leader Juan Alberto Melgar ).

In January 1998, Honduras and El Salvador signed a border demarcation treaty that will implement the terms of the ICJ decree.

The rupiah, which had been in the Rp 2, 600 / USD1 range at the start of August 1997 fell to 11, 000 / USD1 by January 1998, with spot rates around 15, 000 for brief periods during the first half of 1998.

Manx pounds per US $ 1: 0. 6092 ( January 2000 ), 0. 6180 ( 1999 ), 0. 6037 ( 1998 ), 0. 6106 ( 1997 ), 0. 6403 ( 1996 ), 0. 6335 ( 1995 ); the Manx pound is at par with the British pound

On January 30, 1998, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration ( NTIA ), an agency of the U. S. Department of Commerce, issued for comment, " A Proposal to Improve the Technical Management of Internet Names and Addresses.

They received considerable support from Minister of Defense Gustav Noske, a member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, who used them to crush the German Revolution of 1918 – 1919 and the Marxist Spartacist League and arrest Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg, who were killed on 15 January 1919.

Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm ( also Karl ; 4 January 1785 – 20 September 1863 ) was a German philologist, jurist and mythologist.

Kurt Hermann Eduard Karl Julius Schwitters ( 20 June 1887 – 8 January 1948 ) was a German painter who was born in Hanover, Germany.

On January 7, 1982, brothers Karl and Walter Bernhard LaGrand bungled an armed bank robbery in Marana, Arizona, United States, killing a man and severely injuring a woman in the process.

They received considerable support from Gustav Noske, the German Defence Minister who used them to crush the Spartakist League with enormous violence, including the murders of Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg on January 15, 1919.

Time magazine ran an article ' Rethinking Marx ' and put Karl Marx on the cover of its European edition in a special for the 28 January 2009 Davos meeting.

* January 2 – Karl Targownik, Hungarian psychiatrist and Holocaust survivor ( b. 1915 )

* January 26 – Karl Ristenpart, German conductor ( d. 1967 )

* January 11 – Karl von Habsburg-Lothringen ( Károly ), Archduke, Prince Imperial of Austria, Prince Royal of Hungary

* January 29 – The minority government of Karl Buresch in Austria ends the governmental crisis.

January 29 – Karl Benz patent.

* January 29 – Karl Benz patents the first successful gasoline-driven automobile, the Benz Patent Motorwagen ( built in 1885 ).

* January 10 – Karl Freiherr von Müffling, Prussian field marshal ( b. 1775 )

Charles XIV & III John, also Carl John, Swedish and Norwegian: Karl Johan ( 26 January 1763 – 8 March 1844 ) was King of Sweden ( as Charles XIV John ) and King of Norway ( as Charles III John ) from 1818 until his death.

* Vilhelmina of Denmark ( born 18 January 1808 ), daughter of Frederick VI of Denmark and Marie Sophie of Hesse-Kassel ( ultimately she married firstly Frederick VII of Denmark and secondly Karl, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg )

Freddie James Prinze ( Frederick Karl Pruetzel ; June 22, 1954 – January 29, 1977 ) was an American actor and stand-up comedian.

President Karl Carstens to dissolve the Bundestag in January 1983.

Karl Brandt ( January 8, 1904 – June 2, 1948 ) was a German Nazi war criminal.

A series of failed operations after that point, particularly the Battle of the Barents Sea — combined with the outstanding success of the U-boat fleet under the command of Karl Dönitz — led to his eventual demotion to the rank of Admiral Inspector of the Kriegsmarine in January 1943.

Karl Ewald Konstantin Hering ( August 5, 1834 – January 26, 1918 ) was a German physiologist who did much research into color vision and spatial perception.

Karl Frederik Lukas Moodysson () ( born 17 January 1969 ) is a Swedish author and film director.

On 5 January 1919 Anton Drexler, who had developed links between the Thule Society and various extreme right workers ' organizations in Munich, together with the Thule Society's Karl Harrer, established the Deutsche Arbeiterpartei ( DAP ), or German Workers ' Party.

* The Advocate ; " Pedro Zamora-AIDS Educator " by Karl Soehnlein ; January 14, 1992, Page 62

* The second trial in January 1937 involved 17 lesser figures known as the " anti-Soviet Trotskyite-centre " which included Karl Radek, Yuri Piatakov and Grigory Sokolnikov, and were accused of plotting with Trotsky, who was said to be conspiring with Nazi Germany.

* Karl Josef, Archduke of Austria ( 7 August 1649 27 January 1664 ).