1998 in the United Kingdom

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Events from the year 1998 in the United Kingdom.

Events

April 10- The Good Friday Agreement, an agreement between the UK and Irish governments, and the main political parties in Northern Ireland is signed.
May 9- Eurovision Song Contest 1998 held in Birmingham at the National Indoor Arena.
May 23- A referendum on the Good Friday Agreement is held in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland with 95% and 71% support respectively.
July 12- 3 young children are killed in a loyalist arson attack in Ballymoney, Northern Ireland.
July 31- The government announces a total ban on the use of landmines by the British military.
August 15- The Omagh bombing- a car bomb explodes in the Northern Irish market town of Omagh, killing 29 people- the worst terrorist atrocity in the history of the Northern Ireland troubles.
October 16- Police place General Augusto Pinochet, former dictator of Chile, into house arrest during his medical treatment in Britain at the request of Spain.
November 9- Human Rights Act 1998 receives Royal Assent.
November 24- The Queen's Speech is interrupted by MPs and peers, when the Queen began to outlay the government's plan to abolish the rights of 700 hereditary peers to sit and vote in the House of Lords.