The January 29, 1998 was a Thursday under the star sign of ♒. It was the 28 day of the year. President of the United States was William J. (Bill) Clinton.
If you were born on this day, you are 28 years old. Your last birthday was on the Thursday, January 29, 2026, 159 days ago. Your next birthday is on Friday, January 29, 2027, in 205 days. You have lived for 10,386 days, or about 249,282 hours, or about 14,956,929 minutes, or about 897,415,740 seconds.
Date: 29 January 1998
By Janny Scott
Janny Scott
Dallas Morning News on Jan 27 retracts front-page article saying that Secret Service agent was prepared to testify that he had seen Pres Clinton and Monica S Lewinsky in 'compromising situation'; newspaper on Jan 28 retracts retraction, saying that one or more 'current or former Secret Service agents' had observed 'ambiguous incident' involving Clinton and Lewinsky (M)
Date: 30 January 1998
By Carey Goldberg
Carey Goldberg
Many journalists have criticized media's coverage of Pres Clinton's alleged affair with White House intern Monica S Lewinsky, but polls show that public is largely satisfied with quality of reporting on scandal; photo (M)
Date: 30 January 1998
By Tim Weiner
Tim Weiner
Central Intelligence Agency releases first volume of internal investigation concluding that agency knew nothing about California cocaine dealers who claimed connections with rebels in Nicaragua backed by agency; report is effort to answer accusations made by San Jose Mercury News in Aug 1996 that drug-dealing Nicaraguan rebels and their supporters were responsible for introducing crack cocaine to black neighborhoods in California in 1980's (M)
Date: 29 January 1998
By Dirk Johnson
Dirk Johnson
About 13,000 people welcome Pres Clinton to Champaign, Ill; most people defend Clinton and denounce news media for focusing on accusations that he had affair with Monica S Lewinsky (M)
Date: 29 January 1998
By David Firestone
David Firestone
Steven Brill discusses his planned monthly Content, which will not begin publication until June; sees new magazine as advent of media accountability; photo (M)
Date: 30 January 1998
By Kurt Eichenwald
Kurt Eichenwald
Federal prosecutors are investigating whether Reuters Analytics Inc commissioned computer specialists to steal confidential information from corporate computers of Bloomberg LP, major competitor; inquiry, under way for close to a year, has included undercover investigation of American subsidiary of Reuters Holdings PLC; Reuters is said to have obtained information from Bloomberg's operating code, which governs how company's data terminals work; case has emerged at time of increasingly heated competition in financial data industry; investigation is part of new Government effort to crack down on industrial espionage by foreign companies; photo (M)
Date: 30 January 1998
By Russell Baker
Russell Baker
Russell Baker Op-Ed column assails media for tasteless way it has covered Pres Clinton's alleged affair with Monica Lewinsky (M)
Date: 30 January 1998
By Melinda Henneberger
Melinda Henneberger
White House press sec Michael D McCurry refuses to answer questions about Pres Clinton's alleged affair with Monica S Lewinsky; his generally warm relations with press appear to be getting him through press secretary's worst nightmare; photo (M)
Date: 30 January 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Royal Dutch/Shell Group announces plans to remove obsolete oil platform in Norway, ending years of environmental arguments that touched off boycott of world's biggest oil company (S)
Date: 29 January 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Argonaut Group Inc hires Credit Suisse First Boston to examine possible merger (S)