Pop - Singer Kerri Medders

Events in 1998 and 7-1

Events in US in the birth year of Kerri Medders

• President accused in White House sex scandal; denies allegations of affair with White House intern, Monica Lewinsky (Jan. 21 et seq.).
• President outlines first balanced budget in 30 years (Feb. 3).
• US Supreme Court rules line-item veto unconstitutional (Feb. 12).
• Unabomber sentenced to four life terms (May 4).
• Life sentence meted out to Terry Nichols, convicted in Oklahoma City bombing fatal to 168 (June 4).
• Starr Report by independent counsel outlines case for impeachment proceedings against President (Sept. 11).
• Matthew Shepard, gay Wyoming student, fatally beaten in hate crime; two arrested (Oct. 6 et seq.).
• House impeaches President Clinton along party lines on two charges, perjury and obstruction of justice. (Dec. 19).

Birthday Kerri Medders (7-1) in history

• Day 7-1 year 1896: Fanny Farmer published her first cookbook.
• Day 7-1 year 1927: Transatlantic commercial telephone service began between New York and London.
• Day 7-1 year 1953: Harry Truman announced that the U.S. had developed the hydrogen bomb.
• Day 7-1 year 1955: Marian Anderson made her Metropolitan Opera debut.
• Day 7-1 year 1979: Vietnamese forces captured the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh, overthrowing Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge government.
• Day 7-1 year 1989: Japan's Emperor Hirohito died.
• Day 7-1 year 1999: The impeachment trial of President William Clinton began in the Senate.