- The Mars Polar Lander was launched
- The human population of the world surpassed six billion.
- Impeachment Proceedings are bought against President Bill Clinton
- Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones become the first to circumnavigate the Earth in a hot air balloon.
- Nelson Mandela, first black president of South Africa, steps down (June 16), and Thabo Mbeki takes over
- Pluto again becomes outermost planet
- The world awaits the consequences of the Y2K bug, with more drastic millennial theorists warning of Armageddon.
jan 3 2017 ∞
apr 26 2018 +