TV actor Leonardo Cecchi

Events in 1998 and 26-8

Events in US in the birth year of Leonardo Cecchi

• 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 Leonardo Cecchi (26-8) in history

• Day 26-8 year 1847: Liberia was proclaimed an independent republic.
• Day 26-8 year 1920: The 19th Amendment giving women the right to vote went into effect.
• Day 26-8 year 1939: The first televised major league baseball game was televised: a double-header between the Brooklyn Dodgers and the Cincinnati Reds.
• Day 26-8 year 1974: Aviator Charles Lindbergh, the first man to fly solo, nonstop across the Atlantic, died.
• Day 26-8 year 1978: John Paul I became Pope of the Roman Catholic Church. He died one month later.