1998

Angelika In the U.S. state of Texas, a woman, Karla Faye Tucker, is executed for the first time in over 100 years. In June, a severe train accident occurs in Germany. The ICE "Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen" derails on the route from Munich to Hamburg near Eschede. More than 100 people die. In Kenya and Tanzania, terrorist attacks on American embassies are carried out in August, claiming hundreds of victims. While Helmut Kohl loses the election for Chancellor in the fall to Gerhard Schröder, President Bill Clinton publicly apologizes for his affair with former intern Monica Lewinsky. Nevertheless, impeachment proceedings against him are initiated in October. The elections in November bring slight gains in votes for Clinton's Democratic Party in the House of Representatives, but not enough for a majority. Before the end of the year, Clinton orders airstrikes on key positions in Iraq to limit Saddam Hussein's ability to produce weapons of mass destruction. Angelika takes various classes at the University of California, Berkeley Extension. The second, revised edition of Michael's German book and the English translation "Perl Power" are published.