Chronopin: upcoming release dates, events and other important dates

The first Boeing 717-200, launched as the McDonnell Douglas MD-95, took off from Long Beach at 12:35 p.m. on 2 September 1998 and landed at Boeing's Yuma, Arizona, test center after 4 hours 7 minutes.

Enix released Dragon Quest Monsters on the Game Boy in Japan on 25 September 1998, starting the monster-raising spin-off series with Terry and Milly from Dragon Quest VI. It sold 2.35 million copies in Japan.

Caterpillar unveiled its 797 — at the time the world's largest and most powerful haul truck — at its Decatur, Illinois assembly plant on 29 September 1998.

Taichi Keaton is a half-British half-Japanese archeologist and SAS veteran of the Falklands War. He solves mysteries and investigates insurance fraud for Lloyd's around the world.

Tomb Raider III: Adventures of Lara Croft was released in Europe on 20 November 1998 (North America on 24 November) on Windows and PlayStation, published by Eidos Interactive.

Pixar's second feature, A Bug's Life, opened in US theaters on 25 November 1998 after a premiere at the El Capitan Theatre. John Lasseter directed the story of an inventor ant who hires circus bugs to defend his colony from grasshoppers.

Looking Glass Studios' Thief: The Dark Project was released for Windows in North America on 1 December 1998 (UK 4 December), published by Eidos Interactive.

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Square released Final Fantasy VIII on the PlayStation in Japan on 11 February 1999. It has sold more than 9.6 million copies worldwide, one of the best-selling entries in the series.

Rurouni Kenshin OVA: Trust & Betrayal (Tsuioku-hen) premieres, director Kazuhiro Furuhashi's darker, more graphic prequel OVA telling the origin of Himura Kenshin as the assassin Hitokiri Battousai.

Lauryn Hill won five Grammys at the 41st ceremony at the Shrine Auditorium, including Album of the Year for The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, the first hip-hop album to take the prize, and Best New Artist, while Celine Dion won Record and Song of the Year.

Square released SaGa Frontier 2 for the PlayStation in Japan on 1 April 1999, a storybook-styled SaGa game with hand-painted watercolour backdrops and music by Masashi Hamauzu.

On 4 May 1999 Goldman Sachs, the last big Wall Street partnership, began trading on the New York Stock Exchange after selling 69 million shares at US$53 to raise US$3.657 billion.

The 34th Academy of Country Music Awards were held on 5 May 1999 at the Universal Amphitheatre with no host; Garth Brooks was Entertainer of the Year and named Artist of the Decade, and the Dixie Chicks took Album of the Year for Wide Open Spaces.

The prototype Bombardier CRJ700, C-FRJX, made its maiden flight on 27 May 1999; the 70-seat stretch of the CRJ200 had 96 firm orders and 140 options at the time.

Tarzan is a 1999 American animated adventure film based on the 1912 story Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs. It reached US theaters on 18 June 1999.

Studio Pierrot's GTO: Great Teacher Onizuka begins airing, following reformed biker-gang delinquent Eikichi Onizuka as he becomes a wildly unconventional high school teacher, adapted from Tohru Fujisawa's manga.

Excavators breached the 1837 Edwards Dam in Augusta, Maine on 1 July 1999, the first removal of a hydroelectric dam by the federal government over the owner's objection.

Quest and Nintendo released Ogre Battle 64: Person of Lordly Caliber for the Nintendo 64 in Japan on 14 July 1999; Famitsu scored it 33 out of 40.

Square released the action RPG Legend of Mana for the PlayStation in Japan on 15 July 1999, a Mana spin-off where players build the world with the Land Make system; it sold 400,000 copies in its first week.

The Thomas Crown Affair is a 1999 American romantic heist film directed by John McTiernan and written by Leslie Dixon and Kurt Wimmer. It is a remake of the 1968 film of the same title.

Crystal Dynamics' Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver was released on PlayStation in North America on 16 August 1999 (UK 3 September), published by Eidos Interactive; Windows and Dreamcast followed.

Cadbury introduced its Miniature Heroes tub of mini Dairy Milk, Wispa, Twirl, Crunchie and other bars in Britain in September 1999; no launch price is published.

Square released the tactical RPG Front Mission 3 for the PlayStation in Japan on 2 September 1999, with Square Electronic Arts publishing it in North America on 21 March 2000.

A magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck Jiji in Nantou County at 01:47 on 21 September 1999, killing 2,415 people and causing NT$300 billion of damage, the second-deadliest quake in Taiwan's recorded history.

On 23 September 1999 Boeing delivered its first 717-200 to launch customer AirTran Airways, three weeks after joint FAA and European certification. AirTran put its first two 717s into revenue service from 12 October.

The first Boeing 767-400ER, VQ001, lifted off from Paine Field at 12:10 p.m. on 9 October 1999 for a five-hour test flight to Boeing Field. The longest 767 had been launched in April 1997 with a 21-aircraft Delta order.

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Toei Animation's TV adaptation of Eiichiro Oda's One Piece begins airing, following Monkey D. Luffy as he sets out to find the treasure One Piece and become King of the Pirates.

UPS began trading on the New York Stock Exchange on 10 November 1999 after pricing 109.4 million class B shares at US$50 each, raising about US$5.5 billion in what was then the biggest initial public offering on record.