1998 After months of wrangling, Lewinsky and Starr announce a full immunity agreement for Lewinsky and her parents
1997 Fed judge sentences Autumn Jackson, who claims to be Bill Cosby's daughter, to 26 months for trying to extort $40 million from him
1997 British au pair Louise Woodward, 19, sentenced to life in death of Matthew Eappen 8 months (judge changes to time served)00690901
1996 Nintendo 64 video game system debuts in USA (3 months after Japan)
1995 Japanese police arrest cult leader Shoko Asahara and charged him with Nerve-gas attack on Tokyo's subways two months earlier
1995 Michael Jordan rejoins Chicago Bulls after 17 months, beats Pacers
1994 Angela Lakeberg, siamese twin, dies at 11 months
1994 Edvard Munchs painting "The Scream" recovered 3 months after stolen
1994 Joey Buttafuoco, released from jail after 4 months and 9 days
1993 Junk bond king Michael Milkin is released from jail after 22 months
1991 With two months left, White Sox set new home attendance (2,150,951)
1990 Cincinnati Red Pete Rose is sentence to 5 months for tax evasion
1990 Federal judge sentenced former national security adviser John M Poindexter to 6 months for making false statements to Congress
1990 Lebanon release U.S. hostage Robert Polhill after 39 months
1990 James Brown moves to a work-release center after serving 15 months
1988 Lebanese kidnappers release Mithileshwar Singh (held for 30 months)
1988 Writers guild end their 6 months strike
1987 Subway gunman Bernhard Goetz sentenced to 6 months in jail
1986 French hostage Aurel Cornea, held in Lebanon for 9 months, released
1984 1st-class cricket debut of Wasim Akram, 2 months before his 1st Test
1984 Intelsat 5 re-enters Earth's atmosphere 5 months after it failed
1983 Polish government ends 19 months of martial law
1982 Sun Myung Moon sentenced to 18 months for tax fraud
1980 2 months after death of drummer John Bonham, Led Zeppelin breaks up
1980 John Lydon sentenced to 3 months on assault charges
1979 Chuck Berry sentenced to 4 months for $200,000 in tax evasion
1979 Chuck Berry pleads guilty to income tax evasion, sentenced to 4 months
1977 Former AG John Mitchell starts 19 months in Alabama prison
1977 Frenchman Francois Claustre freed, after 33 months as hostage in Chad
1976 George, a goose that lived to 49 years 8 months, dies
1976 Newspaper heiress Patricia Hearst sentenced to 7 years for her part in a 1974 bank robbery. Released after 22 months by President Carter
1974 Ruffian begins her racing career as a filly and dies 14 months later
1974 Chimpanzee Nim Chimsky signs his 1st word, at 2 months
1973 Delta Airlines DC-9 crashes in fog at Logan Airport, Boston, killing all but one of 89 aboard. Lone survivor dies 6 months later
1970 Milwaukee Brewers Baseball Club, headed by Bud Selig, purchases the Seattle Pilots for $10,800,000 Although negotiations were conducted over a period of months, it was not until March 13 when a federal bankruptcy referee declared the Pilots bank
1961 Julianne Moore, actress, Lost World, 9 Months
1960 Hugh Grant, born in London, England, 4 Weddings and a Funeral, 9 Months
1960 Patrice Lumumba sentenced to 6 months in Belgian Congo
1959 Belgium shortens conscription to 12 months
1959 Giants Jim Hearn allows 2 runs against Pirates, game is suspended, Hearn is released and charged with loss 2 months after his retirement
1958 Chris Columbus, writer and director, Mrs Doubtfire, Nine Months
1958 Jordan and Iraq disolve their Arab Federation, after 3 months
1958 President Eisenhower sends U.S. troops to Lebanon; they stay 3 months
1954 Dutch military conscription shortened from 20 to 18 months
1954 Belgium shortens military conscription from 20 to 18 months
1951 Belgium extends conscription to 24 months
1950 3 months as National-American Football League takes back NFL name
1946 League of Nations dissolves, 3 months after United Nations starts
1945 Clandestine Radio 1212, after broadcasting pro-nazi propoganda for months used their influence to trap 350,000 German army group B troops
1944 Tommy Brown, just 16 years and 8 months old, plays shortstop for Dodgers
1941 German siege of Tobruk after 8 months ends
1934 U.S. contract air mail service canceled, replaced by U.S. Army for 6 months
1932 Charles Lindbergh, Jr. (20 months), kidnapped in New Jersey; found dead May 12
1929 New York to San Francisco foot race ends (2 months) winner is 60 year old Monteverde
1927 Josip Broz (Tito) begins 7 months jail sentence in Croatia
1925 NHL goalie Georges Vezina collapses and dies of TB 4 months later
1925 Walter Percy Chrysler founded Chrysler Corp, Iacocca is 8 months old
1922 Longest attack of hiccups begins Charlie Osborne, 98 hiccupped over 435 million times before it stops, He dies 11 months after it stops
1918 U.S. troops land in Archangel, Russia, stay 10 months
1914 U.S. Marines occupy Vera Cruz, Mexico, stay 6 months
1909 Word received, Adm Peary discovers North Pole 5 months earlier
1905 Baseball outfielder Frank Huelsman traded for 6th time in 8 months
1900 After over 5 months 2nd Olympic games in Paris France, close
1900 2nd modern Olympic games opens in Paris (lasted 5 months)
1895 1st round-the-world trip by a woman on a bicycle (took 15 months)
1885 Thomas A Hendricks, 21st VP, dies at 66, 8 months after taking office
1861 Enlistment increases from 3 months to 2 years
1846 U.S. declares war on Mexico, 2 months after fighting begins
1834 William Thomson enters Glasgow University at 10 years 4 months
1585 Antwerp surrenders after 8 months siege by duke of Parma
1573 Haarlem surrenders after 7 months to Spanish army
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