Video: 'Cambodia 1998 The Death of Pol Pot' (warning: the audio on this video is extraordinarily high)

(Wednesday, April 15, 1998, 10:15 p.m. local time) — Pol Pot, the notorious leader of the Khmer Rouge regime that sent as many as two million Cambodians to mass graves that are often referred to as the “Killing Fields,” died tonight of an apparent heart attack while under house arrest in his jungle hideout in northern Cambodia near the Thai border. Continue reading Cambodia’s ‘Killing Fields’ architect dies 20 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Apr 15 1998) →

Video: 'Good Friday Agreement on RTE News, 10th April 1998 Part I'

(Good Friday, April 10, 1998, 5:36 p.m. BST) — The Northern Ireland peace talks produced a landmark settlement today in Belfast, Northern Ireland, that forged concessions from fiercely antagonistic Catholic and Protestant figures in an effort to settle one of the century’s most enduring conflicts. Continue reading Irish talks produce landmark settlement 20 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Apr 10 1998) →

Video: 'Erection Drug Discovery - Horizon: Pill Poppers - BBC Two'

(Friday, March 27, 1998) — The Food and Drug Administration today approved the drug Viagra, made by Pfizer, for use as a treatment for male impotence, becoming the first oral treatment approved to treat erectile dysfunction in the United States. Continue reading FDA approves sale of impotence pill Viagra 20 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 27 1998) →